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Charlie Rangel works out in a suit and bow tie

Rep. Charlie Rangel gave new meaning to the term sweatsuit last week. The congressman stopped at the opening of a new Blink Fitness — a sister gym to Equinox — on 125th Street in Harlem for a ribbon-cutting ceremony and to pose for photos with the spot’s staff. While touring the 16,000-square-foot facility and its 100 pieces of cardio equipment, Rangel spotted a rowing machine and decided to jump on for a mini-workout while wearing his natty gray suit, pressed white shirt and floppy bow tie. Spies said Rangel, 83, barely broke a sweat and explained to onlookers that he’s been rehabbing a back injury and is quite at home on a rowing machine. A video revealed good form, although we’re not quite sure how far he’d get with his stroke speed.