Little RFK, Heggs participates in the workout challenge
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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First on Fox: Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visited the Department of Defense to challenge the secretary Pete Hegseth The “Peter and Bobby Challenge” was held when Trump administration leaders encouraged Americans to use “fit” as “fat”, calling it the “Peter and Bobby Challenge.”
The two men squared the gap and 100 push-ups in less than five minutes, surrounded by military members of the Navy and Marine Corps.
“Today we held a big Pete and Bobby challenge with 50 push-ups. 100 push-ups,” Kennedy said in typical jeans and a T-shirt.
The challenge is what Kennedy releasesMake America healthy again“The movement, which includes promoting Americans to eat whole food and processed meals, and the Hegseth rally the U.S. military is the most suitable, well-equipped person to deal with defending the country.
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Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (HHS)
Hegseth posted on X the title of X announcing two-thirds of the military, “Totally unacceptable.” “It’s what happens when the standards are ignored – that’s what we are changing. The real fitness and weight standards are here. We’ll fit instead of fat.”
Two people square to see who can beat the five-minute challenge, Heggs entered the five-minute tolerance But defeat Kennedy.
“We’re close. I’m about 5:25,” Heggs said in the video. “You’re behind me.” He refers to the 71-year-old HHS chief.
Hegseth noted that at the time some Marines in the gym defeated the challenge and reached the challenge within four minutes, while the other completed the challenge below three minutes.
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“It was President Trump who inspired us to do this,” Kennedy said in a video shared with Fox Digital. “This is the beginning of our tour, challenging Americans in shape, eating better, and you need to go out and exercise.”

Secretary Kennedy and Hegseth competed in the Department of Defense push-ups and push-pull competitions. (HHS)
The two also challenged another cabinet member to compete: Transport Minister Sean Duffy.
“Secretary Duffy, you were invited to the Pete and Bobby challenge. Can you do this in five minutes? 50 pull-ups, 100 push-ups. What do you think?” Heggs asked in the video as the two smiled.
President Donald Trump advocates Kennedy’s efforts to encourage Americans to cut processed food and pass the Maha movement, and repeatedly touts the U.S. military as “No doubt Under the leadership of Heggs, the greatest combat power in world history.
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President Donald Trump advocates for his administration’s programs to make the United States healthy again, which includes the establishment of a committee to examine the root causes of chronic diseases. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
At the Youth Level, Trump resumed the presidential sports exams of the presidential sports, fitness and nutrition committee and after the former president Barack Obama Retired, agree with the President’s Youth Fitness Program. Trump signed an executive order in July to rebuild the program and directed the council to launch a “school-based program to reward excellence in physical education and to develop standards for the President’s Fitness Award.”
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“Thanks President Trump for giving examples. The president’s physical health. Make the United States healthy again. Suitable instead of fat. War poweryoung men and women ready to defend the country. We are a team. Join us. ” Heggs added in the video.

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