“He would not get credit in [the] Presidential Fitness Test.”

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is as soon as once more the topic of on-line mockery—this time for a pull-up he did in a video selling health within the U.S. and the army.

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Hegseth teamed up with Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to create the 94-second video, doing what they’re calling the “Pete and Bobby Challenge”—50 pull-ups and 100 push-ups in below 5 minutes.

“It was President Trump who inspired us to do this,” Kennedy stated. “This is the beginning of our tour, challenging America to get back in shape.”

While the thought of encouraging Americans to train is in and of itself a very cheap one, what drew some individuals’s consideration was one second during which Hegseth seemed somewhat bit peculiar whereas attempting to do a pull-up himself.

For these unfamiliar with pull-ups, leg flailing usually isn’t a part of the method.

Why Hegseth’s pull-up went viral

As some MAGA followers identified within the responses, this wasn’t the one pull-up Hegseth did. The longer video does present him doing a little pull-ups with much less flailing. 

He additionally claims that he and RFK Jr. have been trying to do the complete 50 pull-ups and 100 push-ups in below 5 minutes, and in the end succeeded in somewhat greater than that. We don’t really know if that is true, because the video that’s been circulating is a spotlight reel and never a full catalogue of proof of their actions (nor was it meant to be).

Why persons are ripping into Hegseth over a pull-up

Still, there are many causes individuals would need to scrutinize Hegseth’s skills past simply being petty. He’s beforehand lashed out at range within the army, complaining that “white kids” not really feel wished, that the army has turn out to be too “effeminate,” and that the army “straight up… should not have women in combat roles.”

“Women cannot physically meet the same standards as men,” he wrote in a ebook revealed previous to his being named Secretary of Defense.

If Hegseth goes to have such robust and loud opinions and act like he’s an authority on the matter, then sure, individuals on the web who assume he has no concept what he’s speaking about are going to tear him aside over a goofy-looking pull-up, whatever the circumstances.

“Fantastic combo of a dying 70 year old wearing jeans, and a crossfit guy doing a kipping pullup where he accidentally kicks his own ankles. god bless the usa. wokeness is gay and dead now,” wrote @bad_takes.

“LOL … this is embarrassing,” wrote @CholericCleric in response to the clip.

And the true kicker:

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