Pete & Bobby Fitness Challenge

[Anonymous]

I cannot stand Pete Hegseth but this is a savvy publicity stunt.

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Anonymous wrote:I would like to see how well they can touch their toes without bending their legs.

I can do that. But only in the hot tub.

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Anonymous wrote:No. But given my age and gender — push-ups? Really?— that’s not surprising. I have an alternate challenge for them though. —Without using a car, starting from any place in DC that you like: Go to one Bank of America ATM, go to a CVS, go to any Trader Joe’s, then, hand carrying whatever you bought, return to your starting point before any frozen groceries thaw. Bonus points if they do this accompanied by at least one child under 5. Double bonus points if the tasks are accomplished on a day when the combination of heat and humidity “feel like” over 100. If an unexpected thunderstorm erupts during the task, additional bonus points can be negotiated — varying with the severity and duration of the storm.

tldr: Push-ups are nice, but neither one of these clowns is “fit” mentally, emotionally, or even physically— if “fit” means getting through the day without paid help and substantial privilege.

Why the defeatist attitude? It’s about the effort, not the result. If you watched the video you would have seen a woman highlighted for completing the challenge in under 4 minutes.

“Defeatist attitude?” Well, Google AI says that for a woman my age, 5 -11 push ups — possibly modified, and 1 - 3 pull ups would be kinda great. I’m not in the military; I’m not on steroids; and I’m probably old enough to be that “highlighted” woman’s grandmother. So: Different goals and standards really might be appropriate.

I swim, I do yoga, I walk to get my groceries—and come back carrying them, and, when the pool’s closed, I go to the gym. No bonus points, but I have many other accomplishments— of many kinds.

tldr: My attitude is fine. I’m happy to discuss “effort” — if you’re up for it.

[Anonymous]

This is like the most sexist test ever and is not actually a good test of physical fitness.
Encouraging people to do the 7 minute workout, or get 5000 steps in every day, would do more to keep America healthy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is like the most sexist test ever and is not actually a good test of physical fitness.
Encouraging people to do the 7 minute workout, or get 5000 steps in every day, would do more to keep America healthy.

Yeah, it’s heavy on emphasizing upper body strength, with no apparent attention to flexibility. Almost like two old-ish guys who work out to show off came up with it without discussing it with actual health professionals. Which is still several steps up from the Physical fitness test for school kids now being revived by President Golf Cart. I’d actually respect him a tiny tiny bit if he said: “Kids, you want to do better than me at this fitness stuff.”

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No. But given my age and gender — push-ups? Really?— that’s not surprising. I have an alternate challenge for them though. —Without using a car, starting from any place in DC that you like: Go to one Bank of America ATM, go to a CVS, go to any Trader Joe’s, then, hand carrying whatever you bought, return to your starting point before any frozen groceries thaw. Bonus points if they do this accompanied by at least one child under 5. Double bonus points if the tasks are accomplished on a day when the combination of heat and humidity “feel like” over 100. If an unexpected thunderstorm erupts during the task, additional bonus points can be negotiated — varying with the severity and duration of the storm.

tldr: Push-ups are nice, but neither one of these clowns is “fit” mentally, emotionally, or even physically— if “fit” means getting through the day without paid help and substantial privilege.

Why the defeatist attitude? It’s about the effort, not the result. If you watched the video you would have seen a woman highlighted for completing the challenge in under 4 minutes.

“Defeatist attitude?” Well, Google AI says that for a woman my age, 5 -11 push ups — possibly modified, and 1 - 3 pull ups would be kinda great. I’m not in the military; I’m not on steroids; and I’m probably old enough to be that “highlighted” woman’s grandmother. So: Different goals and standards really might be appropriate.

I swim, I do yoga, I walk to get my groceries—and come back carrying them, and, when the pool’s closed, I go to the gym. No bonus points, but I have many other accomplishments— of many kinds.

tldr: My attitude is fine. I’m happy to discuss “effort” — if you’re up for it.

I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest you weren’t the target audience for the 50/100 challenge. You just keep doing you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is like the most sexist test ever and is not actually a good test of physical fitness.
Encouraging people to do the 7 minute workout, or get 5000 steps in every day, would do more to keep America healthy.

Anything is better than doing nothing. These days gym class, if still offered, is a sad block of inactivity in a student’s day.

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Anonymous wrote:Spend more time running your agencies competently.

+1. Most Americans can’t do more than one pull-up. But they can get vaccinated for measles if RFK Jr would stop wrecking everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is like the most sexist test ever and is not actually a good test of physical fitness.
Encouraging people to do the 7 minute workout, or get 5000 steps in every day, would do more to keep America healthy.

It's not achievable for most women, but it's insane to say its not a good test of physical fitness. I don't think many unfit people could accomplish 100 push-ups and 50 pull-ups.

I think most women have it in them to do 100 push-ups in 5 minutes. Possibly add in some pull-ups as well.

[Anonymous]

I exercise regularly and am within the weight range for my age, height, and gender. I do push ups but probably could not do 100 in five minutes.

I can currently do zero pull ups so would fail that test. At my strongest and after much practice I was able to do a few, maybe 10 pull ups.

America is unhealthy and overweight, but these two tests are not the best measure as they would be completely de-motivating for the majority of the country.

[Anonymous]

My favorite part of the video is when Hegseth says, "We want to be fit, not fat."

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Anonymous wrote:My favorite part of the video is when Hegseth says, "We want to be fit, not fat."

We’re a nation that takes shots to lose weight instead of exercising. He’s spot on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is like the most sexist test ever and is not actually a good test of physical fitness.
Encouraging people to do the 7 minute workout, or get 5000 steps in every day, would do more to keep America healthy.

Yeah, it’s heavy on emphasizing upper body strength, with no apparent attention to flexibility. Almost like two old-ish guys who work out to show off came up with it without discussing it with actual health professionals. Which is still several steps up from the Physical fitness test for school kids now being revived by President Golf Cart. I’d actually respect him a tiny tiny bit if he said: “Kids, you want to do better than me at this fitness stuff.”

That’s pretty much analogous to how RFK is running HHS. Inmates running the asylum

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I cannot stand Pete Hegseth but this is a savvy publicity stunt.

People like bread and circuses.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My favorite part of the video is when Hegseth says, "We want to be fit, not fat."

We’re a nation that takes shots to lose weight instead of exercising. He’s spot on.

There’s a direct correlation between increased pesticide use and weight gain, globally.

Trump just gave immunity to chemical companies who use pesticides. If MAGA care about obesity, they need to regulate pesticide use and hormones and GMOs in food. At least, MAHA is FINALLY starting to wake up.

“Key MAHA leaders, including the leaders of Moms Across America and Children’s Health Defense, wrote a letter to President Donald Trump on Monday urging him not to support “broad liability shields for pesticides and forever chemicals” – or face a backlash in the mid-term elections.

According to the letter, provisions in the House Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill for 2026 “create broad product liability protections for domestic and foreign pesticide and chemical manufacturers by refusing to fund the critical and necessary scientific safety assessments for product label updates of more than 57,000 synthetic chemicals that are required by law, as a favor to the pesticide lobby”.”

https://healthpolicy-watch.news/will-pesticides-break-mahas-alliance-with-trumps-maga/