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Pete Hegseth Mocked by Critics over Workout Video: Fitness Experts Weigh In

The post drew 3 million views as fitness experts and social media users questioned whether Hegseth completed the claimed 44 reps with proper form.

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Viewers questioned his technique and fitness form while others defended the display as a show of leadership alongside U.S. troops.
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Pete Hegseth is struggling with the balancer and the flat bench. The Secretary of Defense, visiting the base of Guantanamo, deals with a challenge with the Marines: who does more repetitions on the flat bench? The number 1 of the Pentagon arrives at 44 before stopping. The video, spread on X by a profile linked to the administration, ends up in the scope of 'purists'. Hegseth's repetitions, it is noted, are not 'complete': "It does not fully ext…

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Mandatory broke the news on Friday, June 12, 2026.
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