'Manly' Pete Hegseth Mocked Again After Experts Question Workout Form Against Military Standards
Fresh Questions Over High Profile Fitness DisplaysThe latest wave of criticism follows video released last month showing Hegseth bench pressing alongside US troops at the Guantánamo Bay naval base. The US Department of Defence promoted the footage on X, writing, 'America's @SECWAR CRUSHED 44 reps on the bench after a morning run.'Critics pointed to what they described as incomplete repetitions, noting that Hegseth repeatedly failed to lock out his elbows at the top of each lift. At one stage in the recording, someone can be heard shouting, 'All the way down, all the way up!', yet Hegseth continues without following the instruction.'A rep, is when the elbows lock out.
- ▪Fresh Questions Over High Profile Fitness DisplaysThe latest wave of criticism follows video released last month showing Hegseth bench pressing alongside US troops at the Guantánamo Bay naval base.
- ▪The US Department of Defence promoted the footage on X, writing, 'America's @SECWAR CRUSHED 44 reps on the bench after a morning run.'Critics pointed to what they described as incomplete repetitions, noting that Hegseth repeatedly failed to
- ▪At one stage in the recording, someone can be heard shouting, 'All the way down, all the way up!', yet Hegseth continues without following the instruction.'A rep, is when the elbows lock out.
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