The HHS Secretary works out wearing jeans, cowboy boots and cheats when he does push-ups. But does he also skip leg day?
As Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is known for having the occasional terrific idea . It’s not a particularly impressive workout, as it shows the man struggling to complete some push-ups .
This is also the video that introduced most Americans to RFK Jr.’s tendency to work out while wearing dad jeans. RFK Jr. and 45-year-old Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth teamed up for a workout they called the “Pete and Bobby Challenge” — perform 50 pull-ups and 100 push-ups in any order you want within five minutes. Their video, filmed in “the bowels of the Pentagon,” has RFK Jr. once again exercising in jeans and now adding cowboy boots to make his workout look even less practical. Fitness experts chided that encouraging such intense stunts for the average person is “,” though that seems a bit petulant. But RFK Jr. and Hegseth’s push-up range of motion would be totally called out by any fitness trainer as you’re supposed to start in a high plank. Also, notice this workout doesn’t include any squats.RFK Jr. announced a $1 billion grant to “incentivize more family friendly resources in airport terminals” — including play spaces for children and mini-gyms . Still, one could see some good coming from this and, to help promote the initiative, RFK Jr. performed 20 pull-ups at Reagan National Airport. Two things can be true at once: Doing 20 pull-ups is impressive for anybody, and especially for a man RFK Jr.’s age, and also for anybody in our political class . Exercising in slacks, a button-down shirt and a tie is strange, but is fitting for being in an airport, and still somehow less odd than jeans.Now we’re talking: Jumping from a helicopter to swim with a shark. This is the kind of content we want. Otherwise, this is a montage of RFK Jr. lifting weights, skiing, surfing and hiking. You can briefly see his legs during the surfing shot, and here’s a closer look, below. What do you think: Do those calves look neglected compared to his upper body?Filmed at Kid Rock’s highly enviable home gym and wet suite setup, this is a music video of RFK Jr. working out with the singer, taking a sauna and doing a cold plunge . Much has been made about the vaguely homoerotic frenetic fever dream quality of this montage, which seems one minute away from the duo. Nothing here is more off-putting, however, than the prospect of drinking milk in a hot tub.Hilary Duff Breaks Silence on “Toxic Mom Group” Drama After Ashley Tisdale’s Essay: “This Is Not New for Me”The Hollywood Reporter is a part of Penske Media Corporation. © 2026 The Hollywood Reporter, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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