Politician

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

US Secretary of Health and Human Services

All evidence

2 records, newest first. Strength changes with age and weight class, so check the date and context before you compare.

1. 2025

   • Pete & Bobby Challenge (100 push-ups + 50 pull-ups for time)5:48

     Effort unknownUS Health Secretary, age 71, in jeansPete & Bobby Challenge video at the Pentagon

     “RFK Jr. not only made an impressive showing but did so while wearing jeans, with a time of 5:48.”

     Gauntlet Has Been Thrown: Sean Duffy Accepts Hegseth and RFK Jr.'s MAHA Fitness Challenge (RedState)News report2025-08-18low confidence

     Partisan blog. Fox News says only that Kennedy was 'right behind' Hegseth (5:25). One outlet said the times could not be fully checked from the video. Done at age 71 in jeans.

2. 2023

   • Incline bench125 lb × 9

     Working setPresidential candidate, age 69Gym video posted during his 2024 presidential campaign

     “pushing through 9 reps of the incline bench press with 125 pounds”

     Politician RFK Jr. Works Out In Jeans (Marathon Handbook)Shown in video2023-06-25low confidence

     Load read from a shirtless gym video by the outlet. Another outlet estimated 115 lb. The coach who posted it called it a dropset at 50% of his max (unverified).