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Watch: 600 British Army Cadets Rise To Push-Up Challenge
The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst has taken on the #22pushupchallenge to help raise awareness for those suffering with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Major-General Paul Nanson and 600 cadets and permanent staff at the academy challenged their US counterparts at West Point Military Academy in an online video.
They performed the routine to a drumbeat.
It’s part of a viral campaign aimed at raising awareness for the condition.
The participants record a video stating their name and why they’ve accepted the challenge before doing 22 press-ups and calling out three friends to do the same.
It started in the US as #22Kill, to highlight the 22 ex-servicemen and women who reportedly commit suicide there every day.
The 22Kill program director Jimmy Mac told US media they intend to reduce the veteran suicide rate among those suffering from PTSD.
The challenge began after they were offered $100,000 if 22Kill could get 1,000 videos of people doing 22 push-ups.
They accepted the challenge and received 3,000 videos in three days.
The money went to a veteran programme they supported.
This year the challenge is not for a donation but to continue to raise awareness of the issue.
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