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Today is Day 2 of the challenge for me and I call out @johncena_thebellatwins ???? I was challenged by Mama Bella @kathycolace to do 22 push-ups a day for 22 days to bring a greater awareness to the 22 suicides a day committed by our American Veterans. Wherever we are, we can stop and reach out to a Vet, Family or Friends, and make sure they are okay. Thank you for honoring me with this challenge! I'm challenging Shawna Allan to help bring awareness to the disturbing fact that 22 of our American Vets will commit suicide today! We need to change this! Call out friends, family, Team Mates, etc. The goal is to raise awareness of our Service Members who are battling this demon. The rules are simple: * Once you are nominated your 22 days starts the following day * Every day you record yourself doing 22 push-ups, try your best to reach 22. If that means doing assisted (from your knees) push-ups or that you have to stop and take a break that's fine but try to get them all done in one video. Copy and paste this message, and attach your video to post on social media. * Every day you must nominate a different person, try to choose people you think will want to do this and/or have the ability to do it * And finally, have fun with this. This is a simple and fun way to get the word out about a matter that more people need to be aware about. These brave men and women put their lives on the line to protect our freedoms only to get out and feel lost. It's sad that so many good veterans feel that suicide is the only way out. #activeheroes #carrythefallen #22tozero #22pushups for #22kill #ptsdawareness

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Retired WWE sports performer (and former Muscle & Fitness Hers cover star) Brie Bella is doing a 22-day pushup challenge to raise awareness about veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. 

The #22pushups challenge is named after the number of American veterans who commit suicide every day. National PTSD Awareness Day is on June 27, and June is PTSD Awareness Month. 

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Brie’s mom called her out to take part in the 22-day challenge. Each day, participants take a video of themselves doing 22 pushups and then challenge someone else to do the same. 

“Wherever we are, we can stop and reach out to a vet, family or friends, and make sure they are okay,” the star’s Instagram caption reads.

Brie is only on day three of her challenge, so add 22 pushups to your workout, share it on social tagging us on Instagram (@MuscleandFitnessHers) while using the hashtag and catch up while you can!

Learn how to do the pushup correctly every time with our ‘Perfect Your Pushup‘ feature on page 31 of our July/August issue, on newsstands now!

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