Thursday, August 20, 2009

World Record Most Push-ups

So after see this amazing feat of 106 pull-ups by Chris Spealler...

http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/CrossFit_ChrisSpealler106Pullups.wmv

I thought to myself I wonder what's the most consecutive push-ups anyone has ever done in the world? I figured it was probably a bit more than pull-ups. Maybe 150? 200? Wrong, try over 10,000! No seriously... 10,000 push-ups in a row...

I found this great story ( http://www.recordholders.org/en/list/ulysses.html ) about Charles Linster and his daily quest for the world record in push-ups. It's very inspiring and shows with the right determination and mind set we can accomplish anything. He ended up holding the world record for several years with a only 6,006 push-ups back in the 1960's.

His record has since been shattered by multiple people including this 6 year old chinese boy who did 10,000+ in 3 hours...

http://blogmuscle.wordpress.com/2006/07/28/chinese-boy-does-10000-push-ups-in-three-hours-and-twenty-minutes/

So this is where my quest begins for 100 pushups. I know it ain't 10,000 or even 1,000 but it's my goal. The most I've done is 54. I am going to try and take Linster's approach by upping that by 1 every few days.

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