1000 Push ups per day

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[EvanJC]

in a 24 hour period this would be v. easy. if your form is perfect it'd be harder but still very doable, b/c if your form is perfect you're probably in pretty good shape already.

also, anybody ever do a push up burnout? try it, its fun.

[heater]

If you do ladders, this can be done pretty easily.

"grease the groove"

[ImAKing]

not that hard in 1 day

[cbloom]

Jack LaLanne's Feats

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# 1956 (age 42): Jack set a world record of 1,033 push ups in 23 minutes on You Asked for It, a television program with Art Baker. He later celebrated by inventing a new fitness regime which would train all parts of the body at one time, calling it the star jump.

[ElDuque]

Fool,

how long did your friend claim to have kept up this regiment? week? month? year?

I'm sure it is possible to do 1000 PUs per day for a long period; however it would require a very disciplined person -- does your friend seem disciplined enough to have pulled this off?

Or does "used to" mean he did it three times one week a year ago.

[Warik]

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I have a friend who claims he used to do 1000 push ups a day. He is quite strong for his size, but I felt like he was exaggerating.

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Doing 1000 pushups in one day has nothing to do with strength. It's all endurance.

That said, I could probably do 1,000 in one day if I "had" to. It's definitely possible... but do "1,000 pushups a day," as in, "every day" = your friend is full of [censored].

Funny how he "used" to do 1,000 pushups a day. Kind of like my friend who "used" to bench 265lbs for reps.

[dknightx]

um, its really not that hard to do 1000 pushups in a day everyday if you build up to it. i mean, as long as you dont weigh less than 100 pounds or more than 200

[troymclur]

very possible. i used to do 1500 every other day before i snapped my clavical (not due to pushups)

[IggyWH]

I doubt someone cold, as in not normally working out, could do this. They would be so stiff and sore after ~100 and pretty much be kicked for the day. It would be a struggle to keep up any kind of pace in reps at that point. I guess it's mind over matter though so it might be possible.

Someone who works out somewhat regularly though shouldn't have a problem doing this. Spaced out in sets across the day, this would be pretty easy.