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We are also on facebook and twitter. Any comments, suggestions or corrections? Please let us know. Search This Site. Testing Extra We have over fitness tests listed, so it's not easy to choose the best one to use. This time, I had obtained permission to sign out of a last period study hall and finish the test after school.
On October 5, , I reported to the gym for my junior year push-up test. As I stretched out on a mat, I felt a bit apprehensive. Up until that time, all of my personal best efforts hadn't been planned but rather took place on days that I felt "good. After three hours of continuous exercise, my fears had proven groundless. I passed my personal best of 5, push-ups and felt so "good" that only the sky was the limit.
However, at 5,, the test administrator informed me that he would stop the exam when I reached my pre-test target of 6, For the next fifty push-ups, I pleaded with him to let me continue. But as the responsible adult in charge, he wanted to be sure that I wasn't doing something physically damaging to myself without knowing it. If I didn't stop, he'd sit on me to ensure test termination. After performing my 6,th push-up, I stopped and received a round of applause from an audience of about twenty students.
The test administrator announced that he was reporting my feat to the newspapers and that any future record-breaking effort by me would have to be monitored by a medical doctor. When I arrived home, dinner had already been served so I ate alone. While dining, I thought about what I had just accomplished. I had succeeded beyond my wildest expectations. Deep in my heart, I knew that every drop of sweat, every hour of training, and every personal sacrifice I had made to achieve this record had been worth it.
I was on top of the world and I liked the view. As Christmas grew near, I began planning to break my own record. After all, I had been stopped when I knew I could do more. Push-ups had become an obsession. Heifetz was right, even though my standard was now the best in the world, it wasn't enough. I felt that I had to surpass it. To achieve that new standard, I'd need a "good" day, witnesses, and medical supervision. But my quest to discover the limit for my favorite exercise was never realized.
Sixty-nine days after breaking the world push-up record, I broke something else, my neck, during a gymnastics practice and was permanently paralyzed. As I lay in my hospital bed, I looked toward the future and saw only darkness. The body I had worked so long and hard to develop now failed to respond to my commands and imprisoned me. I worried that I would never be able to work or take care of myself and would be a burden on my family.
Fears that I might die were replaced by the dread that I would live. But while my body was shattered, my spirit, although badly bruised, was still intact. I decided to fight back and redirected the effort that had made me a champion toward the arduous task I hoped would lead to my physical independence. During my rehabilitation, I harkened back to my quest for the push-up record when the going got rough. Knowing that I was capable of achieving what other people considered impossible, I did all that was asked of me and more.
I lived in a world of three colors. Black represented the things I couldn't do, white the activities I could. Between these two tones were many shades of gray. I concentrated on this tint and through trial and error discovered what was truly light and dark. While doing so, I brightened my world to an extent that surprised my doctors, nurses, therapists, and me.
When I saw my name in the edition of the Guinness Book of World Records, my spirit was buoyed and I worked even harder. When the next edition came out two years later, my situation had greatly improved and I was attending the University of Illinois.
In , I graduated, married, and continued my education. Two years later, I began a career as a federal civil servant. Shortly after, I was informed that my record had been broken. I wrote to Guinness for confirmation and my letter was forwarded to Robert Knecht, a professional acrobat.
He answered my letter by stating that he had trained for eight years to perform 7, consecutive push-ups. Sherri interrupted and said that while my story was interesting, I hadn't told her how reading the Odyssey helped me set my record or gave me a new lease on life. I responded by asking her what question did I ask myself as a high school freshman. It was the author's premise that "There is some factor in man, some form of special adaptation which prompts a few individuals to exploits which, however purposeless that they may seem, are of value to the survival of the race.
Although this factor is present in all humans, it is highly developed in only a few. In times of trouble, those few lead themselves and others to safety. Homer personified this factor in the character of Ulysses. The hero of the Odyssey wasn't driven around the Mediterranean by the whim of the gods alone. But you most certainly get one of the biggest pumps of your life. Now it depends on how much you can endure this 12 hours without eating, going to toilet etc. Its very possible, but time consuming and could lead to injury of shoulder, elbow and wrist.
But i would say that could be done very safely, and is just a bit more. The goal of the program is to gradually go from doing basic or modified pushups to full and improved pushups within 30 days. Traditional pushups are beneficial for building upper body strength. They work the triceps, pectoral muscles, and shoulders. When done with proper form, they can also strengthen the lower back and core by engaging pulling in the abdominal muscles.
Pushups are a fast and effective exercise for building strength. In this video, which has garnered over four million views so far, Chris tells his massive audience why he does push-ups in a row four mornings a week. There is no limit to how many push-ups one can do in a day. Many people do more than push-ups a day. But for an average person, even 50 to push-ups should be enough to maintain a good upper body, provided it is done properly.
You can start with 20 push-ups, but do not stick to this number.
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