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December 29th, 2018 at 11:22:00 AM permalink
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I don't know if you're serious about the Push ups, or are joking,



Well, shall we say it is a semi-serious request by me, but I don't think anybody has given me one yet.
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December 29th, 2018 at 12:41:12 PM permalink
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Well, shall we say it is a semi-serious request by me, but I don't think anybody has given me one yet.



I'll do a pushup in your memory the next time I buy a lottery ticket if you'll make the same commitment to me.
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December 29th, 2018 at 12:48:21 PM permalink
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I'll do a pushup in your memory the next time I buy a lottery ticket if you'll make the same commitment to me.

Can you do a push up?
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December 29th, 2018 at 3:23:33 PM permalink
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Can you do a push up?



I sense a wager.
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December 29th, 2018 at 4:01:23 PM permalink
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Can you do a push up?

The last time I did pushups was G2E 2015.
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December 29th, 2018 at 4:27:49 PM permalink
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I'll do a pushup in your memory the next time I buy a lottery ticket if you'll make the same commitment to me.



Deal! Mrs. Wizard makes me buy them too if I'm out of state and the Powerball or Megamillions is high. I would be happy to pay a penance for that sin.
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December 29th, 2018 at 4:40:11 PM permalink
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Deal! Mrs. Wizard makes me buy them too if I'm out of state and the Powerball or Megamillions is high. I would be happy to pay a penance for that sin.


Hmmmm.....maybe I should ask you to buy me like $1,000 in lotto tickets just so we can make you do 1,000 pushups. :)
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December 29th, 2018 at 4:53:52 PM permalink
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Hmmmm.....maybe I should ask you to buy me like $1,000 in lotto tickets just so we can make you do 1,000 pushups. :)



:) That would be a sight to see, Wizard doing 1,000 push ups. :)
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December 29th, 2018 at 4:59:18 PM permalink
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:) That would be a sight to see, Wizard doing $1,000 push ups. :)



I'll do 1000 push-ups for $1000 in lottery tickets, or $500 in cash.
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December 30th, 2018 at 5:45:19 PM permalink
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I'll do 1000 push-ups for $1000 in lottery tickets, or $500 in cash.

Could you really do 1,000 push-ups? Sounds like too many.
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December 30th, 2018 at 6:29:00 PM permalink
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Could you really do 1,000 push-ups? Sounds like too many.




In what time frame? Can he do 1,000 in ten minutes? I'd wager no. Can he do 1,000 in an hour? I don't know. I'm certain I couldn't but I wouldn't bet against him if he thought he could.
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December 30th, 2018 at 11:24:56 PM permalink
Quote: billryan

In what time frame? Can he do 1,000 in ten minutes? I'd wager no. Can he do 1,000 in an hour? I don't know. I'm certain I couldn't but I wouldn't bet against him if he thought he could.



He never did say they had to be a CONSECUTIVE 1,000 push ups now that I think about it. ;) He could do 10 different sets/reps of 100 push ups for 10 consecutive days and they would still be 1,000. Loophole. ;)
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December 31st, 2018 at 5:54:22 AM permalink
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Could you really do 1,000 push-ups? Sounds like too many.



Not at once, but I think I could do 1,000 in an hour.
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December 31st, 2018 at 6:14:57 AM permalink
Quote: Wizard

Not at once, but I think I could do 1,000 in an hour.



The record is 10,507 consecutive push ups. I think you should set that as a goal.
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December 31st, 2018 at 7:35:58 AM permalink
Quote: Wizard

Not at once, but I think I could do 1,000 in an hour.

I'm willing to bet the no for a few hundred. I'm sure you can get some more action from other forum members.
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December 31st, 2018 at 7:40:53 AM permalink
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I'm willing to bet the no for a few hundred. I'm sure you can get some more action from other forum members.



I am in for $200 on the no assuming the challenge is done this week.
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December 31st, 2018 at 7:40:55 AM permalink
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I'm willing to bet the no for a few hundred. I'm sure you can get some more action from other forum members.



I am in for $200 on the no assuming the challenge is done this week.
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December 31st, 2018 at 8:28:32 AM permalink
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I am in for $200 on the no assuming the challenge is done this week.



I am in the same camp.
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December 31st, 2018 at 8:49:06 AM permalink
Unless things have drastically changed, the U.S. Army standards to max out push ups for a man Mike's age is about 50 in two minutes.
I think it's possible, especially with a week or two to work on muscle memory.
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December 31st, 2018 at 8:59:53 AM permalink
Body in full plank position. Arms fully extended at elbows. Drop to touch chest to ground and back up to arms fully extended.=one push up
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December 31st, 2018 at 9:36:13 AM permalink
I'd accept the Army standards which doesn't necessitate the chest touching the ground.


US Army PFT Pushup Standards
To conduct a proper pushup your body should form a straight line from shoulders to
ankles. A correct pushup is conducted by lowering your entire body, as a single unit,
until your upper arms are at least parallel to the ground. Then, return. Removing
hands or feet from the ground or excessive bending is not allowed.
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December 31st, 2018 at 9:52:16 AM permalink
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I'd accept the Army standards which doesn't necessitate the chest touching the ground.


US Army PFT Pushup Standards
To conduct a proper pushup your body should form a straight line from shoulders to
ankles. A correct pushup is conducted by lowering your entire body, as a single unit,
until your upper arms are at least parallel to the ground. Then, return. Removing
hands or feet from the ground or excessive bending is not allowed.

So the bet is Mike 1k push-ups and Bill one. (-; I can probably do 10 in a row.
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December 31st, 2018 at 10:00:20 AM permalink
Quote: Wizard

Not at once, but I think I could do 1,000 in an hour.



Averaging a push-up every 3.6 seconds for a full hour ?

I’d be willing to wager a large amount on the No
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December 31st, 2018 at 10:40:31 AM permalink
I think Wizard can do it.

I think it's more likely he fails, by a large amount, but I think he can do it.

Assuming he's willing to do a witnessed try at it, and we can agree in what is a legal push-up, I'll offer 1:2 (not sure if this is the correct nomenclature) on the Yes up to $300 of mine to $600 of whoever. Offer to those who've already said they want the No, or other established members.

However, if Wizard wants the Yes, I'll defer to his action first, and if there is more than he wants to take, I'll pick up that much if that much No is available.
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December 31st, 2018 at 10:48:06 AM permalink
3.6 seconds or less per pushup, for an hour? No way. I could probably eat about 43 McNuggets while he tries though.
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December 31st, 2018 at 11:31:14 AM permalink
I'm not liking my offer anymore. I feel as if I'm getting free rolled. Mike is probably at home now attempting to do the 1k push-ups. If he fails, he declines all bets, if he succeeds, he accepts all bets.
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December 31st, 2018 at 12:14:12 PM permalink
Quote: AxelWolf

I'm not liking my offer anymore. I feel as if I'm getting free rolled. Mike is probably at home now attempting to do the 1k push-ups. If he fails, he declines all bets, if he succeeds, he accepts all bets.



Wasn’t it the same way with the McNuggets challenge ? Everyone who tried it had the opportunity to attempt it on their own first
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December 31st, 2018 at 12:14:25 PM permalink
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Well, shall we say it is a semi-serious request by me, but I don't think anybody has given me one yet.

I rember push-ups: some sort of ice cream on a stick but you had to push up on the bottom cardboard to eat it. surely this is what you must be referring to since otherwise you would mean calisthenics and someone would be holding you at gunpoint.
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December 31st, 2018 at 12:17:37 PM permalink
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Body in full plank position. Arms fully extended at elbows. Drop to touch chest to ground and back up to arms fully extended.=one push up


plank???
hm.. im doing it wrong then all my life?

I literally just push up off the ground with my arms.
I can do 25 in a row

as for the Wiz, he's in surprisingly good shape for a math geek.
ie: Popeye arms

but I vote no.
his boss Joshua looks like he can do 1000 tho.
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December 31st, 2018 at 12:47:07 PM permalink
here are all of the records.
http://www.recordholders.org/en/list/pushups.html

I can do about 7. No way Wizard can do 1000 in an hour. Toughest thing will be the judging on if the push up counts.
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December 31st, 2018 at 1:05:47 PM permalink
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here are all of the records.
http://www.recordholders.org/en/list/pushups.html

I can do about 7. No way Wizard can do 1000 in an hour. Toughest thing will be the judging on if the push up counts.


have a wire on the ground and at the height when he's at full extension.
hook him up with electrodes on his back and chest.
electrode must touch wire to count.
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December 31st, 2018 at 1:15:01 PM permalink
Me doing push-ups
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December 31st, 2018 at 2:03:16 PM permalink
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have a wire on the ground and at the height when he's at full extension.
hook him up with electrodes on his back and chest.
electrode must touch wire to count.




string those small Christmas bells both underneath him and over him... As long as he makes them jingle a little each time. Jingle all the way.


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December 31st, 2018 at 2:48:47 PM permalink
Let me catch up here.

First, I'd need to train a bit for this. I doubt I could do it with a week of training only.

It would also depend on what counts as a push-up. I was going more by the Army standard where you go roughly half way down.

How about we change it to sit-ups, where there is less grey area?
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December 31st, 2018 at 2:50:41 PM permalink
We never did 1000 in a day during Basic Training. I think I did 550 during a full night shift as a 23-year-old with the highest APFT score in the company. 1000 in an hour to Army standards is not happening from anyone except for the "biggest" studs (who, ironically, when it comes to pushups tend to be the smallest / shortest / skinniest).

With bad judging, I could easily see someone doing 1000 head bobs / monkey football humpings, and have it counted as 1000 pushups.
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December 31st, 2018 at 2:56:31 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

Let me catch up here.

First, I'd need to train a bit for this. I doubt I could do it with a week of training only.

It would also depend on what counts as a push-up. I was going more by the Army standard where you go roughly half way down.

How about we change it to sit-ups, where there is less grey area?



How much push up training time would you need? I think the “parallel upper arm” standard is acceptable.
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December 31st, 2018 at 3:05:41 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

Let me catch up here.

First, I'd need to train a bit for this. I doubt I could do it with a week of training only.

It would also depend on what counts as a push-up. I was going more by the Army standard where you go roughly half way down.

How about we change it to sit-ups, where there is less grey area?



Army standard circa Clinton / Bush era were definitely not half-way down. The parallel to the ground is obviously a horrible description. Parallel, by definition means straight lines. Are we really going to believe the earth is flat and not curved? Are we really going to accept anyone has arms that are straight lines? The only way to ensure meeting this is to have the arm bend past parallel, which for almost all body types is very close to chest to ground
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December 31st, 2018 at 3:13:42 PM permalink
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Wasn’t it the same way with the McNuggets challenge ? Everyone who tried it had the opportunity to attempt it on their own first

Well, that was different. Not many people are going to attempt that knowing they will get get sick or even kill themselves.

I'm certain I won all of my bets against everyone who failed, and won all my bets on people I thought would succeed.. I can't recall if I got any action down on Tom, I was certain he could do 100. I think I wanted under on like 140 however he wanted odds or something like that.

I think I had met everyone before they did the challenge, so it wasn't like i was going in blind. I don't think I would bet on a random person who said they could do it.

I was fairly confident all the people who failed were people who just thought they could do it.

I would have bet way more on Djatc going under unfortunately one of our friends was fairly confidant he could do it so i got psyched out and stopped betting.
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December 31st, 2018 at 4:25:33 PM permalink
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We never did 1000 in a day during Basic Training. I think I did 550 during a full night shift as a 23-year-old with the highest APFT score in the company. 1000 in an hour to Army standards is not happening from anyone except for the "biggest" studs (who, ironically, when it comes to pushups tend to be the smallest / shortest / skinniest).

With bad judging, I could easily see someone doing 1000 head bobs / monkey football humpings, and have it counted as 1000 pushups.



on the wildwood nj boardwalk there is a carney game where you just had to hand from a bar for a set time. I think it may have been 60 sec, but might be 90. Anyways, we sat and watched for about 20 min and these big meat heads with huge muscles were so confident and each and everyone one of them failed. Then comes along this frail looking Asian lady and she basically hung on with 1 hand and had no problems. She probably weighed 80 pounds.
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December 31st, 2018 at 4:39:31 PM permalink
Quote: Wizard

Let me catch up here.

First, I'd need to train a bit for this. I doubt I could do it with a week of training only.

It would also depend on what counts as a push-up. I was going more by the Army standard where you go roughly half way down.

How about we change it to sit-ups, where there is less grey area?



My wager on the No was based on your claim you could probably do 1000 in an hour now.

I think if you trained a month or two , then too much is known only by you at that point as to your ability to do it. Ex. If you trained two months and found you could only do 500 at that point you’re obviously not taking wagers you could do 1000.

And as others have said , I think a push up itself might have too much gray area as to what counts.
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December 31st, 2018 at 4:43:48 PM permalink
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Body in full plank position. Arms fully extended at elbows. Drop to touch chest to ground and back up to arms fully extended.=one push up

That's probably the catch that will get him if he is foolish enough. Honestly if he can do them, then we know he does them for a reason, and we'll have to find out what bad things he has been doing. I'll nominate a $1000/week lottery ticket addiction.
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December 31st, 2018 at 7:46:41 PM permalink
Army pushups used to be counted by a fist placed on the ground and chest contacting it. That is, if there was any question. This was circa 1986.
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December 31st, 2018 at 8:09:34 PM permalink
I bought several scratchers for stocking stuffers this year. Does that count? In my defense, it's very difficult squeezing a craps table into a sock.
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December 31st, 2018 at 9:20:34 PM permalink
pushups are very finicky in terms of what counts and what doesnt.
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January 1st, 2019 at 7:29:15 AM permalink
Complicated bet. The first complexity is agreeing to a definition of what constitutes a successful push up. The second is to agree on who is the judge who makes the determination.

The third is Wizard's request for training time. To me this can be solved as long as the bet is made and confirmed now, before the training period has begun. As an example, if the date was set as February 10, 2019, now, then the bets would be locked in and Mike would have the 6 weeks to train. If Mike realized he had no chance he would need to forfeit. If Mike realized it would be a piece of cake, he would have to show up and do it.

I would bet against Mike. I'd put the fair over/under at 786.
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