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17,003 Consecutive Sit-ups: World Record Held By Vegetarian


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I found this on Tribe.net. In the heading it said 17,003 Consecutive "PUSH-UPS" and in the brief write-up said "sit-ups" but we all know it could not have been push-ups due to the difficulty of the exercise. I can imagine the sit-ups though.

 

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17,003 Consecutive Sit-ups: World Record Held By Vegetarian

 

US Marine Corps Captain Alan Jones of Quantico, Virginia was struck by polio when he was five years old. Now a vegetarian, Alan could be the fittest man on Earth by amassing a record of physical accomplishments unmatched by any human that ever lived. He holds the world record for continuous sit-ups (17,003 times). In a 15-months period, he accomplished possibly the most remarkable array of physical achievements ever attained by a human being:

 

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Lifted a 75-pound barbell over his head 1,600 times in 19 hours.

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Made 3,800 basketball free throws in 12 hours, with 96 pc hit rate.

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Swam 500 miles in 11 days, down a river to the ocean.

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Skipped rope 43,000 times in 5 hours.

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Skipped rope 100,000 times in 23 hours.

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Swam 68 miles in a swimming pool without a sleeping break.

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Swam half a mile in zero degree Celsius water without a wet suit.

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Performed 51,000 sit-ups in 76 hours.

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The situps are really impressive.

 

Lifted a 75-pound barbell over his head 1,600 times in 19 hours.

But that's really not too hard. I think a lot of people on this forum could do that tomorrow if they really wanted to. Very easy 5 rep sets, 20 sets per hour. Would take 16 hours. It would be really boring though.

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