He hung with me for a bit past 15 sets, me doing 20s, him 10s.
He tapped before 20 sets in, and went to use the cables. I’m not holding it against him.
I expect any dude could do 20×20 pushups with me.
400 reps.
*could
It’s a heart check.
I learn about you when we do so, I’m judging you – your work ethic, your mental, the self talk I pick up on, I’m judging.
I can talk anyone past their perceived limits.
Some you get out of their heads, and immediately they get a 300-500% performance increase.
It’s way past the PR sets you hit putting on a show for the cute chick staring and trying not to be obvious about it.
That there’s maybe doubling the effort.
“Baby, you’re about to watch a 240+ man hit 20+ chins”.
And I do so!
He and I talked later – I went past the 20×20, I did over 500 in the gym, plus another set at home on the day.
He was saying to me “500 pushups, that’s why you’re jacked”, and that’s the truth of the matter.
Everyone could be jacked, big, strong, fit.
Genetics don’t matter 99.999% of the time.
The .001 where it may matter is at most in the olympics, and at the top level of professional sports.
Even then I don’t buy the hype.
Do the work. You’ll get jacked.
Who’s to say there’s a difference between you and him!
So many google prison fitness, jacked inmates, and similar – it’s a famous topic among gym circles and in the lifting corner of the internet.
How do they do it?
It’s not a secret.
Go be physical all day long, eat so that the body will only be at it’s peak.
“Starving” puts you into pure instinct.
“Survival mode” is where the true transformations and peak performance is at.
On my feet all day, rocking the day after day sunburn, NOT EATING – oh man! am I making gains.
The body is just sucking the fat off, while I’m getting stronger.
Physical all day + gym daily + a few liquid calories (gatorade, fruit juice, milk)+ one evening meal = leaner and leaner, stronger and stronger, properly outgoing, social, deep voiced, short sleeping – peaking/improving performance AS IS NATURAL! Natural – as God & nature intends.
Go do a few hundred pushups.
Go hit chins daily.
Work on your feet in the sun.
I see the error made by those inside for work, who go straight to the remote or the console!
Get outside, get physical.
You’re not even pushing.
All I do is a medium effort.
How I started my pushups at 14?
That was life or death in mentality!
You can go at least 5x harder, do 5x more, and make 5x the progress!
Persistence & Tenacity