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Rich Hernandez can do 5,000 push-ups in a single set without ever touching his knees. He came through on his drive across America, trained with my morning group, and then sat down in person for this one. Three years ago his max was 40. He's now chasing a record of 10,507 that hasn't been broken since 1980.
But the whole point he keeps coming back to is that it was never about the push-ups.
We get into the 1% rule and why the curve stays flat for four or five months before anything happens, the seven-minute plank he grew into a FOUR-HOUR plank in ten months, the 14-hour livestream where he logged 12,345 push-ups, why he walked away from MIT, Northrop Grumman and a Yale MBA to do this, and his rule for anyone who doesn't know where to start.
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⏱ TIMESTAMPS
0:00 — He trained with my group this morning 1:00 — 5,000 push-ups, no knees, and the record unbroken since 1980 2:00 — Receipts: 12,345 push-ups in a single 14-hour livestream 4:00 — MIT, Northrop Grumman, and a Yale MBA — so why push-ups? 5:00 — Reading Goggins and 1,000+ days with no days off 6:00 — What the family business taught him at 5am 8:00 — How one hard thing spills into everything else 10:00 — Veronica started sketching again (and a guy who lost 110 lbs) 12:00 — 40 push-ups to 5,000, and the 1% rule 15:00 — Seven minutes to a FOUR-HOUR plank in ten months 17:00 — Consistency, accuracy, intensity — in that order 19:00 — The traveling salesman problem, and "put on your shoes and go for a walk" 21:00 — Where to follow Rich
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"It's not about the push-ups. It's never been about the push-ups. It's about doing hard things every day, growing physically, but most importantly mentally." — Rich Hernandez
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