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A World Record You THINK You Can Do, But You Can’t

I’m more than a few years removed from my athletic prime.  I can distinctly remember a time when, if given 2 minutes, I could give you fifty pushups and fifty…

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I'm more than a few years removed from my athletic prime.  I can distinctly remember a time when, if given 2 minutes, I could give you fifty pushups and fifty sit-ups and not even be breathing that hard.  That being said, if you were to ask me to do any number of push-ups today?  I would closely resemble "John Winger" (Bill Murray) from the movie, "Stripes."

Which leads me to the other end of the spectrum.  Meet The 24-year-old Thounaojam Niranjoy Singh of Manipur, India.  Recently, the broke his own Guinness World Record by completing 109 pushups...sorry, FINGERTIP pushups...in one minute.  His previous best was 105.

Now, before you race to get down on the floor and give this ago, I invite you to once again visit the "Stripes" video above and get real with yourself. ;)

Charlie Nance is the Afternoon Drive co-host (along with his wife) of "The Charlie and Debbie Show" at WSOC, Country 1037 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The couple have been with the radio station since 2006. Charlie has won the prestigious CMA (Country Music Association) Award for Radio Personality of the Year and has been a finalist for the Country Radio Hall of Fame four times. Prior to his time in Charlotte, Charlie (along with Debbie) spent more than a decade hosting successful morning radio shows in Greenville, SC; Augusta, Ga; and Birmingham, Al. As a content creator for Country 1037, Charlie writes about dream lottery windfalls, sports, restaurants and bars, and travel experiences in North and South Carolina.