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Old 07-09-2020, 7:36am   #20
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I was never good at sit-ups or pull-ups. In fact, I wasn't very athletic at all. For some reason I could do pushups. It helps that I weighed about 120 lbs back then. Our standard for doing pushups was all the way up with your elbows locked in a straight position, then down to a spotter's fist on the ground knuckles up.

In the 7th grade we did the same, but no time limit and you could rest in the up position. I did 75 then.
I remember the fist under the chest as the standard. I'd forgotten all about that method.
75 is a lot of push ups for any age.
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