Vegetarian World Record 17,003 consecutive situps

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17,003 Consecutive Pushups: 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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[sabro]

Does that have to do with him being fit, being a Marine, having too much time on his hands or being a vegetarian? How many times can you skip rope in 5 hours? Can the average vegetarian out jump rope the average omnivore? What percentage of elite level athletes are vegetarians?

 

[Flashjeff]

I wondered the same thing, sabro. His incredible achievements probably had more to do with his conditioning and his being a Marine than what he consumes. I also wondered when he found the tiem for all that, I was in the military, and we rarely had that much free time to kill.

 

[Mycernius]

If you are going to quote from sites please list where the info came from. For anyone else the original post came from here
Note it says could be the fittest man on earth. I suspect that many manual labourers in the world are probably on the same level, despite what they eat.

 

[Da Monstar]

As said before... where do he get the time for this?!?

Beside school and other sparetimestuff, I woulnd't spend that much time, trying to make a record by using so many hours in a row on something. But then again I get easily bored .