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Charles Servizio (born September 5, 1950) is an American retired teacher known for setting the world record for the most
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s done in 24 hours. On April 25, 1993, Servizio accomplished 46,001 push-ups in a span of 24 hours. Servizio's high-school wrestling coach assigned push-ups as punishment for poor performance in tournaments. He was 38 when he made his first attempt to break the
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24-hour push-up record. The attempt was unsuccessful – he quit at 30,000 push-ups and fell short of the standing record by over 4,000 push-ups. This was the first of four attempts in which he broke the existing records, the last being 46,001 push-ups in just over 22 hours.


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See also

* Doug Pruden * George Kotsimpos


External links


Guinness World Records

Charles Servizio FaceBook Fan Page
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