Do you always yell?
How long a break did you take between sets of 20?
If, as the article seems to state, they had an hour to do it, then the situation outlined for the players was rather different than what you experienced.
I NEVER YELL. I HAVE EYE PROBLEMS (SOON TO BE CORRECTED, I HOPE) THAT CAUSE ME TO TYPE IN CAPS SO I CAN SEE AND PROOF WHAT I AM TYPING. I MAKE MANY ERRORS.
I HAD NO BREAKS OTHER THAN RISING AND SMILING.
(THE SMILE WAS NEVER WIPED OFF MY FACE.)
THE NUMBER OF PUSHUPS IS NOT THE FACTOR HERE, IT’S THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT THAT MATTERS. GRANTED, I DID MINE WITHOUT PAUSE OR REST, IN A SPAN OF MINUTES AND PROBABLY NOT 400,BUT 400 PUSHUPS FOR A TEEN, OR ANYONE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER, IS A FORMIDABLE TASK.
HAVE YOU EVER ATTEMPTED IT? IN YOUR PRIME COULD YOU HAVE DONE SO? I’M THINKING NO, AND NO. BUT YOUR ARMCHAIR IS COMFORTABLE, YES? THAT’S WHAT COUNTS.