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A member asked:
Is doing 500 pushups every other day too much for me? i'm 19 male, do them in 20 sets of 25 with 1 minute rest
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It's OK: There's nothing wrong with that--i'm sure you're in excellent shape. Just don't do so many that it interferes with living!
Answered 11/17/2013
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