Last week, Navy Chief Special Operator (SEAL) David Goggins, 37, set out to break the 24-hour pullup record. He cranked out 2,588 pullups, but cut his attempt short due to a wrist injury (the record stands at 4,020). Even though he didn't get the record, he still accomplished his goal of raising money for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation. As of Oct. 4, he'd raised $23,900.
(ScoopDeck reports that he'll try again.)
Goggins' attempt got me thinking about another service member who is doing something physically extreme to raise money for charity: Marine Sgt. Enrique Treviño.
Treviño, 27, challenged himself to do 1 million pushups in 2012 to raise money and awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project.
As of Tuesday (Oct. 2), Treviño had ticked off 759,105 pushups; 2,341 pushups ahead of schedule, he said. That schedule has him hitting a million pushups by Dec. 3.
"I pushed for Dec. 30 due to the fact it is a leap year," he wrote in an email.
He's raised so much money already that he's adjusted his fundraising goal, from his initial $10,000 to $40,000. As of today, he's raised $37,618.61.
How's he doing physically?
"My body is holding up," he wrote, "I've been eating healthy, and my wrist and elbow joints were hurting but I have implemented more forearm exercises which has eased the pain a lot."
Treviño will be in Dallas -- his hometown -- on Dec. 30, and says he'll have some sort of celebration to mark the challenge's finish.
"I'm getting so much support and this mission has impacted so many people to get in shape and raise awareness for our wounded service members which I'm so thankful for."
Find out more on Treviño's 1 year 1 million pushups Facebook page, and to donate, visit Treviño's fundraising page through the Wounded Warrior Project.
And if you're playing catch-up, click here to read Marine Corps Times' original story, and our previous PT365 post from March, April and Mike Morones' video from July.
Tomorrow we'll have a post on another Marine going the extra distance (literally) to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project.
Sgt. Treviño will continue checking in with PT365 periodically with new progress pictures and updated pushup counts. So stay tuned to find out when he reaches his goal, and cheer him along as the count gets closer to a million.
