Joe Rogan is a fitness freak. He eats elk meat from elks he hunts, takes daily ice plunges, takes testosterone, and works out religiously. This is why the podcaster is ripped at 55. Bert Kreischer, not so much. Once named ‘biggest party animal’ in America by Rolling Stone magazine, the 50-year-old sports a dad bod and is an alcoholic who drinks 6–8 drinks every day and double or triple that on weekends.
So, when Kreischer challenged Joe to prove who could do more pushups, the result seemed foregone. However, there was a little hitch that surprised fans.
Bert Kreischer challenges Joe Rogan to push-up contest
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On a ‘Sober October’ episode last year, Kreischer challenged Joe to a pushup contest, which the Boston native accepted. Rogan was joined by comedian and friend Ari Shaffir, Tom Segura, and Kreischer.
Sober October is a challenge that Joe and a few of his comedian friends take part in annually. It entails participants remaining Sober for the month of October to help detoxify and cleanse their bodies and mind, and raise money for charity.
During the episode, Kreischer questioned who among them could do the most pushups among those present.“Who do you think could do more push-ups now in a row?” Kreischer asked.
To which a confident Rogan asserted, “Definitely me,” and offered to double however many potshots Kreischer can do. Sure, whatever you do, I’ll double,” Joe said.
Shaffer managed 15 proper push-ups. He was followed by Bert Kreischer, who did 33, which Rogan claimed were half push-ups and, thus, should not count. Joe went next and claimed he could do 80, but was only able to do 75 pushups, still blowing his competition out of the water.
Fans react to the push-up challenge
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Fans were amused by the challenge and made their thoughts known in the Youtube comments section. Here is what fans had to say about the pushup challenge:
- Those 5 push ups will haunt joe for life
- This is seriously freaking inspiring.
- Joe was probably waiting for this moment his whole entire adult life
- This is why I respect Joe , even at his age he’s not all talk, he’s about that life🙇🏾♂
- Joe is a legit martial artist. You do a lot of pushups in martial arts
- Joe is a fkn tank of a man
- Nice to see he’s staying in decent health
- people sometimes seem to forgot how much of a block of muscle joe is
- If Bert can do 40 than I identify as the strongest man in the world
- Joe sounds like a 6th grader at the lunch table w/ his friends😂
- For missing those 5 missed pushups Goggins called him after this podcast and told him the next day he was gonna be carrying boats with him as punishment
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Clearly, Joe Rogan is the personification of fitness goals for 55-year-olds, being able to manage 75 pushups at the drop of a hat. Do you think Bert Kreischer’s pushups should be counted? Or do you agree with Rogan that they were not full pushups? Tell us in the comments section below.
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