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Mike Tyson's workout involved getting up at 4am for a 5-mile jog. Then he would do (cumulatively) 2000 sit-ups, 500 pushups, 500 dips, 500 shrugs and about 30 minutes of neck bridges daily. He repeated this 6 days a week.

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Mike Tyson's Training Regiment included waking up at 4am, jogging 5-miles. Then he would do 2000 sit-ups, 500 pushups, 500 dips, 500 shrugs and about 30 minutes of neck bridges daily. He repeated this 6 days a week.

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1. Angelo Poffo, father of Macho Man Randy Savage, destroyed the World Record for consecutive sit-ups with 6,033 in 4 hours and 10 minutes. This record is still unbroken.

2. Macho Man Randy Savage's Father Angelo Poffo holds the record for most sit-ups done consecutively. 6,033 in 4 hours 10 minutes.

3. Mike Tyson's workout routine consisted of 2000 sit-ups, 500-800 dips, 500 press-ups, 500 shrugs with a 30kg barbell, and 10 mins of neck exercises and this was only at 5pm.

4. In order to meet the minimum scores for the Ranger physical fitness test, you have to complete 49 pushups and 59 sit-ups in less than two minutes, and then complete 6 chin-ups and run 5 miles under 40 minutes.

5. Ray Lewis grew up using a deck of cards to do push-ups and sit-ups. If he drew a 7, he would do 7. An Ace was 25 and a Joker 30. He would go through the whole deck. During his NFL career, he would do it 3 times for each exercise.

6. It would take roughly 17,500 sit ups to burn 1lb of fat

7. Sit-Ups can be bad for you according to the U.S. Military

8. Porn star Nikki Benz was crowned the World's Strongest Naked Woman by Howard Stern, Benz earned this title by holding eight pound weights for as long as possible while riding a Sybian sex machine, and doing sit-ups for 30 seconds while ringing a cowbell attached to someone's genitals.

9. Sit-ups and crunches are outdated and really bad for my back and I should do planks instead.