Posted on May 24, 2015
Can you do more pull-ups than a Pearl Harbor Survivor & Marine Vet Grandpa?
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Staff Sergeant Robert A. Henderson, a 95 Year Old Marine Veteran of WII and survivor of Pearl Harbor can bang out 12 Marine Corps pull-ups. Can you? Will you at 95?
Motivate.
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Read about the Clemson Veteran Stories project here.
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Motivate.
https://twitter.com/usmc/statuses/ [login to see] 09252352
Read about the Clemson Veteran Stories project here.
http://www.marines.mil/News/NewsDisplay/tabid/3258/Article/589311/clemson-university-research-project-preserves-veterans-stories-for-the-ages.aspx
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I don't think I could do 12 pull-ups if my life depended on it. Gotta change things up here, boss. That is impressive!
(That said, if I live to be 95, I have over 35 years to train, so I might get there by then.)
(That said, if I live to be 95, I have over 35 years to train, so I might get there by then.)
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I started racing SCCA (Pro-Am) when I was about 50.
I'm still doing it at 66 with at least two SE Division wins and many regional 1st and 2nds, as well as many regional series wins. I only drive enduros from 1-1/2 to 3 hours in length. I started this after retiring my 100mph offshore catamaran because of the cost of fuel. Most all of my veteran friends are now dead or dying, mainly thanks to agent orange exposure. I have over the years acquired facial skin cancer, bladder cancer, type II diabetes and have a disintegrating spine due to a very large mine impact. Keep on trucking.
I'm still doing it at 66 with at least two SE Division wins and many regional 1st and 2nds, as well as many regional series wins. I only drive enduros from 1-1/2 to 3 hours in length. I started this after retiring my 100mph offshore catamaran because of the cost of fuel. Most all of my veteran friends are now dead or dying, mainly thanks to agent orange exposure. I have over the years acquired facial skin cancer, bladder cancer, type II diabetes and have a disintegrating spine due to a very large mine impact. Keep on trucking.
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Get some! I don't know him but you got to love him!
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A role-model for us all to look up to. Anyone know him? Want to invite him to RallyPoint to share his wisdom?
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I once served with a Marine that had been raised in three different countries and had been adopted by different foster parents. He was 26 years old when he enlisted for the first time. He also had been shot, stabbed and had many broken bones, Yet he was the strongest, fastest guy in our platoon. He was always very active and always drove like he was in a bank heist.
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Outstanding! I wonder if he'll spot me at the gym?
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I would be happy to be alive and in good health at 95 .
I can't do push ups now because of health issues .
I can't do push ups now because of health issues .
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