Post by TCM on Oct 29, 2012 0:38:12 GMT -5
Maybe it's been mentioned before, but I finally took the time to watch it.
Considering it's Kinniku Banzuke, you know it's a treat. Think Quick Muscle, but more grueling. It's an endurance competition. 20 (I believe) men participate, 2 of which are, IIRC, Yukio Iketani and for sure Kohei Asano. Push-ups to the beat of a drum (just like the audition for 28) but there's no limit; the eventual winner stops when he wishes. This aired back in October of 1995, and apparently there was one earlier that year as a New Year's special.
I posted it in...you know, but it's practically an hour long (with 2-3 commercial breaks), so if you don't want to sit and watch it (although it kept my attention):
**Spoilers below**
Considering it's Kinniku Banzuke, you know it's a treat. Think Quick Muscle, but more grueling. It's an endurance competition. 20 (I believe) men participate, 2 of which are, IIRC, Yukio Iketani and for sure Kohei Asano. Push-ups to the beat of a drum (just like the audition for 28) but there's no limit; the eventual winner stops when he wishes. This aired back in October of 1995, and apparently there was one earlier that year as a New Year's special.
I posted it in...you know, but it's practically an hour long (with 2-3 commercial breaks), so if you don't want to sit and watch it (although it kept my attention):
**Spoilers below**
I believe Yukio tapped out around the 700 push-up mark. Kohei Asano won with 1,200 push-ups, and he reached that after the two people left had already been eliminated. He was by himself by 1,055, so he did 145 by himself on purpose, just to reach that milestone.
