A Bishop Challenged a Young Guy to a Push-Up Contest at WYD in Poland

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Here’s something you don’t see everyday!

Bishop Joseph Strickland of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas is in Poland with a group of young people for World Youth Day. Somehow the 57-year-old bishop got himself into a push-up contest with a young guy from his diocese, and they recorded a video of the whole thing!

With people gathered around, Bishop Strickland and Joseph Mahmoud got on the ground and started doing push-ups, with the winner being whoever could do the most.

Quick! Before reading further, who do you think won?

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Though Bishop Strickland started off strong with great form, he hit a wall around push-up number 50, while Mahmoud was able to keep going seemingly without a problem. Though he lost, Bishop Strickland was a good sport and shook Mahmoud’s hand at the end.

It appears Bishop Strickland takes physical fitness seriously: apart from his impressive 50 push-ups, his blog prior to being consecrated a bishop was titled “RunFatherRun.”

Here’s the full video:

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