A youth from Bhatkal has succeeding in gaining entry into Guinness Book of World Records by with having done 5,000 pushups within a short period of one hour. Mr. Manjunath S Devadiga of Bangere Mavin Kattey village in Bhatkal taluk is hoped to shine the name of Bhatkal town.Being poor he just studied till class 2 and later started working in a hotel in Dharwad. Though he wanted to continue his education he couldn't do so. However, he decided to create his identity in the society hence started pushup exercise.
Mr. Manjunath t married just before seven months and took the responsibility of married life. He had left the pushup exercise and decided to live in his village. For seeking his livelihood he decided to be a laborer. After this job not suiting him he got back to hotel job and started his pushup exercise. Initially he was exercising 2000 pushups later he tried for 5,000 pushups within a single hour without any type of fatigue.
Manjunath says that he does 48,000 pushups from 5am to 5pm daily. The local people say that despite exercising pushups for continuous twelve hours he does not feel tired. He has won many prizes in many wrestling competition held in Dharwad and Hubli. Manjunath astounded the people of his village by demonstrating this skill. The people of the village assured him to provide their support to him.
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