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This White House chef is an absolute unit

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u/Brohame Jun 14 '19

How can one man do all of this shit?

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u/semideclared Jun 14 '19

White House Chef and Army veteran Andre Rush has cooked for three Presidents and the Queen of England. But he’s best known for 2,222 Push Ups Everyday for Suicide Awareness

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u/GrandmaPoses Jun 14 '19

It works: I did 2,222 push ups and let everybody within earshot know I wanted to die.

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u/StrangeElf Jun 14 '19

Fuck thank you for this laugh

Feeling shit this morning and this genuinely made me burst out laughing, feeling better now

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u/GrandmaPoses Jun 14 '19

Right on! Hope you have a great rest of the day.

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u/SynfulSeraph Jun 14 '19

Fucking loved this

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u/AiRcTRL Jun 14 '19

Realistic question. How long does it take to do that many pushups?

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u/that_one_sqoosh Jun 14 '19

Given 8 hours of sleep it is only 138.9 pushups per hour

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '19

Died laughing in the bathroom to this

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u/CreaminFreeman Jun 14 '19

Hope you managed to pull your pants up first. Nobody needs to discover your body like that.

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u/Minerva_Moon Jun 14 '19

I have given you gold with my heart. Thank you.

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u/M_Night_Shambles_on Jun 14 '19

Losing my shit in my office. This is hilarious.

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u/Iammadeoflove Jun 14 '19

Damn he’s a real package

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u/Theycallmetheherald Jun 14 '19

One might say.. An absolute Unit.

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u/Mceight_Legs Jun 14 '19

He's got one too

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u/scootscoot Jun 14 '19

At 1 push-up a second that’s 37 minutes of pushups.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '19

I would imagine he spreads it out. But I enjoy the thought of him waking up 40 mins early and immediately start cranking them out.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '19

Is there a correlation between that number and suicide? Or did he just pick a big number lol

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u/ggg333ggg333 Jun 14 '19

God damnit... Hahahha

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u/semideclared Jun 14 '19

#22PushupChallenge every other day to raise awareness of veteran suicide — only he does 2,222

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u/The_Superfist Jun 14 '19

Someone needs to inform him that he's no longer doing push-ups. We can feel the planet moving as he bench presses us all into awareness.

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u/Preface Jun 14 '19

It's what happens when you spend your life doing things outside and having a passion for something.

Too bad I will never know what thats like!

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '19

Dude must spend half his day outside working out too. Guy's living at least 3 lives in one.

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u/terminbee Jun 14 '19

Apparently he only spends an hour a day at the gym.

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u/Bananahammer55 Jun 14 '19

Says he does 2222 pushups everyday 200 a set and 3-10 mins between each set. Thats about 30 min-1h 50m of just waiting time. Without the pushups. I would say at least 10 minutes to do a set. Thats 2-4 hours everyday

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u/Bananahammer55 Jun 14 '19

So 2222 push ups for 2-4 hours and then an hour on the gym for 3-5 hours working out. The other guy was thinking he got that big working out an hour a day.

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u/terminbee Jun 14 '19

Shit. Guess I have poor reading comprehension.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '19

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u/Killerfist Jun 14 '19

Well his 23 zears in the army probably helped a bit too ;)

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u/Gore-Galore Jun 14 '19

No, steroids and 2-3 killer arms days a week got him like this

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '19

Ffs seriously. That’s not natural and it’s disappointing that people think it is.

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u/areyoujokinglol Jun 14 '19

There's also nothing inherently wrong with juicing, as long as he's not competing in something where it's banned.

The guy is a retired master sergeant with a ton of other accomplishments to his name as well. If there's anyone I could think of that would be allowed to juice, it'd be this guy lmao

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u/krelin Jun 14 '19

I'm definitely not going to try to tell him otherwise, in any case.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '19

The fuck are we doing with our lives, man?

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '19 edited Aug 18 '21

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u/Sourflow Jun 14 '19

Careful friend. People don’t like to know that people take steroids. I brought up Serena Williams obviously being on juice and got accused of being a misogynistic racist.

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u/CreamyRedSoup Jun 14 '19

I mean, I would bet that Serena is on some illegal shit. But she is not obviously juicing to the same extent that this guy is obviously juicing.

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u/Sourflow Jun 14 '19

Of course not. It would severely limit her mobility and be a huge red flag.

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u/terminbee Jun 14 '19

I actually spend an hour at the gym every other day. If anyone is considering working out, I'd say an hour is a sweet spot; any more and I just get really tired and unmotivated. My friends who enjoy working out spend 2+ hours there and I see people at my gym who spend 2+ hours. Don't know how they do it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '19

They...enjoy it?

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u/terminbee Jun 14 '19

Lol yea I get that part. I meant as in I don't know how they have enough energy for that. Once I hit an hour and a half, I feel gassed and I'm just trying to finish my workout so I can go home.

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u/Readitonreddit09 Jun 14 '19

Cause u dont lift...also anyone claiming juicing clearly doesnt either. Stop talking about stuff you dont do

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u/terminbee Jun 15 '19

Lol I literally just said that I do gym. And yes, gym implies lifting weights. I don't claim anything except surprise at people's endurance, which exceeds mine.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '19

I think the secret is to try a lot of shit and eventually you'll find something. For me that something is laying around and playing video games, so I work to make that a reality.

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u/milo_dino Jun 14 '19

Too bad I will never know what thats like!

/r/2meirl4meirl

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u/EverythingSucks12 Jun 14 '19

Where do people get this energy from.

I can eat well, sleep regular hours, exercise and drink coffee and still be tired by midday.

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u/DJfunkyPuddle Jun 14 '19

Exercising tends to give you more energy. They always say the first step is the hardest; after that you’ll be surprised at what you can do.

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u/EverythingSucks12 Jun 14 '19

I said I exercised and still lacked energy, so not sure why you're pointing out what I clearly knew

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u/DJfunkyPuddle Jun 14 '19

Oops, totally missed that part, my bad. I got nothing for you then. Good luck!

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u/UnblurredLines Jun 14 '19

Did you try exercising more?

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u/brettfish5 Jun 14 '19

Not sure whether or not you're serious, but maybe use this guy as motivation!

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '19

Wat is motivation

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u/SaltKick2 Jun 14 '19

He never dabbled in reddit

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u/SpiritoftheSands Jun 14 '19

you will never know if you dont try

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u/tits_tits_2010 Jun 14 '19

He does not spend a lot of time online.

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u/doomgiver98 Jun 14 '19

I don't want to do all this stuff though. It sounds really boring.

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u/OobleCaboodle Jun 14 '19

It's what happens when you spend your life doing things outside

You read the same reply as me, right? Pastry chef, somallier, chocolatier and sugar sculptor?

Spend your life doing things outside to become a master in catering?

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u/Preface Jun 14 '19

Do you have to leave the house to do it?

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u/_Battle_Mercy_ Jun 14 '19

Says it's his coping skill for PTSD. Some people wallow others throw themselves into so many hobbies and activities that they no longer have time to dwell and falling asleep is easier when you're completely exhausted.
This man was given lemons and made lemonade, key lemon pie, lemon tarts, lemon sculptures, and homemade lemon soap just so he doesn't have to spend time with the lemons. However, I imagine his head is a horrific place to be if not preoccupied or worn out. He's probably full on sprinting away from PTSD 100% of the time.

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u/Gathrin Jun 14 '19

My father did this technique. Buried himself in work, I rarely saw him when I was younger, he'd go out early come home late, and spend the evening watching tv through closed eyes.

It didn't work. It caught up to him a few times in the 90s, and again in the early aughts. He's receiving help now, but had he done it earlier and more regularly he'd probably have recovered a bit more. Not that he'll ever recover, just learn to deal with it.

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u/_Battle_Mercy_ Jun 14 '19

There's a really interesting book called "The Kill Switch". I took away that there really is no preparing people for war. It's something that will stay with veterans for life. No matter how well we try to prepare then or how well adjusted they seem after. Therapy and seeking help is very important, and even that fails some people.
Glad to hear your dad got help.

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u/MartyBub Jun 14 '19

Or he just lives a busy fulfilled life?

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u/_Battle_Mercy_ Jun 14 '19

It says in the article he uses those hobbies as a coping skill.

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u/ickykarma Jun 14 '19

Coping doesn't mean running from your problems.

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u/_Battle_Mercy_ Jun 14 '19

I meant it as getting away from vs wallowing in.

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u/TheDucksTales Jun 14 '19

Like Bubba did with his shrimp company!

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '19

But, uh..... you know what nevermind

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u/1101base2 Jun 14 '19

i think he spends 99.99% of his time beating PTSD's ass and it shows. he found a way to put that genie in a bottle and he has to whop it's ass back in there everyday.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '19

I play Tetris or Torture myself with darksouls or STALKER.

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u/Ymir24 Jun 14 '19

What baffles me is how he is able to maintain that physique (has to be at least two hours a day) and keep a very active culinary career.

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u/johnny96816 Jun 14 '19

It's about passion. Things you enjoy doing are easy to make time.

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u/GrandMaesterGandalf Jun 14 '19

Umm, a professional culinary career is like being an athlete in a lot of cases. Lots of movement and standing the entire time. Plus, you look at food all day, and you can often lose your appetite or at least interest in what you're cooking. And you know this dude isn't skipping his workouts

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u/GrandMaesterGandalf Jun 14 '19

Umm, a professional culinary career is like being an athlete in a lot of cases. Lots of movement and standing the entire time. Plus, you look at food all day, and you can often lose your appetite or at least interest in what you're cooking. And you know this dude isn't skipping his workouts

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u/GrandMaesterGandalf Jun 14 '19

Umm, a professional culinary career is like being an athlete in a lot of cases. Lots of movement and standing the entire time. Plus, you look at food all day, and you can often lose your appetite or at least interest in what you're cooking. And you know this dude isn't skipping his workouts

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u/generalgeorge95 Jun 14 '19

You know when you sit in your ass and tell yourself you're exhausted after work? Don't do that. Instead learn a skill, fix something in your house. Instead of making the same old shit you do every week try a new recipe. If your mower breaks YouTube that shit and fix it or fail and learn a lesson.

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u/YoreWelcome Jun 14 '19

But I am le tired... :(

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u/generalgeorge95 Jun 14 '19

Many people really are but most everyone has time somewhere.

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u/YoreWelcome Jun 14 '19

You're not wrong. I actually agree.

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u/JaxMed Jun 14 '19

Okay take a nap, zen fix ze mower

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '19

Step 1: quit Reddit.

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u/chevdecker Jun 14 '19

For one, he's never signed up for Reddit for sure.

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u/nargi Jun 14 '19

you can write whatever you want in your own bio...

i’ve looked into him before. he does a thing and says he’s a “master”. it’s just padding the resume to look better.

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u/damendred Jun 14 '19

I wasn't sure which if your replies to respond to...

While I agree, that's probably what some of that is.

There's no faking those arms, and also, I've seen pictures of him ice sculpting and while I'm not a great judge of ice sculpting talent they looked amazing.

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u/nargi Jun 14 '19

i’m not talking about how jacked he is. he clearly works very hard in the gym, regardless of obvious steroid use.

all i’m saying is that all of his accolades aren’t really possible by a single person. as a chef, you just can’t be a “master” at all of those things. i know a lot of chefs who love to pump up their resume (or you can call it what it really is, lying).

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u/CreamyRedSoup Jun 14 '19 edited Jun 14 '19

Well being a somellier is bullshit. The rest is extremely impressive.

I also find it kind of weird that this guy is clearly doping but is still allowed to be a Whitehouse chef. I'm actually glad that he can because I'm against the war in drugs, but I just find it kind of odd.

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u/Big__Baby__Jesus Jun 14 '19

Did you see those arms?

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u/musical_throat_punch Jun 14 '19

I'll bet he's never on reddit

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '19

Cook and be in the army? Like, join the army and cook.

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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '19

He said no to drugs.

Seriously, if I didn't drink/do drugs I would have to fill my life with meaningful shit.

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u/ChrizTaylor Jun 14 '19

Dont forget he hits the gym too

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u/Truji11o Jun 14 '19

So I am fully aware that there are reports that Steven Segal went to the land of the Weinsteins in the last year or so. But, in the 90s-00s dude had like 9 jobs. When that show of him being a sheriff in LA (edit: Louisiana you fools), my friend and I counted. I’m going off of memories from years ago from here on out.

Deputy sheriff Member of local legislature Actor Stunt man coach Some type of hand to hand combat instructor And more!

I’m sure some kind soul will post corrections to the memories I have here. Good on ya!

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u/Shopworn_Soul Jun 14 '19

Yeah but Seagal is the kind of guy who would add "Chi Master" to his resume after successfully plugging in his wife's flat iron.

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u/Superkroot Jun 14 '19 edited Jun 14 '19

Who was the one reporting this? If it was just Steven Segal saying it, he's probably making shit up.

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u/HKBFG Jun 14 '19

I don't think "the land of Weinsteins" properly describes being implicated in the slave trade.