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This Marine’s mission: 1M push-ups in 2012

Most people don’t complete a million push-ups in a lifetime, but Sgt. Enrique Treviño plans to do that many in a year to raise awareness and $10,000 for the Wounded Warrior Project.

That equates to 2,732 push-ups per day and nearly 114 every hour.

Sound impossible? Not for 26-year-old Treviño, a Dallas native and administration clerk assigned to Marine Embassy Security Group’s Region 4 headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

He began cranking out push-ups on Jan. 1.

“I had personal doubts the first day,” he said. “I think I was half way through, and my body was spent, and I thought, ‘I’ve got to wake up tomorrow and do this again with 364 days left in the year.’”

As of Feb. 6, he had already topped 103,500 push-ups. On some days he has cranked out more than 3,100.

He does it by taking an intense 40-minute workout block at lunch to complete between 750 and 850 push-ups, he said. Throughout the rest of the workday, he will hit the deck every 15 or 20 minutes under the watchful eye of Gunnery Sgt. Lamont Calloway.

Treviño said his gunny pushes him to do at least 50 before standing up. Treviño continues his work during every commercial break at home while watching TV.

No matter how hard it gets, he said he is determined to inspire other Marines, and to help a non-profit whose mission is to “honor and empower wounded warriors.”

“I’m trying to put awareness out there so we can start giving back to those who gave so much and lost so much.”

Although some doubted Treviño’s goal, it took just a few days for the Marines around him to realize he might pull it off.

“I thought he was crazy,” Calloway said. “But when we came in after our New Year’s 96, and he told me how many he had done over the holiday, I thought OK.”

If anybody can do it, Treviño can, he added. Not only does he put together workouts for the unit as the training NCO, he is always in the gym.

His push-ups also seem to be catching on.

Calloway often hits the deck alongside Treviño, performing push-ups for encouragement.

Staff Sgt. Luis Vasquez-Estrada, an embassy detachment commander in Buenos Aires, Argentina, heard about Treviño’s goal and has also pledged to complete 1 million push-ups this year as a gesture of solidarity.

Treviño has so far raised $1,460 from contributors who include Vasquez-Estrada. Treviño hopes as word spreads more money will roll in.

To donate, visit Treviño’s fundraising page through the Wounded Warrior Project.

You can also follow his yearlong endeavor on Facebook by searching “1 year 1 Million Pushups (Wounded Warrior Fundraising).”