In 2009, when Joseph Schooling was a 14-year-old boy, his classmates made him do 39 push-ups in a row in class.

Now an Olympic Gold medallist on a whirlwind tour of Singapore, his classmates have made him do 83 push-ups without breaking out of pumping position because what are friends for?

Here is Joseph Schooling in 2009 doing 39 push-ups:

The only difference between then and now is that his friends clearly love him more now, what with all that miscounting and using Michael Phelps to taunt him.

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Just a 2009 video of teenage Joseph Schooling doing 39 push-ups in a row when he was really schooling

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