--- title: From Zero Pushups.. to SIX! description: Maria left high school athletics, plateaued at Planet Fitness, and couldn't do a single pushup. 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She was working out. She was showing up. But she wasn't being pushed — and she knew it. Zero upper body strength. Couldn't do a single pushup. Could barely move the 45 lb bar on bench press. Valeria referred her to The Savage Lands. She's been locked in ever since.   ## HER 1st PUSHUPS! > [View this post on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOtMMGbCZto/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading) > > [A post shared by The Savage Lands 🌴 DRXVE Training Facility (@the.savagelands)](https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOtMMGbCZto/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading) --- ## HOW SHE DID IT: Maria came in from Planet Fitness with no upper body strength at all. The 45 lb bar was a struggle. Pushups were zero — not modified, not bad form. Zero. Couldn't do one. She did the dirty work anyway. Core she hated. Progressions she hadn't earned yet. Accessory movements nobody posts about. In this video she gets 2 pushups. Her max during the Absolute Machine Challenge — **6 reps.** She's not chasing weight loss. She's chasing [body comp](https://drxve.com/comp), [strength](https://drxve.com/strength), and [progress](https://drxve.com/progress). And she's getting all three. From zero pushups to 6. From big gym plateau to one of the strongest in the squad. That's what the "Dirty Work actually looks like. 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