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MARBLEHEAD Thousands of Patriots fans made their way to Houston last week for what turned out to be the most exciting Super Bowl ever. But nobody got there quite like Ron Cooper did.

Cooper won an all-expenses-paid trip to Super Bowl LI by winning a pull-up contest on the Thursday before the game. Yes, a pull-up contest.

Its not the normal route to the Super Bowl, Cooper said. But whatever works.

Cooper, 38, is a husband, father of two, and a financial planner based in Danvers. Hes also an 11-time Guinness World Records holder for various pull-up, push-up and step-up contests.

Last Wednesday, he traveled to New York City for a fitness competition sponsored by Reebok and Guinness and set two world records, including most knuckle push-ups in a minute (91).

When he got home that night, he got a message from a friend about another competition the next day in Boston. The prize? A trip to the Super Bowl.

I said, Im a little gassed, I dont think Im going to do it, he said.

When he woke up the next morning, he changed his mind. He headed to Boston for the competition, which was sponsored by Michelob and held at Republic Fitness.

In honor of Michelobs Ultra beer with 95 calories, the male and female who completed the most pull-ups in 95 seconds would win trips to the Super Bowl.

Cooper did 56 pull-ups to finish just ahead of a guy who did 54. On Saturday morning, he and his wife, Katie, were on a plane to Houston.

We didnt know what to expect, but they paid for everything, Ron Cooper said. Flights, transportation, hotel, tickets. We went to a private concert with Sting and the Goo Goo Dolls and Mark Wahlberg showed up. It was wild.

The Coopers seats were high up in the stadium, but Cooper said there wasnt a bad seat in the house. You could see all the action, he said.

Like every other Patriot fan, the Coopers were pretty quiet for the first three quarters, until the team pulled itself up, so to speak, with the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history.

Once it started happening, it was just amazing, Cooper said.

Staff writer Paul Leighton can be reached at 978-338-2675 or pleighton@salemnews.com.

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