HARD. Completion of 100 pushups would have meant no punishment at all. The young man’s energy is spent with only 50. His suffering is now tied to the 50 push-ups he failed to do. 50 blows by hand, carpet beater, Russian army belt and senior cane rain down on him in rapid succession. The man’s suffering stimulates the dom and he steps up the hurt with the addition of the reformatory strap, the wooden paddle, the Glasgow tawse, the prison strap, and the reformatory cane. Deep, deep pain to remember.