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2. Charles Servizio (born September 5, 1950) is an American retired teacher known for setting the world record for the most push-ups done in 24 hours. On April 25, 1993, Servizio accomplished 46,001 push-ups in a span of 24 hours. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Servizio's high-school wrestling coach assigned push-ups as punishment for poor performance in tournaments.
Tandem push-up performed by Guinness World Record duo Kotsimpos-Dervas [12] Tandem push-ups are a variation of traditional push-ups, performed by two people working together. Each person is facing a different direction but with one of the athletes lying faced downwards on top of the other.
Doug Pruden grew up in Northern Alberta. In his late teens he adopted general fitness as his favourite way to stay in shape. Doing body weight exercises gave rise to a motivation to perform greater amounts of exercise in shorter periods of time. In order to keep track of push ups, his favourite exercise, Pruden videotaped challenges that lasted ...
According to The Guinness Book of World Records, Bruce Lee holds seven unbroken titles. He could do 400 push-ups on one hand, 200 on two fingers and 100 on one thumb. Bruce Lee could also punch 9 times in one second while his "one-inch punch" technique could force a 75 kg opponent 6 meters away, to name but a few.
The previous record for most burpee pull ups completed in an hour was held by Shawn Dobbs of Jacksonville, Florida, according to Guinness World Records. Vu's record has yet to be certified as the ...
The Guinness World Record for the most consecutive pull-ups was set by Japan Coast Guard diver Kenta Adachi in 2022 with 651 pull-ups, taking 87 minutes. [22] [23] The Guinness World Record for the maximum amount of weight added to a weighted pull-up was set by David Marchante of Spain in 2016, with 104.55 kilograms (230.5 lb). [24] [25]
Website. guinnessworldrecords.com. Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
Domino toppling. Domino toppling is the activity of standing up dominoes in sequence known as a domino run and then knocking down the first one in line to strike the next, which knocks that down to strike the next, and so on, creating a chain reaction also called the domino effect. A competition between two or more players to be first to have ...