Mao weidong is one tough cop, as he proved recently when he set a new record for planking with an eyewatering eight hours, one minute and one second. That time stood until may 2014, when mao weidong bested him by more than. Man breaks guinness world record for plank hold after 8 hours. George hood, 62, held the plank for 8 hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds. According to the guinness world records website, the record for longest time in an abdominal plank position male is 8 hours, 1 minute. Mao weidong, a 45yearold beijing swat team member and master planker, has set a new world record for planking, holding the abdominal position for 8 hours and 1 minute at a competition in beijing, thus setting the new world record for the longest abdominal plank longest time in an abdominal plank position.
An old guinness world records book inspired dana to try to beat it. Minnesota man, 71, believes he has set world planking. According to the guinness book of world records, the world record for longest time in an abdominal plank position is eight hours, one minute, set by mao weidong of beijing in may 2016 you also agree that any world records you hold on the recordsetter sites your. While us mortals have a hard time sitting for eight hours at work, mr. A chinese police officer has set a new guinness world record for planking. Thats what the world knows me for now, currently for. Welsh gym enthusiast carlton williams has returned to take back. Mao weidong insisted in 4 hours 26 minutes, because april 26 is the birthday of his wife. Guinness world records by guinness world records on. Exmarine sets new guinness world record for longestheld plank position video.
George hood has been breaking world records for 30 years, starting in 1986 when he jumped his way into guinness by skipping rope for more than hours, per nbc san diego. The 15 weird but amazing fitness records you have to see to believe. Marine veteran holds plank for over 8 hours, setting. An indiana native is once again in the guinness book of world records for planking. George hood, 57, sets guinness world record with 5hour plank. Thats how long george hood from the united states held a plank on february 15 for a new world record, according to the guinness book of world records. Most push ups in one hour guinness world records guinness world records. Former marine officer breaks world record plank to benefit. Weidong held his plank for 8 hours, 1 minute and 1 second. Chinese police officer mao weidong sets plank world record.
Marine and dea supervisory special agent broke the guinness world record for holding a plank. After all, thats how the guinness book of world records tracks its plank record, and dana glowacka may have just broken the womens record with a stunning 4hour, 20minute hold. Exmarine george hood, 62, sets guinness world record for. He bested the previous record of 8 hours, 1 minute and 1 second, set by mao weidong from china in 2016. In 2016 he lost out to mao weidong, from china, who recorded eight hours, one. Mao weidong, a policeman from china, set a world record of 8 hours, 1 minute, and 1 second at the 2016 plank world cup. Abdominal plank, george hood, guinness book of world records. The longest time in an abdominal plank position is 8 hours 1 minutes and was achieved by mao weidong china on an event organized by mens health in. The current record for the longest plank position is held by mao weidong of beijing. Mum breaks guinness world record by planking for more than.
Most push ups in one hour guinness world records youtube. American charles servizio smashed out a casual 46,001 pushups in 24 hours to break the guinness world record in april 1993. Craziest guinness and world records in sports history. World record plank male the guinness world records. But when he tried to set it again in 2016, he lost to mao weidong from china, who held a plank for 8 hours, 1 minute and 1 second. Weidong had no trouble spending an entire day planking. Woman breaks guinness world record after holding plank for. His new time 8 hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds bestedmao. He tried again in 2016but wasnt able to beat mao weidong from china in a headtohead.
Thats why we cant help but admire this police officer from china who just made it to the guinness world records for his exceptional planking skills. At 62, marine veteran sets the guinness record with 8plus. In his training for his latest record attempt, hood says one practice attempt in 2018 lasted for 10 hours and 10 minutes. Exmarine, 62, beats guinness world planking record ladbible.
Three months later, with a guinness adjudicator on site, weidong broke hoods. Former marine george hood, of naperville, sets guinness. Did you know, the world record according to the guinness book of world records, the world record for longest time in an abdominal plank position is eight hours, one minute, set by chinese policeman mao weidong of beijing in may 2016. The previous record for mens planking was set by mao weidong of china, who in 2016 held a plank for eight hours, one minute and one second. The ultraendurance athlete surpassed the previous guinness world record of 8 hours and 1 minute set by mao weidong in china in 2016. Chinese policeman sets world record with amazing 8hour plank. In the 2016 plank world cup held at the shangrila hotel in beijing, mao weidong re. Former marine officer breaks world record plank to benefit semper fi fund george hood, 57, spent a total of five hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds in. Whats the longest anyone has ever held a plank answers. But unless youre aiming to steal the crown from glowacka or mao weidong, who holds the mens record with an 8 hour, 1 minute hold, you might be better off. That breaks the record of 8 hours 1 minute set by mao weidong in china in 2016. The unknown story is a 2005 biography of chinese communist leader mao zedong 18931976 written by the wife and husband team of writer jung chang and historian jon halliday, who depict mao as being responsible for more deaths in peacetime than adolf hitler or joseph stalin in conducting their research for the book over the course of a decade, the authors interviewed hundreds of. Former marine, 62, planks for more than 8 hours to set. The 15 weird but amazing fitness records you have to see.
According to guinness world records, mao weidong holds the title of longest time in an abdominal plank position, clocking in at 08. But george hood, who set the male world record for longest time in the abdominal plank position, is 62 and says hes in the greatest shape of his life. The record for the longest plank of all time belongs to man named mao weidong who achieved a staggering 8hr and 1min plank in 2016. A former us marine has set a new guinness world record for holding the. Planking is the art of remaining in the pressup position without actually doing the pressups. Exmarine george hood, 62, sets guinness world record for longest plank at 8 hours. In 2016, he lasted an excruciating 8 hours and one minute. George hood sets world record with 10hourlong plank. Mao weidong set the record in 2016 with a time of eight hours and one minute. A 62yearold former marine reclaimed a world record he originally set in 2011 by holding an abdominal plank for an astonishing eight hours earlier this month, the guinness book of. Woman breaks guinness world record for longest plank. As he understands it, one of the people in the crowd that day was a chinese police officer named mao weidong. Mitch albom writes new book to raise money for covid19 relief. Hood,62, first set theguinness world record in 2011 with a time of1 hour, 20 minutes and 25 seconds, according to a release.
According to the guinness book of world records, the world record for longest time in an abdominal plank position is eight hours, one minute, set by mao weidong of beijing in may 2016. He set the guinness world record for the longest time spent holding the plank position for men. Exmarine sets new guinness world record for longestheld. Mao weidong of china took hoods record after holding a plank for 8 hours, 1 minute, and 1 second in 2016, according to the guinness book of world records. Chinese policeman mao weidong pictured above took home the guinness world records title after maintaining the difficult core strength position for a gruelling 8 hours and 1 minute, significantly beating the previous record of 4 hours 26 minutes which he set in 2014. The record for the longest plank of all time belongs to man named mao weidong. His new time 8 hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds bested mao weidong s 2016 guinness record. Chinese police officer mao weidong sets plank world record a member of the beijing swat team has smashed the world record for holding the plank position. Guinness world record for planking set by 62yearold. Soon after setting the record, hood celebrated by doing 75 pushups, a release says.
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