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World record planking broken:more than 8 hours on elbow and toes

Do you think 20 seconds of planking is hell? How about more than 8 hours? The 62-year-old American George Hood succeeded, who broke the world record with this.

The former soldier managed to plank for no less than 8 hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds. According to the Guinness World Records, he is the first in the world to succeed.

Read also: 'Holding the plank longer:this is the secret'

Training

To achieve this, he trained more than seven hours a day for the past eighteen months. But he didn't stop at planking, he also did 700 pushups, 2,000 situps and 500 leg exercises a day. And all this under the guidance of a coach and music by Van Halen and Rammstein to help him through the difficult moments.

Attention to mental health care

Hood wants to use his record attempt to draw attention to mental health.

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Source:RTLnieuws.nl