In a , the Guinness crew takes you through ten of their toughest pushup recordsalong with helpful demonstrations, the criteria by which the record keepers tally scores, and the current number one in each category. So, take diamond pushups : Were all pretty familiar with them, and the gravel-voiced narrator explains that the current record for most in a minute is 88. If you can do nearly one and a half diamond pushups a second for sixty seconds, this is a shoo-in.
Its fair to say the records get more difficult from there. The record for the is 55 in a minute, and the video demonstration is intimidatingly graceful, with German record-holder Niklas Mattern somehow gliding back and forth over his outstretched arms. Then we get records for one-arm, one-leg pushups in a minute (36), four-finger pushups (70), two-finger pushups (57)Twice the challenge, half the fingers, as the narrator intonesone-thumb pushups (44), and so on.
Even if youre not chasing a world record among these increasingly esoteric exercises, you can still consider adding them to your repertoire. As the narrator points out, pushups can work many different areas: digit-based pushups are good for developing lower arm and grip strength, while archers hit the delts, and one-arm, and one-leg pushups help build core strength. If youre itching for something new in your workout, this video might just spark some inspiration.
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