Athletic World Records

Roger M. held a peacock pose for two minutes, 5.23 seconds.

Jaber A. completed 72 cartwheels in one minute.

Mridula Shanker, a seven-year-old girl, spun a hula hoop on one leg for 14 minutes, 1.20 seconds.

Mamuka Ormotsadze performed 48 consecutive handstand push-ups.

Vaughan's son completed five cartwheels in exactly 4.00 seconds.

Guillaume B. completed 50 consecutive one-armed clapping push-ups wearing a boxing glove.

Guillaume Bourgeois completed 66 [back of the hand push-ups][1] in one minute while wearing a 40-pound pack on his back. [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push-up#Backhanded_push-up

Joseph Holt leg pressed 2465 pounds ten times in a row.

Roald Bradstock threw a snowball 68.10 meters. Bradstock made the snowballs in Atlanta, Georgia after a snowstorm, and then drove 600 miles to Fort Myers, Florida, where the record was set. #RecordSetterBook01

Spencer Fischer completed 84 "Around the World" dribbles in one minute.

Guillaume C. performed 37 consecutive hands-out pull-ups.

Eric Sim hit 24 apples with a baseball bat in 30 seconds.

Suresh G. spread his legs 180 times while holding a crow pose.

Srijan C. held the peacock pose on a 20-millimeter diameter pipe for two minutes, 27.35 seconds.

Finn Williams performed a handstand on his knuckles on the concrete floor of his basement for one minute, 25.09 seconds.

Paddy Doyle walked 30 miles along the Grand Union Canal while carrying a 76-pound back pack in 10 hours and 37 seconds. Though his pack was 76 pounds and he walked an additional 300 meters, the weight and distance have been standardized. The record benefited the Help For Heroes charity. He was supported throughout by British Military Fitness instructors, martial arts boxing students from clubs around the Midlands and avid supporters. Read more about Doyle here.