Fitness World Records

Most people try to do push-ups fast. Rich Hernandez went the other way. The Los Angeles fitness fanatic took a full 4 minutes to complete a single push-up, lowering and raising himself with agonizing control, smashing Tai Star's original 2013 mark of 1:42. For context, Hernandez did 373,730 push-ups in 2025 alone. He just chose to do this one really, really slowly.

Pramila D. held a yoga dancer's pose for six minutes, 52.47 seconds.

Shankar Manne jumped rope using alternating legs for 33 minutes and 50.00 seconds.

Koshu K. completed 54 handstand push-ups in one minute.

David M. performed 26 wrist push-ups in 30 seconds.

Thommy Ohlund performed a one-arm forward hold using a 22-pound dumbbell for 57.28 seconds.

TJ bench pressed a 315-pound barbell 20 times.

K-dot performed a handstand with his hands forming a diamond grip for two minutes, 15.34 seconds.

Alexander L. completed 150 perfect push-ups in a row.

Thommy Ohlund completed alternating dumbbell curls using 99.2 pound dumbbells while standing.

Peter Durdik performed a plank exercise on hockey pucks for six minutes, 14.41 seconds.

William C. completed 374 deep squats in four minutes.

Andre T. completed 15,939 deep squats in a day. He set the record on May 28 to May 29, 2011 at the Liberty Fitness Center and the Memorial Day street festival in Liberty, New York.

Jack C. performed 40 circled flares on a gymnastics pommel mushroom.

Manvel Mamoyan performed 55 consecutive two-finger push-ups.

Pavol Durdik performed 100 side-to-side V-squats in 15.81 seconds.