Pressing World Records

Clint Poore pressed a 55-pound anvil 15 times with his right arm.

Clint Poore pressed a 55-pound anvil 14 times with his left arm.

Levi Rudolph of Merion Station, Pennsylvania pressed the lap button on an iPad stopwatch 125 times in 15 seconds. Sitting on a couch, he starts the Clock app's stopwatch from zero and drums the lap button with one index finger while his other hand steadies the iPad. The stopwatch's own lap list keeps the count: Lap 125 is logged at 14.84 seconds and Lap 126 lands just past the mark at 15.01. That works out to more than eight presses a second.

Mark Z. pressed the "lap" button on his iPhone stopwatch 122 times in 10 seconds.

Clint P. completed 18 reps overhead pressing a 101-pound keg.

Clint Poore performed nine dumbbell presses in one minute using a 111-pound dumbbell. He set the record during the 2012 Kentucky Muscle Expo in Louisville, Kentucky.

Clint Poore performed 11 left-arm dumbbell presses using a 100-pound weight.

Clint Poore performed 12 right-arm dumbbell presses using a 100-pound weight.

Clint P. completed 10 reps overhead pressing a 165-pound wooden log and four 10-pound weight plates.

Clint P. pressed a wooden log weighing 275 pounds. Clint's body weight at the time of the attempt was 231 pounds. WARNING: Weightlifting can be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt this record unless you are above the age of 18 and trained as a professional weightlifter. We will not accept submissions from minors.

Admiral Tophat pressed down a stapler 42 times in 10 seconds.

Matthew O. pressed the lap button on her iPad stopwatch 112 times in 10 seconds.

Clint P. performed seven reps pressing a 105-pound red dumbbell with his left arm.

Clint P. performed six reps pressing a 105-pound red dumbbell with his right arm.

Clint P. completed 12 overhead presses of a 165-pound wooden log and two 10-pound weight plates.

Clint P. completed 17 reps overhead pressing a 165-pound wooden log.