‘Drop and give me…3,000!’
Retired U.S. Marine Corps officer, George Hood, attempts world record for the most pushups in an hour. He doesn’t believe in doing anything halfway.…
The following written content by Steve Dorfman
Not during his time as a U.S. Marine Corps officer in the 1980s.
Nor during his decades spent in federal service as an investigative agent for both the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).
And certainly not for the past decade in “retirement” — during which the 63-year-old endurance athlete and personal trainer has become focused on setting world records in feats of fitness- and endurance-related strength.
In February 2020, he made international news by setting the Guinness World Record for the longest plank: eight hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds. Some 10 days after setting that record, he was still recovering, telling CNBC that he was in “excruciating” pain and that because “the soreness is very deep…the body has to heal from the inside out.”
Interestingly, Hood also holds an even longer plank world record — 10 hours, 10 minutes, 10 seconds — that was certified in 2018 by a different sanctioning organization (Assist World Records).
The post-event pain doesn’t seem to discourage Hood because these are just a couple of the 13 world records he’s set (and in some cases re-set) since he made his first successful world record attempt in rope skipping — going for 13 hours, 12 minutes, 11 seconds — back in 1986.
Since 2007, he’s also set records in stationary cycling (222 hours, 22 minutes, 22 seconds), 40-pound weighted plank (two hours, 35 minutes, 35 seconds) and 24-hour plank accumulation (18 hours, 10 minutes, 10 seconds).
Coming to Boca Raton on Saturday
Hood always tries to turn his world-record attempts into fun, celebratory events, so on Saturday, in full compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols, the Aurora, Ill., resident will be making his latest certified world record attempt — this time for most pushups in an hour — at Evolution Fitness in Boca Raton.
The number he’ll be trying to surpass: 2,919. Read more from Palm Beach Post.
