KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 26 ― A 62-year-old former US marine broke the world planking record with an incredible time of eight hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds, adding an extra 14 minutes on to the previous record.

George Hood, who hails from Illinois, reclaimed his own Guinness World Record for the longest time spent holding a plank on February 15. 

The veteran initially held the title in 2011 but lost it in 2016 to Mao Weidong, a police officer from China, who broke the record with a time of eight hours and one minute. 

According to Guinness World Records websites, Hood had to stick to a stringent training routine for several months to prepare himself for the epic challenge.

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Its official and I'm so very proud of this one. Grateful for a TeamHood crew and support from around the world. Many thanks to Lis Begin at @beginproductions for her diligent work with GWR and the media outreach on my behalf. I'll continue to share this experience as often as I can. With the setting of this particular GWR, I have officially retired the pose as I know it and will move onto other endeavors. This is the link to the GWR page detailing the event and our accomplishment. https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2020/2/a-retired-marine-just-broke-an-8-hour-plank-record-and-hes-62-years-old-609812 @renae.cobley @515fitnessinc @strengthaxle3d @diomariegrace @coffee.karen @beginproductions #pkank #worldrecords #mentalconditioning #teamhood #transformation #NowMattersNow

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On average, Hood trained for seven hours every day for 18 months prior to his record-breaking day.

It is estimated that he did 674,000 sit-ups, 270,000 push-ups and one practice plant that lasted 10 hours and 10 minutes.

According to Hood, he completed around 2,100 hours of planking in preparation.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

REFLECTION Re LP #6: On Saturday, Jan 18, 2020, I executed Long Plank (LP) #6 at 515 Fitness Incorporated, @515fitnessinc a Mental Health Counseling Facility in Plainfield, IL. I finished with a time of 8:05:15 which was the 6th time I've surpassed the current GWR of 8:01:00 since it was set in June 2016. This was the last "long plank" of 6 in a training cycle that has now prepared me for my last official attempt to reclaim the GWR for "the "longest male plank", on February 15, 2020 at the 515 facility. In addition to once again surpassing the current GWR, the effort showed an AHR/MHR of 101 and 120bpm respectively with 2,896 calories, of which 31% were "Fat Cals", expended. For the first time LP#6 revealed a slightly sustained higher heart rate for approximately 2 hours, 57 minutes over the course of the effort, which reflects a slightly more "aerobic" effort. LP#6 was clearly some of the best work put forth by the crew at 515Fitness and their leader, Niki Perry to sustain me for the duration of the effort under conditions that previoulsly were arduous and difficult for me. But the switch was finally flipped w/me and the resulting transformation got all of us to the coveted mark of 8:05:15! The much talked about GWR event on Feb 15h is a joint collaborative effort to raise funds and awareness for the mental health community on behalf of the Braidwood Area Healthy Community Coalition, (BAHCC), https://www.braidwoodcoalition.org/events/gwr-event . This event will not only Break the Plank" but also "Break the Stigma" associated with mental health issues that are so prevalent in many of our neighborhoods and communities. With this training cycle behind me, I begin a very generous taper period to heal physically and emotionally from nearly 10 weeks with 6 long planks of 5:15:00, 6:20:00, 7:31:00, 7:15:00, 5:20:20 and 8:05:15 Thank you to all, near and far, who continue to support my crew and I as we prepare for the Feb 15th event. Training continues. #longestmaleplank #TeamHood #MindsetMatters #plank #georgehood #mentalhealrh

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Twelve hours before starting his marathon, Hood had a protein and carbs-packed meal comprising spinach, salmon and potatoes.

Four hours before the event, he had a cup of coffee, a hardboiled egg, one hot cup of porridge and two large glasses of electrolytes to boost his energy.

Throughout the attempt Hood spoke to individuals and groups, and also heard presentations from guests with autism and adult learning difficulties.

He then finished the event by doing 75 push-ups before announcing his retirement from plank record attempts.