Crazy People Setting Crazy Records
Some fitness freaks with Guinness World Records
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Heaviest Weight Lifted with Ear
The heaviest weight lifted using only the ear is 73 kg (160 lb 15 oz) by Zafar Gill (Pakistan), who lifted gym weights hanging from a clamp attached to his right ear in Lahore, Pakistan, on 3 January 2009. This is the third time Zafar has broken this record.
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Pogo Stick Jumping-Distance
Ashrita Furman of Jamaica, New York, USA set a distance record of 37.18 km (23.11 miles) in 12 hours 27 min on June 22, 1997 at Queensborough Community College Track, New York, USA. Ashrita holds the most Guinness World Records of any indiviual – sacking racing, brick carrying and underwater rope jumping are some of his other records.
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Most Concrete Blocks Broken in a Minute
The most concrete blocks broken in one minute is 888 and was achieved by Ali Bahçetepe (Turkey) on the set of 'Guinness World Records', in Madrid, Spain, on 9 January 2009. In total 1,020 blocks were lined up in stacks of 10 on both sides of Ali. The attempt took place outdoors in near freezing weather.
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Longest Punch-Bag Marathon
The record for punch-bag marathon is 36 hr 3 min and was set by Ron Sarchian (USA) at Premier Fitness, Encino, California, USA, from June 15-17, 2004.
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Bench Press, Most Weights In One Hour
The most accumulative weight bench pressed in one hour is 305,300 lb (138,480 kg). The record was set by Eamonn Keane (Ireland) at World Gym, Marina del Ray, California, USA on July 22, 2003. He did 1,280 reps with 200 lbs and 493 reps with 100 lbs.
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Fastest Lunge Mile
The record for the fastest lunge mile is 27 min 4 sec and was set by Geoffrey Gray (USA) at the Santa Barbara City College track in Santa Barbara, California, USA, on 16 August 2008. more
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