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1. Heaviest bench press
Ryan Kennelly holds this impressive record with 1075 lbs., which he lifted in 2008 (he'd broken the record four times in a row before making it up to this weight).
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2. Longest homerun ever hit
One of the more contentious records in sports, current evidence points not to Mickey Mantle but Babe Ruth as the record holder, with a homer of 575 feet on June 8, 1926, at Navin Field in Detroit.
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3. Fastest 100 meter sprint
Usain Bolt, the man who defines speed, last broke this record in 2009, with a stunning time of 9.58 seconds.
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4. World land speed record
The sweet-looking ThrustSSC, driven by Andy Green, set this record on October 15, 1997, with a speed of 763 mph -- and at the same time became the first car to break the sound barrier.
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5. Fastest time for running 1000 miles
Yiannis Kouros, aka the Running God, holds a bunch of ulta-distance world records, including the one for 1,000 miles, which he ran in 10d 10h 30min 36s.
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6. Most non-stop push-ups
Minoru Yoshida is the king of this category, with a record of 10,507 in a single session [not pictured].
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7. Longest motorcycle jump
With a jump of 350.98 feet in 2008, Australian rider Robbie Maddison leapt into the record books.
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8. Fastest speed for a man-made object
In April of 1976, the Helios 2 Solar Probe reached the highest recorded speed for any manmade object ever: 157,078 miles an hour.
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9. Highest free fall
This stunning record belongs to Joseph William Kittinger II, a former Air Force pilot who jumped from a helium balloon platform at a height of 102,800 feet in 1960. His record has never been broken, though many have tried, some dying in the process.
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10. Longest winning streak in professional sports
Jahangir Khan, a Pakistani squash badass, started out a streak when he was just 17 that would last for 5 years and 555 matches -- by far the longest winning streak of any professional athlete.
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