Inspiring: 62 years old George Hood broke World Planking Record

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George Hood – a 62-year-old former US Marine – broke the world planking record with a time of 8hr 15min 15sec, adding an extra 14 minutes on to the previous record.
Hood had originally claimed the record in 2011 with a paltry 1hr 20min, before losing it in 2016 to Mao Weidong, a police officer from China, who broke the record with a time of 8hr 1min.



To reclaim his world record, Hood spent the last 18 months training seven hours a day. “I do 700 pushups a day, 2,000 situps a day in sets of 100 and 500 leg squats a day,” he told CNN. “For upper body and the arms, I do approximately 300 arm curls a day,” adding that he uses loud rock music – Rammstein are a favourite – to help push through the pain, while the torn skin on his elbows is manageable once the rest of his arm has gone numb.
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Eight hours is a long time spent doing anything, especially with your face hovering 20cm away from the floor of a gym, but the benefits of a good plank go a very long way. “The plank is excellent because it’s all about stability,” says Chris Magee, the head of yoga at Psycle London, and a former personal trainer, rugby player and martial artist. “That’s key to an active, healthy lifestyle. You want to feel – when you’re walking around, running around or even sitting down – that your spine is strong and protected.”

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A wonderful example demonstrating that age is just a number.