Ever wonder what every world record associated with a push up is? Or how awkward those world record holders are? Here is a comprehensive list including some fascinating videos:

Push Up World Records

* non-stop: 10,507; Minoru Yoshida (JAP), Oct 1980
* one year: 1,500,230; Paddy Doyle (GBR), Oct 1988 - Oct 1989
* 24 hours: 46,001; Charles Servizio (USA), 24/25 April 1993
* 1 hour: 3,877; Bijender Singh (IND), 20 Sept 1988
* 30 minutes: 2,354; Rolf Heck (GER), 13 Nov 2000
* 10 minutes (women): 426; Renata Hamplov Sept 1995
* 5 minutes: 441; Giuseppe Cusano (GBR)
* 3 minutes (women): 190; Renata Hamplov 995
* one-armed, one week (168 hours): 16,723; Paddy Doyle (GBR), Feb 1996
* one-armed, 5 hours: 8,794; Paddy Doyle (GBR), 12 Feb 1996
* one-armed, 1 hour: 2521; Paddy Doyle (GBR), 12 Feb 1990
* one-armed, 30 minutes: 1382; Doug Pruden (CAN), 30 July 2003
* one-armed, 10 minutes: 546; Doug Pruden (CAN), 30 July 2003
* one-armed, on back of hands, one hour: 677; Doug Pruden (CAN)
* one-handed handstand pushups: Yury Tikhonovich (Russia) did twelve pushups while standing on one hand in June 2006
* on fists: 5557 (in 3:02:30 hours), Doug Pruden (CAN), 9 July 2004,
* 1000 pushups on fists: 18:13 minutes, Doug Pruden (CAN), 9 July 2003
* on back of hands, 15 minutes: 627; Paddy Doyle (GBR), 8 November 2007
* on back of hands, 30 minutes: 1386; Paddy Doyle (GBR), 8 November 2007
* on back of hands, 1 hour: 1940; Paddy Doyle (GBR), 8 November 2007
* finger-tips, 5 hours: 8,200; Terry Cole (GBR), 11 May 1996 in Walthamstow
* one finger: 124 Paul Lynch (GBR), 21 April 1992 in London
* 100 push-ups with feet at a 80 cm [2 ft 7 1/2 in] high table: 45.7 sec; Roy Berger (CAN), 24 Feb 2001
* with a 50 lb [22.68 kg] plate weight on his back: 4,100: Paddy Doyle (GBR), 28 May 1987
* with hands on raw eggs: 112; Johann Schneider

Here is the Guinness World Records definition of a push up: “What counts as a pushup? The palms must be at shoulder-width. The body must remain straight throughout, i.e., no bending at knees or waist. The body must be lowered until at least 90 degree-angle is attained at the elbow and the body is parralel to the ground. The body must then be raised until the arms are straight. This equals one push-up. All pushups should be made on a hard surface. This basic principle applies to all our push-up entries with minor modifications.”

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