Hardoooo: Dude Breaks The World Record For Planking By Holding One For 4 Hours And 28 Minutes
Daily Mail- A Danish fitness instructor has smashed the world record for the longest time spent in the planking position. Tom Hoel, 51, regained the title at the weekend after having been stripped of it in October last year by China’s Mao Weidong. Mr Hoel held the notoriously difficult position for four hours and 28 minutes, clearing Mr Weidong’s time by two full minutes. He told The Local: ‘It’s a wonderful feeling to get the title of world champion back. The best feeling is actually not the title but meeting the hopes and expectations of all my friends and club members, who were there to share both my pain and happiness.’ In regaining the title, he also smashed his own personal best. But it was not all plain sailing and he admitted to going through a ‘serious crisis’ during his attempt. But when he was told the time and realised he had already beat his own personal best, he pushed on. ‘I thought that I was still under three hours and was ready to quit but when I realised that I had beat my former record and the goal was within sight, I mobilised every resource in my mind and body.’
Fuck that guy. Seriously. This is why nobody likes fitness freaks. It’s not because they’re in great shape and make the rest of us look like dinner rolls. It’s because of the way they flaunt it in our faces non-stop. You wanna be super jacked and healthy and not die in your early 40s? Fantastic. We’re all happy for you. Your doctor is super proud. Just don’t take selfies in the mirror at the gym and post them to Facebook* under the guise that you’re doing anything other than saying “Look at me! I’m at the gym! Look at me!” And now this guy. It’s not that he broke the plank record. That’s obviously an accomplishment I guess (a weird thing to commit your life to but alright). It’s the timing of when he did it that is the worst. Uhhhh bro, it was Memorial Day Weekend. Don’t be doing doing 4 1/2 hour planks while I have two brats in my mouth and am slugging down a bunch of beers. Be a little more considerate than that. Pick almost any other weekend and I care less than I already do about his plank record. But to be planking right in my face during MDW? Get the fuck outta here.
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*Unless you’re a hot chick. That obviously doesn’t apply to you. Please take all of the selfies you want and post them all to social media. Thanks.
This part of the article is hilarious though
But it was not all plain sailing and he admitted to going through a ‘serious crisis’ during his attempt.
You’re planking! You’re basically laying down! Not sure it’s even possible to have a “serious crisis” in that situation. You’re trying to break a fitness record that 15 people know about, not saving the world.