A 60-year-old Illinois man established two new world records this week after completing a 10-hour planking session.
George Hood set a Guinness World Record for longest abdominal plank and another for most plank time in a 24-hour period. Indian Boundary YMCA in Downers Grove, where Hood works as a fitness director, documented his record attempts on Facebook Live.
Hood, who has attempted fitness records before, told Jessie Spangler of the Aurora Beacon-News he trained an average of six hours per day for the past 16 months in preparation for Wednesday. He was hoping to raise $24,000 for the YMCA and YMCA Urban Warrior through publicity from his planking.
"Most people set a record and you never hear from them again," Hood said. “But I've been doing this over and over, and if it wasn't for the fundraising piece that gives my story a heart, this would've died a long time ago."
