Australian father sets world record by performing 3,206 push-ups in one hour
- An Australian man has beaten the world record for most push-ups in an hour.
- Lucas Helmke, 33, performed 3,206 push-ups, which had to be done in perfect form.
An Australian father has broken a world record after performing 3,206 push-ups in one hour.
Accountant Lucas Helmke, 33, from Brisbane, Australia, averaged over 53 push-ups per minute to set the new record, according to Guinness World Records.
Helmke said that he wanted to "provide inspiration" for his one-year-old son and "show him nothing is impossible."
He broke the previous record of 3,182 set by fellow Australian Daniel Scali in April 2022.
Helmke, who trained for more than two years to break the record, achieved the feat at his old powerlifting gym, Iron Underground, in Brisbane.
Each push-up had to be performed with perfect form to be counted, and only 34, just 1%, of his push-ups were discounted due to improper form.
To achieve the perfect form, the body must be kept straight and lowered to have at least a 90-degree angle at the elbow.
This is the fourth time that a new record for this particular feat has been set in three years.
Helmke said that he now plans to break at least one record every year from now on.
"This will be the first record I wish to set of a number of other push-up records," he said. "Then onto other physical records."