Move over, Arnold … there’s a new king of pull-ups in town — an Australian man hit 8,008 of them in less than 24 hours … smashing the Guinness World Record!!!
GWR formally named Jaxon Italiano the new world record holder this week — confirming he did, indeed, complete the feat Down Under back in November.
According to Guinness officials, Italiano broke the old record by nearly 300 pull-ups.
Italiano documented the achievement on his social media page Wednesday, saying he trained for the pull-up competition for eight months … calling his time on the bar absolutely grueling.
“I had to unfortunately leave the last 3.5 hours unused as I had completely exhausted myself,” he said. “A big thank you to everyone who was involved and supported me along the way.”
In a photo of the aftermath of the accomplishment, you can see Italiano’s hands were completely torn up — but the dude was stoked nonetheless, flashing a huge smile.
The mark ended up benefitting more than just Italiano … he used it as a fundraiser to bring awareness for the fight against dementia — netting over $8,000 to support Dementia Australia.
Yeah, how’s your Thursday workout looking???
