If you’re going for the world record for most push-ups in one hour, surely the standard has to be chest touching ground with your elbows fully locked out.

Which is why the fitness world is fuming that 33-year-old Aussie accountant Lucas Helmke has been awarded the Guinness World Record for his attempt, which saw him bust out 53 ‘push-ups’ a minute x 60 non-stop, totaling 3,206 at the end:

After three years of training, a 33-year-old Brisbane father has smashed the @GWR for the most push ups in one hour.

Lucas Helmke performed a mammoth 3,206 push ups in 60 minutes at his Albion gym in November, with Guinness today officially approving the achievement.#9News pic.twitter.com/xYOL4bCS3Q

— 9News Queensland (@9NewsQueensland) April 17, 2023

So did Lucas actually do any push-ups at all, or just 3,206 elbow bends? Apparently he trained for three years to break the record so I can just imagine how annoying it is for him to see out of shape bloggers like me question his achievements, but I literally cannot find one comment that accepts he is doing push-ups in that video. Even verified fitness bros/pro athletes are going in on him:

Three years of training and he can’t do a single push up?

— Jeremy Knauff (@jeremyknauff) April 18, 2023

zero, zero, zero

— David Goldfarb (@locust9) April 18, 2023

Those definitely don’t count

— F L ⚡️ S H (@Melvingordon25) April 18, 2023

I’m more impressed by someone who does 30 pushups with perfect form than 3,000 pushups with this form. Doing 3,000 pushups like this is a good way to get a repetitive stress injury while not actually getting any stronger.

— Michael David Smith (@MichaelDavSmith) April 18, 2023

Guinness the world record Association or Guinness the Beer Company?

— Ankush Datar (@ankushd14) April 18, 2023

Well, I guess even doing that many fake push-ups in an hour is impressive, but it’s still a bit irksome. In any case, the only opinion that matters is that of Guinness and they don’t seem to have any problem with it. Clearly the rules they set aren’t quite the same as those of our PTs. Credit where it’s due – very few people could come close to that effort.

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