‘Muscle-up Man’: a Duke Doctoral Student’s Journey to Break a Guinness World Record
UPDATE: First-year doctoral physics student David Lloyd George broke the Guinness World Record for the most muscle-ups completed in 24 hours. Lloyd George finished 2,002 muscle ups - 276 more than the previous record - April 14 and raised close to $20,000 for the Gary Sinise Foundation through GoFundMe and outside donations. Guinness later confirmed the record. Below is the original story. First-year doctoral physics student David Lloyd George aims to break the world record for the most muscle-ups done in 24 hours on April 13 to raise money for the Gary Sinise Foundation, which assists wounded veterans and their families. A quantum computing researcher by day and climber at the Triangle Rock Club in Durham by night, Lloyd George began training for this project in July. Known as the "muscle-up man" at the climbing gym, he has completed around 30,000 muscle-ups - essentially a pull-up followed by a push-up on an exercise bar - in preparation, which he said is equivalent in terms of upper-body movement to ascending Mount Everest four-and-a-half times.
Lloyd George has already raised around $8,000, and he hopes to meet his $10,000 goal by his final test next week. On that date, Lloyd George will begin his muscle-ups at 6 a.m at the Triangle Rock Club, setting out to beat the current record of 1,726 completed in one day.
UPDATE: First-year doctoral physics student David Lloyd George broke the Guinness World Record for the most muscle-ups completed in 24 hours. Lloyd George finished 2,002 muscle ups - 276 more than the previous record - April 14 and raised close to $20,000 for the Gary Sinise Foundation through GoFundMe and outside donations. Guinness later confirmed the record. Below is the original story. First-year doctoral physics student David Lloyd George aims to break the world record for the most muscle-ups done in 24 hours on April 13 to raise money for the Gary Sinise Foundation, which assists wounded veterans and their families. A quantum computing researcher by day and climber at the Triangle Rock Club in Durham by night, Lloyd George began training for this project in July. Known as the "muscle-up man" at the climbing gym, he has completed around 30,000 muscle-ups - essentially a pull-up followed by a push-up on an exercise bar - in preparation, which he said is equivalent in terms of upper-body movement to ascending Mount Everest four-and-a-half times.
Lloyd George has already raised around $8,000, and he hopes to meet his $10,000 goal by his final test next week. On that date, Lloyd George will begin his muscle-ups at 6 a.m at the Triangle Rock Club, setting out to beat the current record of 1,726 completed in one day.