Push-Up Record - Most Push-Ups in One Hour

How many can push-ups can you do?

The push-up is a test of upper body strength, and is commonly used in extreme tests of endurance. It is common to use the number of push-ups someone can do as an assessment of their fitness.

Most Push-Ups in an Hour - Guinness Book of Records

To ensure consistency and reliability, I am referencing below the one hour push up records that have been officially verified and published by the Guinness Book of Records. There are many other claims for this record made online, which are hard to verify.

• 3,378 - achieved by Pop Laurentiu (UK) in London, UK, on 30 June 2023.
• 3,249 - Daniel Scali, managed to do 3,249 push ups (published 13 July 2023)
• 3,206 - achieved by Aussie Lucas Helmke, in November 2022.
• 3,182 - Daniel Scali, April 2022
• 3,054 - achieved by Australian Jarrad Young in 2021
• 2,919 - Jarrad Young bettered his own record from two years earlier at the same venue. On 19 June 2020, again at the Matrix Boxing Gym in Queensland.
• 2,806 - Australian athlete Jarrad Young set the record for the most push ups completed in one hour on 31 August 2018 at the Matrix Boxing Gym in Queensland.
• 2682 - by Carlton Williams in 2017
• 2,392 - Roman Dossenbach set the benchmark of 2,392 in November 2016
• 2,220 - achieved by Carlton Williams from Wales UK. The feat was achieved on 25 July 2015 in Margaret River, Western Australia, breaking his own previous record of 1,874 push-ups in an hour.

Most Push-Ups in an Hour - female

The most push ups in one hour by a female is 1,575, achieved by Canadian DonnaJean Wilde in Magrath, Alberta, Canada, on 28 September 2024. (Guinness Book of Records)

Other Records Mentioned Online

Here are some other push-ups in an hour achievements which have been published online, but have not be ratified by the Guinness Book of Records. The numbers vary considerably, it is most likely that different techniques have been used.

• Swiss athlete Roman Dossenbach achieved 1792 reps in an hour. The record has since been broken by 2 athletes. It now stands at 2180 (personal communication from Dossenbach)
• Bijender Singh of India achieved 3,877 push-ups in one hour (average of 64.6 per minute) on 20 Sept 1988.
• Ged Musto recorded 2,467 press ups in one hour in 1995.
• Canadian Doug Prud did 1781 push-ups in one hour in 2005.
• Hooman Mosleh did 1020 push-ups in an hour (and 2000 in 2 hrs) possibly the most by someone from the USA.

Correct Technique

The assessors at the Guinness World Record requires that record setters perform the push-up with a specific technique, which is essentially what we describe as a standard push-up. Participants must keep the body straight throughout (i.e. no bending at the knees or waist), and the body must be lowered until at least a 90-degree angle is attained at the elbows. The body is then raised until the arms are straight, although the elbows do not need to be locked.

Other Techniques

• Most Push-Ups with 60lbs in One Hour
• Records for the Chest to Ground Push-Up - Most Push-Ups in One Hour

Resources

• More Push-Up Records
• Push-up tests
• More push-up Results
• Description of the standard traditional push-up technique
• Push-Up Test Norms

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