Former weightlifter Laithangbam Vidya Sagar Singh has bagged the Guinness World Record for doing 85 four-finger pushups in just a minute, reported ANI.
Mr Singh supported himself on two fingers per hand when he did the pushups. A video was posted on ANI's YouTube page of Singh doing the record-breaking activity.?
Watch the video here.
In conversation with the news agency, the former weightlifter said,?"I have been practicing this since I was in Class 6. I focused?on physical training and practiced push-ups a lot."?
He achieved this feat with the kickboxing coach at the AZTECS Sports in the Manipur capital.?
Before he carried out the push-ups, he was seen touching his coach's feet after which he began his record-breaking attempt.?
The founder,?Thangjam Premananda said, "The previous record was held by a man named Deepak Sharma from India who did 70 pushups in one minute. Sharma hails from Dehradun and he held the world record in September 2018."
Various types of pushups have been a part of the Guinness World Record repertoire.?Many athletes from across the world have made their names under the same.?Right from pushups to weightlifting and other aspects, the record-counting organizations shows it all.?
Premananda is no stranger to having world records under his name. He has bagged the record for connecting 275 elbow strikes on a kick pad for around two minutes.?