Cassiano Rodrigues Laureano breaks Guinness World Record of most number of burpees in 60 minutes, in Singapore July 20, 2021. REUTERS/Joseph Campbell
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Burpees are the gym exercise everyone loves to hate: You start in a standing position. Bend down, and with hands on the ground, hop your legs back into a push-up. Reverse and stand back up.
Now repeat 951 times. That is how many burpees a Brazilian man living in Singapore completed in an hour, setting a new Guinness World Record in a fundraising effort for his niece who was born last year with severe heart disease.
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