This personal trainer just completed 730 burpees in an hour, earning a Guinness World Record

Crystal Cox/Insider Alison Brown, a 38-year-old personal trainer and gym owner in Canada, completed 730 burpees in an hour, breaking the former world record by a female of 709. She wanted to show her son he could do anything he set his mind to, and chose the burpee because of it symbolized getting up again after being knocked down. Other fitness enthusiasts have gotten creative in the absence of gyms, with one man running a marathon on his balcony and another cycling the height of Mount Everest in under 7 hours. Visit Insider’s homepage for more stories. For one hour in July, Alison Brown, a 38-year-old personal trainer and mum in Canada, pumped out 730 back-to-back burpees — the near universally-dreaded exercise involving springing from a pushup position where the chest touches the ground, up to a jump with arms overhead, and back down to the chest-to-ground stance. The feat broke the former world record of 709 burpees by a female in an hour, earning her a Guinness World Record, the organisation confirmed last week. According to the Canadian news station CBC, Jones, who owns New U Personal Training Studio in Listowel, Ontario, was inspired to attempt a world record…
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