{"id":632898,"date":"2026-04-26T22:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/632898\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T22:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:53:12","slug":"colorado-90-year-old-sets-unofficial-world-record-by-planking-for-3-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/632898\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado 90-year-old sets unofficial world record by planking for 3+ minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"

LITTLETON, Colo. \u2014 At 90 years old, Marie Carpenter is known for her warm personality and her knack for making new friends at Anytime Fitness in Littleton. Now, a recent feat of strength might make her a well-known name around the world.<\/p>\n

For Carpenter’s 90th birthday, her family \u2014 including her grandson Alex Andrews \u2014 surprised her with a challenge to see who could hold a plank the longest in a “grandkids versus grandma” competition.<\/p>\n

What Carpenter didn’t know was that she wasn’t just facing her family; she was going for a Guinness World Record.<\/p>\n

“We kind of secretly, behind the scenes, got the witnesses in place and the timekeepers and everything,” Andrews said.<\/p>\n

“He said, ‘Okay, we’re going to do this little game, and anybody that wants to do a plank, come on,'” Carpenter said.<\/p>\n

As one challenger after another dropped out, Carpenter kept going. On paper, she became the oldest woman in the world to perform a plank for at least three minutes.<\/p>\n

\"PLANKING<\/p>\n

Alex Andrews<\/p>\n

Carpenter’s world record planking attempt at her 90th birthday party. <\/p>\n

“Final time was three minutes, 15 seconds, point zero nine. Three fifteen point zero nine,” Andrews said.<\/p>\n

“I wasn’t having any feeling of stress or pain or discomfort,” Carpenter said.<\/p>\n

Planking is a regular part of Carpenter’s routine on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. At the gym, she has grown stronger and built a circle of friends.<\/p>\n

“Marie is a strong willed person,” gym friend John Merkert said.<\/p>\n

\"PLANKING<\/p>\n

Denver7<\/p>\n

Three times per week, Carpenter exercises at at Anytime Fitness in Littleton. <\/p>\n

“I’m hoping that she’s defining the new 90-year-old woman,” another gym friend Ann Sparks said.<\/p>\n

“It doesn’t surprise me, yeah, that she did what she did,” Merkert added.<\/p>\n

The family is still waiting for Guinness to make the record official, but odds are looking good for Carpenter.<\/p>\n

\"Screenshot<\/p>\n

Guinness World Records<\/p>\n

Carpenter’s application to Guinness. <\/p>\n

I stopped by the gym to introduce myself to the “planking grandma” and challenge her to a competition. I was bracing for my ego to be crushed on TV by a sweet grandma, and I ended up dropping before Carpenter at one minute and 58 seconds. <\/p>\n

Carpenter tied her world-record performance with three minutes and 15 seconds.<\/p>\n

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