{"id":654160,"date":"2026-05-06T21:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/654160\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T21:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:48:19","slug":"man-does-12412-pull-ups-for-24-hours-in-an-attempt-to-break-guinness-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/654160\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Does 12,412 Pull-Ups For 24 Hours In An Attempt To Break Guinness World Record"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A 22-year-old man from the US completed a staggering 12,412 pull-ups within a 24-hour window<\/p>\n

According to WHSV3<\/a>, Xavier Dillard began his gruelling journey on 2 May at 10am and powered through until 10.00am the following Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

Dillard revealed his motivation to break a Guinness World Record sprouted three years ago from a simple basement rivalry with a friend whom he could not beat in the exercise.<\/p>\n

“I’m better than him in every other exercise except pull-ups. Like, I hate pull-ups, and he loves pull-ups, and I couldn’t stand it. I’m very competitive. So after we tried, I spent every day training pull-ups,” Dillard said.<\/p>\n

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The process was far from easy, as the athlete described experiencing blurry vision and intense physical pain while attempting to reach his goal<\/p>\n

“I could barely see, I was tearing up. I had blurry vision. I was laid back\u2026 I thought I was dying,” Dillard recalled.<\/p>\n

Despite the agony, he pushed forward because he wanted the record so badly. <\/p>\n

Dillard noted that he was not naturally a gifted athlete, having been one of the slowest runners on his cross-country team when he was younger. He explained that he was a very skinny teenager and considered himself “nobody big” before he began this journey. <\/p>\n

\"SAYS.com\"Image via WHSV3<\/a><\/p>\n

Dillard credits his success to a strict training programme that began two years ago, which eventually saw him performing up to 16,000 pull-ups in a single week<\/p>\n

He explained that his training volume increased steadily over time. <\/p>\n

“I started with doing four sets of 12 pull-ups, and then after every workout, like a couple of weeks later, I switched it to like\u2026 five by the minute for 300, and just doing that every day after every workout,” he noted.<\/p>\n

His success, he believes, is the result of diligent effort, rather than innate talent or a superior physical build.<\/p>\n

“I just really diligently wanted something, and I put in the effort. So, I guess advice would be like just keep your head low and just work on what you’re passionate about,” Dillard added.<\/p>\n