{"id":876802,"date":"2026-10-09T22:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T22:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/876802\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T22:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T22:36:10","slug":"canadian-grandma-donnajean-wilde-breaks-planking-world-record-at-utah-world-senior-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/876802\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian grandma DonnaJean Wilde breaks planking world record at Utah World Senior Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 61-year-old grandmother has proved age is just a number after holding an abdominal plank<\/a> for a mind-boggling five hours straight, setting a new world record.<\/p>\n

DonnaJean Wilde, a mother of five and grandmother of 12 from Canada, achieved the superhuman feat at the World Senior Games in Utah, leaving spectators, officials and social media in complete awe.<\/p>\n

The retired school teacher didn\u2019t just beat the record \u2014 she demolished her own previous world mark of four hours, 30 minutes, and 11 seconds, which she set in 2024.<\/p>\n

Holding a standard plank for even 60 seconds<\/a> is enough to leave most gym-goers trembling, making Wilde\u2019s five-hour stint in the hard abdominal hold seem almost impossible.<\/p>\n

DonnaJean Wilde crossed the five-hour mark of her abdominal plank to set a new world record during the World Senior Games in Utah on Oct. 6, 2026. @WorldSeniorGames\/Instagram<\/p>\n

The retired school teacher didn\u2019t just beat the record\u2014she demolished her previous world mark of four hours, 30 minutes, and 11 seconds, set in 2024. @WorldSeniorGames\/Instagram<\/p>\n

Remarkably, Wilde, from Alberta in Canada, only discovered her talent for planking in 2013 after breaking her arm.<\/p>\n

Unable to run or perform traditional cardio in a heavy cast, she turned to core exercises<\/a> after her children challenged each other to a family plank-off.<\/p>\n

What started as a way to stay active during injury recovery quickly turned into a passion.<\/p>\n

During the COVID-19 pandemic, her family urged her to see how long she could actually hold the pose \u2014 and were stunned when she hit the two-hour mark without breaking a sweat.<\/p>\n

She officially began targeted world-record training in 2023, integrating hundreds of daily push-ups, weight training, running, and dead hangs alongside hours of planking.<\/a><\/p>\n

The core marathon isn\u2019t Wilde\u2019s only world record, either.<\/p>\n

In 2024, she famously set the female world record for the most push-ups completed in 60 minutes, smashing an astonishing 1575 reps.<\/p>\n

During the COVID-19 pandemic, her family urged her to see how long she could actually hold the pose \u2014 and were stunned when she hit the two-hour mark without breaking a sweat. @WorldSeniorGames\/Instagram<\/p>\n

In 2024, Wilde famously set the female world record for the most push-ups completed in 60 minutes, smashing an astonishing 1575 reps. Instagram\/donnajeanwilde<\/p>\n

Her latest record-breaking performance at the World Senior Games has sparked viral praise online, calling her a \u201clegend\u201d and her accomplishment \u201camazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCongratulations, you are an inspiration,\u201d one person wrote on her Instagram page.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is actually the most insane thing I\u2019ve ever seen in my life,\u201d a second person commented.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeriously impressive,\u201d another person expressed with the fire emoji.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s insane, good for her,\u201d another person chimed in.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongrats on the record, it\u2019s super badass,\u201d one person commented with the muscle emoji.<\/p>\n

As for her next record attempt, Wilde claims she wants to do at least 1600 push-ups in an hour and break her second record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 61-year-old grandmother has proved age is just a number after holding an abdominal plank for a mind-boggling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":876803,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[674,337,97,12340,3324,32808],"class_list":["post-876802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-exercise","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-senior-citizens","tag-utah","tag-world-record"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=876802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/876802\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/876803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=876802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=876802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=876802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}