
Category World Records
Verified world-record and elite athletic feats: strength, speed, endurance, and bodyweight records, told through what the science says about how those feats are actually possible.


Colleen Conlon Lifted 3,008 Kilograms in Turkish Get-Ups, Not 3,737

990 Pounds for Five Reps: What Joe Mackey’s Viral Hack Squat Actually Proves

Eleven Days on a Bike That Went Nowhere: The 277-Hour World Record

225 Pounds, 107 Reps: Jason Faulkner’s Smith Machine Bench Record

90 Leg Presses at 750 Pounds: Bruce Klein’s Senior Record at 73

What a Bench Shirt Actually Does: Blaine Sumner’s 885-Pound World Record Bench Press

1,069 Pounds Below Parallel: Andrey Malanichev’s Raw Squat World Record
