Daniel Scali reclaims the world record for most push-ups in an hour

Daniel Scali, a 30-year-old fitness freak from Australia, has made the world record for the most number of push-ups done in an hour.

Scali completed 3,249 push-ups in an hour. The official Twitter handle of Guinness World Records shared the post about the Australian's record for most push-ups.

Scali himself was the previous record-holder for the most pushups performed in an hour with 3,182 push-ups in April 2022. But in November 2022, fellow Australian Lucas Helmke broke Daniel Scali's world record for push-ups by performing 3,206 pushups. Now, Scali has claimed the record once again.

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What went behind Daniel Scali’s training?

Scali credits his training in burpees for helping him succeed in this endeavor. Talking about his rigorous training with Guinness World Records, he said:

"It got my fitness up to a space it'd never been before. But not just that, it helped me to deal with my pain.”

Scali's left arm, which experienced a serious break when he was 12 years old, now suffers from a disorder known as complicated regional pain syndrome (CRPS). Referring to the pain in his arm, he added:

"It's the brain sending wrong messages to my arm. So anything like soft touch, movement, wind, water, will cause me pain."

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Watch: Daniel Scali reclaiming the world record

Daniel Scali performed push-ups for 60 minutes on Thursday morning, and the complete video of the event was posted to the Guinness World Records YouTube channel. You can watch it below:

Talking about creating the world record for push-ups, Scali said:

"Living with CRPS, the pain is constantly there in my left arm. At the eight-minute mark, I noticed that my arm started to get a little bit more achy; from the top of my shoulder all the way down to my hand, I started to feel the burn a bit more…my whole body otherwise felt pretty good, I just felt a little heavier as the time went on.”

In addition to reclaiming the world record for push-ups, Scali also holds the record for the longest abdominal plank, having held it for nine hours, thirty minutes, and one second.