Doug ‘Censor’ Martin, a former esports competitor and Call of Duty world champion, has achieved a monumental goal that he spent a year preparing for: breaking the world record for the most pull-ups in 24 hours. By completing an astonishing 9250 pull-ups, he not only shattered the previous record but also earned his place in the Guinness World Records.
The record previously stood at 8,940, held by Kenta Adachi of Japan. Before this, Australian-born Jaxon Italiano had performed 8,008 pull-ups in 24 hours, which included breaking the 12-hour record with 5,900 reps in that timeframe. Italiano had been assisting Martin with his training in the run-up to the record-breaking attempt.
Martin attempted his first pull-up challenge back in July 2023, live streaming his efforts. Posting to X, he told his followers that despite approaching the attempt ‘without any fear’, he began to have doubts around the three-hour mark. ‘I started to develop a level of physical, mental, and emotional pain that never did I ever imagine feeling. My hands were bleeding from everywhere, my legs were sore from simply jumping slightly, and my right shoulder was tearing every minute I jumped to do a pull-up.’
From this point onward, Martin documented his training process, sharing the highs and lows, as well as the physical transformation of his body as he racked up tens of thousands of pull-ups in the process.
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The official world record attempt, which took place on September 7th, was monitored by invigilators from Guinness to ensure that each rep met the mandated standards – beginning from a dead hang position with arms at full stretch and ending once Martin’s chin had passed above the bar.
Raising thousands of dollars for Project Purple, a charity dedicated to pancreatic cancer, Martin successfully beat the previous record around the 19-hour mark, with five hours still remaining on the clock. He went on to perform hundreds of additional reps in the following hours but ultimately stopped with almost three hours left to spare, citing injury fears. In a post to X shortly after the feat, Martin shared images of his heavily calloused hands.
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