By Prof Dr Ian Blackshaw
A German, Kai Sandmeyer, who is 30 years old, has set a new world record for hula hooping!
He has done this in the so-called abdominal plank position in six minutes thirty-four seconds.
He commented as follows:
“The hardest part is the plank. I hardly notice the hula hoop, which I’ve known since childhood, so that’s really not the problem, but holding the plank for that long is very tiring and I had to properly train for it.”
In fact, Sandmeyer trained intensively before and after work to enable him to almost double the former record.
Watch him do this on ‘twitter’ at:
It is amazing what people do!
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