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Written By: Agencies | Published : June 24, 2015 10:34 AM IST
Pull-ups can help you strengthen your back and bulk up too. If there was a best exercise contest, then pull-ups would certainly be among the top contenders. It s a compound exercise that strengthens the muscles of your arms and back. This video showcases 35 different types of pull-ups.
A Singaporean teenager Yeo Kim Yeong, who was obsessed with pull-ups at the age of 15, broke the world record for the most number of pull-ups done in one minute, The Strait Times reported on Tuesday. The young boy managed 44 pull-ups in a minute, two more than the previous record of 42 set by American David Bourdon, according to the Guinness World Record.
Yeo said he set his mind on setting a world record and that he always believed that nothing was impossible. He trained under professional guidance for over a year, four times a week, each session lasting between one and three hours, according to Xinhua. He also practiced self-meditation in the evening. He expected himself achieving the record while reviewing the techniques of pull-ups in his head again and again.
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