Oh Yohan holds the world record for pull-ups in one day.
Pull-ups is an incredible exercise that challenges upper-body strength targeting your lats, among other muscles.
While many might struggle to put together sets on the pull-up bar, the same cannot be said for South Korean man Oh Yohan. In September, Yohan completed exactly 11,707 pull-ups in a 24-hour period. On June 6, this was officially confirmed a world record by Guinness World Records.
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“Oh Yohan’s record-breaking journey began in 2019 during his military service. Inspired by a former record holder yet challenged by rising competition, he pushed through doubts with unwavering support from his family, friends, and fellow soldiers. After years of training and enduring a demanding 24-hour challenge, he succeeded and proudly dedicated his result to his military unit, which shaped his discipline, strength, and spirit.”
Yohan previously held this record, completing 8,707 reps in 24 hours, before it was broken by Kenta Adachi of Japan and his performance of 8,940 pull-ups. Doug Martin went onto break this record with an incredible 9,250 reps.
Yohan began preparing to retake his record right away but put it on hold as his wife gave birth to their second child. He is a former military man who shared his experience on Guinness’ post of his latest accomplishment.
“I served in the Republic of Korea 707th Special Mission Group. To honour the number 707, which represents the unit I served in, I finished my pull-up challenge at 11,707 reps.”
Benefits Of Pull Ups
The benefits of pull ups should be an instant cue to implement these into your workout if you do not do so already. Pull ups are great strength builders for the entire upper body workout they provide is sure to keep you feeling big. But the functional strength is also something beneficial for all.
Everyday movements like walking, pushing, pulling, and turning can improve and you will build a solid relationship between your nervous and muscular systems. By increasing your back and core strength, better posture will become apparent and as a result you will look leaner and longer.
Pull ups will provide that boost to improve your physique and get that V-shape upper body everyone strives towards. Plus, you look great in the gym when you can push out non-stop reps on the bar for any number of sets.
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