The teen used motivation from some of his favorite bodybuilders to achieve this record.
Hungarian teen Levente Arany-Toth is a fan of bodybuilding and has used the teachings of some of his favorites, such as Ronnie Coleman and Chris Bumstead, to break the world record for most one-armed pull-ups in one minute, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
Arany-Toth stepped up to the bar and showed off incredible grip strength and upper-body strength for 60 seconds as he performed 25 reps. He began quickly out of the gate, hitting around 15 reps in the first 20 seconds before taking his pace down. Arany-Toth would then hit the pull-ups in sets of three or four before falling to the ground with a new world record.
The teenager spoke to Guinness following his world record performance:
“I didn’t receive any professional training because I wanted to break the record all by myself.”
Arany-Toth shared that he had been training for six months to break this record, previously held by Li Zechuan of China with 24. amazingly, he did not lift free weights or machines but prepared through calisthenics using weighted belts and vests. For three months, he did not do any exercises to train back or biceps other than pull-ups. In his diet, Arany-Toth is vegan and stayed in line to drop his bodyweight.
Levente Arany-Toth Regains Record
This is not the first time that Levente Arany-Toth attempted to break this record. He was unsuccessful back in Oct. 2022 and did not feel good about his performance.
“Looking back at it, it was more than fair as my form was horrible Mt chin didn’t really raise above the bar.”
Arany-Toth returned in April and broke the then-record by performing 22 pull-ups. Just a couple months later, Zechuan reached 24. This is when Arany-Toth committed to his new style of workout and set his sights on the record.
“I was pretty down initially the I didn’t get it for the second time but I am not one to give up easily so I decided to push harder than ever.”
During his prep, he channeled the mindset of some of his favorite bodybuilders and it all worked out in the end. Levente Arany-Toth now holds a world record that he had been training to accomplish for over a year.
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