This personal trainer just completed 730 burpees in an hour, earning a Guinness World Record Anna Medaris MillerDec 18, 2020, 23:04 IST Crystal Cox/Insider Alison Brown, a 38-year-old personal trainer and gym owner in Canada, completed 730 burpees in an hour, breaking the former world record by a female of 709. She wanted to show her son he could do anything he set his mind to, and chose the burpee because of it symbolized getting up again after being knocked down. Other fitness enthusiasts have gotten creative in the absence of gyms, with one man running a marathon on his balcony and another cycling the height of Mount Everest in under 7 hours.
Image zoom Credit: @emilyaharrington/Instagram A gymnast, dancer, and ski racer throughout her childhood, Emily Harrington was no stranger to testing the limits of her physical abilities or taking risks. But it wasn t until she was 10 years old, when she climbed up a towering, free-standing rock wall, that she first felt truly afraid. “The feeling of air underneath my feet was really intimidating, but at the same time, I was drawn to that feeling in a way,” says Harrington . “I think I felt like it was a challenge.” That first heart-pumping climb in Boulder, Colorado ignited her passion for free climbing, a sport where athletes ascend a wall using just their hands and feet, with only a top rope and a waist harness to catch them if they fall. In the early years of her climbing career, Harrington became a five-time U.S. National Champion for sport climbing and earned a spot on the podium of the International Federation of Sport Climbing’s 2005 World Championship. But the now-34-year-old says she never felt frightened about the possibility of falling off a cliff or suffering a major injury. Instead, she explains that her fear stemmed more from exposure feeling that the ground was oh-so far away and, even more so, the prospect of failure.