Man breaks world record for number of muscle-ups

A Surrey man has broken the world record for the number of muscle-ups completed in 24 hours.

Charlie Rose, from Lightwater, completed 2,150 muscle-ups - a combination of pull-ups and dips - in a day, verified by Guinness World Records.

The 21-year-old took 11 hours and 20 minutes to complete the challenge.

Mr Rose, who had been training for 18 months, described the challenge as "a benchmark that pushes both mental and physical limits to the extreme".

The former gymnast told BBC Radio Surrey: "There are not many people who can do muscle-ups.

"They are about ten times harder than pull-ups."

Mr Rose broke the previous record of 2,002 reps, registered earlier this year.

He added: "I'm used to training hard and putting in lots of hours each week.

"On the day, I found out I had a lot more to offer than I thought I did.

"From this day, I will have a lot more belief in myself and I will be a lot more ambitious."

Through his challenge, he raised more than £3,000 for Youth Sports Trust, a charity ​aiming to improve education and development through play and sport.

Mr Rose said: "For my next challenge I want to create my own type of Ironman event.

"I want it to be another 12 hours of gritty challenge, but can't confirm anything yet."

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