Doug Pruden

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Doug Pruden displaying two world records: 677 one-armed back-of-the-hand push ups in one hour and 1781 back-of-the-hand push ups in one hour (2005)

Doug Pruden of Canada holds or held nine world records in push ups, and holds thirteen Canadian records in push ups.

History

Doug Pruden grew up in modest, somewhat athletically inclined family in Northern Alberta who which was more into team sport over individual athletic accomplishment. Although he enrolled in team sports he found his real knack was off the court or field and in the local high school weight room. Trying the heavy weights and of course doing push ups. Involvement in Team sports like hockey or soccer seemed good but Doug could not find a way to "excel in them". Doug withdrew from team sport in his late teens and adopted general fitness as his favorite and lower cost non gym way to work out and stay in shape. Doug continued that well into his 30's becoming so used to his body weight work outs such as pull ups, sit ups, and of course push ups, that he began to unofficially challenge what seemed to be not so known national records and even international world records. That was the new past time and a great way to rid himself of stress as one into youth outreach. All ready an avid cyclist, adding simple body weight exercises was a shoe in, and an alternative to the more expensive hobbies people seemed to do like stamp collecting and sports. Doing Body weight exercises gave rise to a motivation to perform greater amounts of exercise in yet shorter periods of time. Pruden tried timed challenges lasting; 1 minute, 10 minutes and even 30 minutes long, in his favorite exercise the push up, with varying results. These timed challenges were video taped so Pruden could count the push up totals during set time limits. This ultimately would lead to many organized attempts at existing world records in the coming years, from the year 2000 to the year 2008.

Pruden has appeared in the Guinness World Records book 4 times, and The Book of Alternative Records 8 times. As of 2009 Pruden holds 10 world records in push ups. His many records include; one arm, one arm back of the hand, back of the (two) hands, and fist (knuckles). The most he has ever done in regular push ups is 10,000 in 8 hours. In 2005 he attempted breaking the long time British record held by Kevin Jefferson, whose 2003 UK record was 1582 back of hand push ups in one hour. Doug Pruden had a record of over 1800 in his first attempt, but the claim had errors in it and was rejected. On July 8, 2005 he reapplied to Guinness World Records for the 1 hour record. The final official count in that new record was 1781 which was accepted by Guinness. ON November 8, 2009 he did 1025 one arm back of the hand push ups in 1 hour at the Don Wheaton Family YMCA. This record still stands in 2013, and remains a testament to Doug's stamina and determination to do his very best.

Doug has done over 10.5 million push ups of various types in his lifetime so far. As of 2007, Doug Pruden holds 10 current world records in push ups. Doug's fitness pursuits have gained him a place in the Record Holders Republic Hall of Fame based in U.K. He is also a Canadian Vice President/judge within that same records keeping agency.

Doug Pruden's push up national/world records

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  • 5557 Fist push ups in 3:02:30 hours on July 9, 2004 [1]
  • 114 one arm push ups in one minute in March 2003 [2]
  • 546 one arm push ups in 10 minutes on July 30, 2003 [3]
  • 1382 one arm push ups in 30 minutes on July 30, 2003 [4]
  • 1,777 one arm push ups in 1 hour on November 2004 (2521 world record Paddy Doyle) [5]
  • 1781 Back of Hand push ups in 1 hour on July 8, 2005 (world record of 1940 held by Paddy Doyle) [6]
  • 677 push ups on one arm on the Back of hand on November 9, 2005 [7]
  • 1025 push ups on one arm on the back of hand on November 8, 2008 [8]
  • 59 push ups on one arm on the Back of Hand in one minute on March 24, 2007 [9]

Publicity

Pruden has appeared on numerous television shows including the Late Show with David Letterman, Open Mike with Mike Bullard, Big Breakfast, CTV news feature story, The National Post, The Globe and Mail, and many other newspapers and radio stations. He has entries (with photo)in the 2008, Guinness World Records book and 2010 book, Open Record Book, The Book of Alternative Records [10] [www.alternativerecords.co.uk]; an entry in Canada’s Biggest, Smallest, Fastest, Strongest. by: [www.lonepinepublishing.com] Lonepine Publishers, To be released April 2010.[11] Avenue Magazine feature story of Edmonton performers. [www.avenuemagazine.com].[12] also Dec. issue. "Hector ig Canada" world record holder mentioned TG4 television site. "Ira's Abs" website story. Doug is also mentioned in the new 2010 book by Paul Wade, "Convict Conditioning" How to bust free of all weakness- using the lost secrets of supreme survival strength".[13] Doug's mentioned on page 68 of the book available at DragonDoor.com website. Doug Pruden twice mentioned on the Guinness World Records website under "find a record", write Doug Pruden or push ups. Check www.guinnessworldrecords.com Doug Pruden is an interesting person who frequents the Old Strathcona area and is a storied person because of his community passion.

References

  1. ↑ The Book of Alternative Records,Gould 2004,p.180.
  2. ↑ The Book of Alternative Records,Gould 2004,p.180.
  3. ↑ The Book of Alternative Records,Gould 2004,p.180.
  4. ↑ Convict Conditioning,Wade 2009,p.68.
  5. ↑ Guinness World Records,Hit 2006,p.34.
  6. ↑ Believe the Unbelievable, Adamovich 2010,p.257
  7. ↑ Guinness World Records 2008,p.78
  8. ↑ Guinness World records 2010,p.111
  9. ↑ Guinness World Records
  10. ↑ Gould,2004,p.180.
  11. ↑ seller 2010,p.141,142.
  12. ↑ Chubb 2008,p.34
  13. ↑ Convict Conditioning,Wade 2009,p.68.

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