Extreme athlete claims yet another fitness record with impressive handstand push ups

An extreme athlete who joked she’s lived her life “upside down” has claimed an impressive fitness record.

Stefanie Millinger (Austria) pushed all of her physical limits to smash the record for most consecutive nose to ground handstand push ups (female) with a total of 23.

The 34-year-old, who admits she loves a challenge, says she’s worked for years to perfect this difficult move, so much so that it became part of her daily training routine.

Stefanie told us: “Fitness is number one priority for me. It is literally the biggest part of my life where I spend most hours of my day.”

While she’s incredibly pleased with how cleanly she performed her 23 nose to ground handstand push ups, Stefanie is confident she could do even more.

“I will probably give it a second try,” she teased.

With records like this, things can often go wrong or hopefuls can be injured during their training, but thankfully for Stefanie, everything worked out as planned.

Stefanie has broken many world records like this. She also holds the title for most nose to ground handstand push ups in one minute (female), claiming that one in 2025 with a total of 12.

Her other current titles are:

• Longest time in an L-sit (female) – 10 min 15 sec
• Most consecutive L-sit straddle presses to handstands – 406
• Longest L-sit bar hang (female) – 2 min 14 sec
• Longest time to hold the dimbasana pose (yoga) – 30 min 3 sec
• Longest L-sit bar hang with one arm (female) – 1 min 38.05 sec
• Longest duration to perform a single arm handstand (female) – 1 min 22.44 sec
• Longest duration hula hooping in a single arm plank position (female) – 3 min 5 sec
• Most jumping jack chest to ground burpees in one hour (female) – 753
• Longest duration hanging from a bar (female) – 53 min 51 sec
• Most straddle presses to handstands in one minute (female) – 20

Read about more record-breaking workouts in our Sports and Fitness section.

Now, she’s planning to attempt even more records in the fitness space.

She said: “I am so thankful to be part of the world record holders family and always remember, after a world record is before a new world record.”