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My name's Pete Collins, and I'm the world record holder for most handstand pushups in three minutes
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I decided to take this record on a long time ago. My parents took me to a circus when I was a little kid
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and I saw handstand pushups being performed there, and couldn't wait to get home and try some myself
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And it's taken lots and lots of years, but after a lot of practice
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I was slowly able to build up the number and it was time to have a crack at the real thing
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I've known about the record for a long time, but it's kept going up every year. You understand, it keeps getting higher and higher
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so I really had to get serious about it. I had to be very strict
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You'll see me in the video watching the timer very closely, and when the stopwatch says to go
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I have to go and hit those reps. For me, part of the motivation too
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came from watching 1980s action hero clips. And so that's been running through my brain
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for a long time, and that's actually really helped. Oh, so technique wise, I've been filming myself
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almost every workout, just to keep a close eye on technique, kind of from front and side angles as well
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So really for me, it started just being able to hold myself
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in a perfect handstand position, but it took a long time to be able to do
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a full handstand pushup. And part of my practice was just holding myself inverted
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for as long as possible, for minutes at a time. I had a lifelong interest in sport in general
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and particularly in gymnastics and strength training. So I spent a lot of my young years
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bouncing around on trampolines, but it's really got more serious about training
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in calisthenics, so bodyweight training. I've been doing that for about 20 years
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pretty seriously now, so it's been a massive part of my life. Go, go, go
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You got this! Three, two, one, stop. It feels amazing to be a Guinness World Records holder
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It's been a lifelong dream of mine for a very long time
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And I got really serious about the training about six months ago, and dedicated myself to my diet
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and to training every day. And I'm really glad to pull it off, because there's a lot that could have happened in between
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So yeah, it's been great. And thanks everyone for the support too
