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Australian Woman Completes 7,079 Pull-Ups in 24 Hours
By R. Michael Brown, Journalist and Copywriter
June 1, 2025
An Australian completed 7,079 pull-ups in 24 hours — nearly doubling the previous female Guinness World Record. Olivia Vinson, 34, told Guinness World Records she was looking for a challenge when her husband and coach suggested she attempt the record.
“I was looking for a bigger challenge and my husband and coach actually suggested 24 hours of pull ups, which I initially, quite literally, laughed at because I thought there was no way,” Vinson said. “I looked up what the current record was, which was 4,081, and again I thought, ‘There’s no way.'”
Vinson said it was only after she crunched the numbers on the previous record, which was set by Polish woman Paula Gorlo in 2021, that she started to reconsider.
“After a little while, I did some maths on it and I thought maybe I could,” she said.
The record for the most pull-ups in 24 hours (male) is 11,707, achieved by Oh Yohan (South Korea) on September 28-29, 2024.
Rest is Good for You
By R. Michael Brown, Freelance Writer
#Cycling rest day for me. From my days as a coach at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs… the most important part of training is rest.
I can really feel my legs and the soreness after 6 straight days of cycling. I’m just spinning, not pushing, but the cumulative days add up.
Since it’s raining all day here in Lake Placid, it’s a perfect day to rest.
Will still do a rehab upper body workout to keep my shoulder replacement limber and getting stronger.
What are you doing today?
THE GIRO’S RACE OF SURVIVAL CONTINUES BEFORE THE MOUNTAINS HAVE EVEN ARRIVED
Illness, crashes, bad weather – there’s a lot more than just rivals to battle against at the Giro right now
Flooding rain and COVID have made the Giro de Italia a bicycle race from Hell. Now snow is expected in high mountain stages.
Upcoming Florida Surf Forecast for 5-20-2023 Weekend
Monday after Mother’s Day and back to work and school. Looking at the forecast maps from Windy and the National Weather Service, there’s a good chance for waves this coming weekend.
Waves today in north and central Florida, especially at Flagler Pier. See the free and live webcams.
To see these forecasts and FREE live beach webcams (now 21 cameras!) to see surf right now on the east coast of Florida, go to:
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In addition to the live webcams at the beach, I’ve added weather forecast links for marine weather and Windy.com.
#1 Bicycle Racer in the World Still on Track for Tour de France Race After Crash
April 28, 2023
Tadej Pogačar’s six-week program of recovery from his Liège-Bastogne-Liége crash and injury may still include a spell of altitude training from mid-May to early June, Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws reports.
After a busy and highly-successful first part of the season, the Slovenian star had always planned to use the next two months as his build-up for the 2023 Tour de France, with a repeat of just one stage race, the low-key Tour of Slovenia, on his program prior to July.
There had been fears that the scaphoid fracture (wrist) caused by his crash in Liège-Bastogne-Liège could have seriously affected that process.
But according to the Belgian newspaper report, citing team sports manager Joxean Fernandez Matxín, Pogačar could yet be training as planned at an altitude camp by mid-May.
On his way to another Tour de France win even with this setback?
Kelly Slater Wins Back World Surf League Place after being Handed Wildcard
American surfing great Kelly Slater will continue on the World Surf League tour after the 11-time world champion was awarded a wildcard. Slater’s year looked over when he missed the mid-season cut at the Margaret River Pro, which remained on hold on Thursday for a fourth consecutive day.
The 51-year-old was eliminated in the third round by Australian Liam O’Brien, which meant he was unable to climb the rankings into the top 22 who continue beyond the tour’s fifth stop. However the WSL announced on Thursday that Slater and France’s Johanne Defay, who finished as world No 3 last year, would receive the 2023-24 wildcards.
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