Paddy Doyle - "the hardiest man in the world"

2024 Author: Henry Conors | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-12 02:47

Paddy Doyle is a British multidisciplinary athlete who is the world's best endurance athlete. In 2009, he was recognized as the "world champion in endurance" and recorded this achievement in the Guinness Book of Records. Doyle has 49 records (including repeats) between 1990 and 2008. Until 2014, the man set 6 more records.

Biography

Paddy Doyle has been constantly updating the Guinness Book of Records with his new records and achievements since 1987. A former member of the parachute regiment of the British army, a 46-year-old man from Birmingham (UK) is recognized as the most enduring athlete in the world. Of all the world's multi-disciplinary athletes, Paddy Doyle proved to be the most enduring, setting 23 separate records.

His early life was very harsh and difficult, the guy repeatedly fell into the hands of law enforcement officers, because he had big problems with the law. However, the black streak of life closed when Doyle turned 20 and was drafted into the army for military service.

In the army, Paddy often represented his battalion in various competitions, in which, as a rule, he took first place. He was the best in all kinds of sports disciplines in which he participated. Paddy excelled in cross-country and also won in all fitness disciplines.

After demobilization, Doyle took up judo, amateur boxing and gymnastics. In all sports, he showed good results, sometimes surpassing the amateur level. As a result, Paddy constantly trained his endurance, which only improved over time.

Paddy Doyle's impressive list of Guinness World Record titles includes a variety of push-ups, weighted squats and running.

Paddy Doyle push-up records

As mentioned above, the former British serviceman has a number of incredibly diverse records set in the category of "push-ups from the floor." Here are some of his records:

• 1,500,230 push-ups throughout the year;
• 1940 push-ups for an hour on the inside of the palms (not the back of the hand);
• 1386 push-ups for half an hour on the outer sides of the palms;
• 7860 non-stop push-ups;
• 37350 push-ups per day (about 1700 times per hour);
• 2521 push-ups in 60 minutes on one arm;
• 400 push-ups in 10 minutes on one arm.

Weighted Squat & Run

Paddy Doyle loves not onlydo push-ups, but also run and squat. Moreover, in these disciplines, he sets crazy records. Just imagine, Doyle runs one and a half kilometers with an 18-kilogram load in 5 minutes 30 seconds. The distance of 10 km with the same load "the most enduring man in the world" overcomes in 57 minutes. Doyle's half marathon was given in a little less than two hours - 1 hour and 58 minutes. A marathon with a load of 27 kilograms Paddy runs in 7 hours and 51 minutes.

What about running? Multidisciplinary athlete Paddy Doyle is able to squat 5000 times with a load of 22.5 kg in 5 hours. With exactly the same weight, the former military man squats 351 times in 10 minutes.

As far as boxing is concerned, Paddy excelled here too. Doyle is capable of delivering 736 punches to a punching bag in one minute. Further more. Paddy's next record is incomprehensible even to boxing professionals. Doyle did 4,006 three-minute sparring rounds throughout the year.