By performing 2 lunges in an hour, a fitness trainer from New York set two world records.

The fitness trainer of the New York specialized club Life Time has set himself the goal of entering the Guinness Book of Records. According to New York Post, the athlete did lunges and set two records.

According to the Book of Records Committee Guinness, 30-year-old Austin Head surpassed everyone in the number of lunges performed in an hour (among men), as well as the longest distance traveled on a lunge in one hour.

On Friday, March 22, Head completed 2 lunges in 825 minutes, surpassing the previous record holder's 60 lunges. And twelve days earlier, on March 2, he broke the distance record during training - he covered 358 miles (10 km) with lunges in 2,14 minutes.

“My legs finally feel better,” said the athlete. “I was incredibly lucky to have so much support on the day of my Guinness World Record attempt!”

Just the beginning

According to him, he became a record holder not because he is in better shape. He’s just in great shape, but “not the best.” The athlete believes that he achieved success thanks to his “way of thinking, which helped take physical abilities to the next level.” Now Austin is set to set two more lunge-related records.

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Crowds of people gathered to watch Head undergo a difficult test to raise money for Life Time Foundation. His goal is to inspire healthy people, healthy lifestyles and a healthy planet.

The athlete raised $7, which will go towards funding health programs in New York.

“I have a disabled brother, and I grew up helping my mother look after him. It ingrained in me the need to help people,” Head explained.

Vocation

“As a child, I loved acting. Being a band instructor is the perfect balance between the two: helping people and being on stage at the same time,” he explained. “I’m very lucky that I get to do what I was created to do every day.”

Head said he's been doing lunges "for years" and does them often during his fitness routines, but he started doing them full-time during the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, the athlete, who conducts about 30 classes a week at Life Time, admitted that at first he overdid it with training. He went straight from doing lunges to a full day of exercise, and it showed him “how important recovery is.”

The fitness trainer called his endeavor a “big sacrifice” but encouraged others to “find their why” or their purpose. Then on the days you feel like giving up, always return to your “why” and “the motivation will follow.”