Queensland Police Senior Constable Jade Henderson now officially holds the Guinness World Record for the most pull ups completed by a female in one hour, completing 733 – that’s more than 12 every minute!
The 32-year-old had originally planned to take on the 24-hour version of this record, which is currently held by another Australian, Olivia Vinson, with a total of 7,079.
But after eight months of training and raising money for Blue Hope, Jade tore her bicep a week before her attempt.
After five weeks off from doing any pull ups, she decided to tackle the one hour record instead.
She took on the challenge in the Gold Coast in August as a way of testing her physical and mental limits and has now had the record officially verified by the Guinness World Record organisation.
After beating the record of 725 set by fellow Australian, Eva Clarke, in 2016, she hopes to inspire others to reach their full potential too.
“I decided to start training for the pull up world record because I liked the idea of doing something that nobody else has ever done. I also wanted to see what my mind and body were physically capable of,” Jade says.
Fitness is a huge part of Jade’s life. She’s been competing in Crossfit at a high level for the last eight years and says it’s become an outlet for her when work gets stressful.
Jade said finding out her record was official was a “surreal” moment that still hasn’t quite sunk in.
