(CNN) An Australian father has set a new push-up world record. In just one hour he completed over 3,206. This is him 53 times per minute, or almost once per second.
Lucas Helmke hit the push-ups at his local gym in Brisbane to win the title set by another Australian man last year. It is his fourth time in three years that a new record has been set for this feat.
The 33-year-old father, an accountant by trade, told Guinness World Records he wants to “inspire” his 1-year-old son by showing him that “nothing is impossible.”
Each push-up had to be perfect to meet the standards required for an official world record.
Helmke had to keep his body straight without bending his knees and hips, but his elbows had to reach an angle of at least 90 degrees when he sat down.
Australian Lucas Helmke had to maintain perfect form while completing push-ups at his local gym in Brisbane.
He aborted 34 push-ups for improper form, but he still passed the record-setters who came before him. The previous record was set by Daniel Scali, who in April 2022 performed 3,182 push-ups.
Helmke broke his record at the Iron Underground gym last November and was recently informed by Guinness World Records that his record had been approved. Two previous record holders were also Australian.
“This finally passed,” he wrote, posting the certificate on his Facebook page last month.
Helmke told Guinness World Records that it took him two to three years to build up the physical strength to accomplish the extraordinary feat.
Given the competition, it’s not clear how long his record will last. Local media in Florida reported in his March that a 60-year-old American man, Lobsterling, completed his 3,264 push-ups late last month, a claim that has yet to be confirmed by Guinness.
Meanwhile, Helmke has already set his sights on other records.
“This will be the first record I want to set, among many other push-up records,” said Lucas. “Then onto other physical records.”
