DonnaJean Wilde setting the plank record – Guinness World Records
A woman in Alberta just set a new world record for the longest time spent in an abdominal plank position, managing 4 hours, 30 minutes, and 11 seconds.
DonnaJean Wilde realized that a plank was an excellent exercise to do in a cast after she broke her wrist 10 or so years ago and needed something to do to get her heart rate up.
Strangely enough, the previous record was also held by a Canadian who was also from Alberta and also named Dana, who managed 4 hours, 19 minutes, and 55 seconds.
“Growing up, whenever we woke up, our mom had already run 4 miles. And that just progressed,” said Ray Wilde, DonnaJean’s son.
“If I’m going to watch a movie and she wants to watch a movie with me, she’ll watch it in the plank position,” said her husband, Randy Wilde.
“She did her entire master’s degree planking,” said daughter Laura Stevenson.
When the mother of 5 with 12 grandchildren went to university about 20 years ago for the masters,
she contracted something called transverse myelitis, which manifests in pain and numbness.
Where? You guessed in—the arms, hands, and shoulders. Husband Randy says dealing with that pain every day actually what allows her to deal with the pain of sitting in an abdominal plank for so long.
She said it feels like a dream come true: we can only imagine., 59-year-old Breaks Women’s World Record for the Longest Time in an Abdominal Plank Position:
