Pete Whittaker: One Arm Hang World Record

The Norwegian Magnus Midtbo and the Briton Pete Whittaker try to break various world records. In the one arm hang, Pete breaks the previous world record.

Challenge yourself once Magnus Midtbo and Pete Whittaker with fitness exercises. In this program, the two of them are about to break existing world records in the following exercises:

  1. No handed pull-up
  2. One arm hang
  3. L-sit

In the case of the one arm hang, Pete Whittaker managed to set a new world record as part of the video.

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