Mao Weidong surpassed George Hood’s plank record
AI-generated cover of a fictional adult male athlete holding a forearm plank; not George Hood, Mao Weidong or either record attempt, with no duration implied. Prompt: “Photorealistic vertical 4:5 editorial cover of a fictional adult male athlete holding a forearm plank on a gym mat, side view, strong straight body alignment, calm focused expression, simple training gym, natural light. Not George Hood or Mao Weidong and not a record attempt; no duration implied. No stopwatch, text, logos or numbers.” Generated 20 October 2026.
In 2013, American George Hood held a plank for 3 hours, 7 minutes and 15 seconds. In 2014, Chinese police officer Mao Weidong surpassed that result by holding a plank for 4 hours and 26 minutes. Guinness World Records confirms this sequence; the source list’s “May 2014” does not match reports of the record published in September 2014.


