US Navy vet breaks 2 world records for doing lunges for 4 miles

A US Navy vet did stepping lunges for much 4.06 miles — breaking 2 world records successful nan process.

Mike McCastle, 38, completed his knee-crippling feat of endurance crossed Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats as portion of a lifelong situation to complete 12 utmost sporting missions.

He collapsed nan world grounds for nan astir lunges successful an hr — completing 3,262 — and nan grounds for nan longest region traveled by stepping lunges successful nan aforesaid clip frame, covering 2.22miles.

And not contented to conscionable break 2 world records — he continued his stepping lunges for arsenic agelong arsenic he could physically negociate — a full of 20 hours and 39 minutes, finishing pinch 4,769 lunges complete 4.06 miles.

He took breaks to usage nan bathroom, remainder and eat — and because of lightning striking nearby.

The aerial postulation controller and capacity coach from Las Vegas, says this is nan first clip anyone has done much than 12 hours of continuous stepping lunges.

He prepared for nan achy situation pinch 12-16 hours of gym training complete 4 to six days successful a week for 3 and a half months.

And he fueled his ngo pinch beef balls, atom and gels consisting of carbohydrates and protein.

He took connected nan situation arsenic nan ninth successful his self-invented ’12 Labors Project’ — a decade-long ngo to do 12 utmost beingness feats.

It began aft he recovered himself successful “a really acheronian place” while recovering from aggregate knee surgeries that ended his subject profession successful 2016.

Both knees were blown retired during subject training, leaving him without guidance aliases purpose, he said.

“I execute these seemingly intolerable beingness feats of spot and endurance to raise consciousness for charitable causes for illustration Parkinson’s illness research, veterans’ intelligence wellness issues, and cancer,” McCastle said.

“These were things my precocious begetter suffered from and I person an friendly relationship to.

“These challenges are conscionable nan conveyance for delivering a connection down nan causes.

“I usage these labors and nan utmost quality of them to bring successful that consciousness and attention.

“It’s okay that group telephone them utmost aliases crazy, and past they spot that someone’s capable to do it and really complete it.”

He completed this situation connected October 11 during a 24-hour stint connected nan flats, and dedicated it to his son, Mikey, three, to thatch him astir perseverance.

A dedicated support squad accompanied him, handling video recording, photography, nutrition, and caring for his boy passim nan full challenge.

In 2015, he statement climbed 29,000 feet successful a gym — nan tallness of Mount Everest — successful 27 hours to raise consciousness for Parkinson’s disease.

The time aft his father, Raymond, died successful 2016 astatine property 76, he flipped a 250-pound tyre for 13 miles straight.

That aforesaid year, he pulled a two-and-a-half-ton motortruck 22 miles crossed Death Valley to bring consciousness to veterans’ intelligence wellness issues.

In 2021, McCastle group nan grounds for nan longest full-body crystal immersion, lasting 2 hours and 40 minutes, successful a kindness arena live-streamed from Bethel, Alaska.

This was his ninth situation — 7 of which group aliases collapsed world records.

Speaking of what motivated him to commencement nan 12-challenge mission, he said: “I was conscionable lost, and I remembered backmost from erstwhile I was a kid, my begetter utilized to show maine these stories of nan Greek gods and Hercules.

“I peculiarly remembered nan 12 labors of Hercules, wherever he was made to strengthen these seemingly intolerable labors successful bid to find redemption and intent successful his life.”

He doesn’t scheme to unreserved his last 3 feats — and while he hasn’t decided what nan missions will be, he anticipated doing his adjacent 1 2 to 5 years time, truthful he tin train.

“As I do these labors, and besides arsenic I get older, I do person to return much clip and train much smart, he said.

“I person a boy now also, truthful I besides person to facet that into nan challenges and labors that I return on.”

For nan cold-body crystal submersion, nan erstwhile grounds was 2 hours and 35 minutes — he surpassed it pinch 2 hours and 40 minutes.

For pull-ups, he collapsed nan erstwhile grounds of 5,801 by completing 5,804.

When he pulled a motortruck for 20 miles, he group a caller grounds for nan longest region a motortruck has been pulled wrong 24 hours, arsenic location was nary anterior attempt.

The aforesaid was existent for his statement climb and 13-mile tyre flip — some were first-time records pinch nary erstwhile benchmarks.