Daniel Scali, a chronic pain sufferer from Adelaide, Australia, has just broken the world record for the longest abdominal plank ever by more than one hour, setting a new historic precedent by holding the position for 9 hours, 30 minutes, and 1 second.
Scali’s world record attempt was to raise awareness for chronic pain conditions, due to his own experiences with complex regional pain syndrome: “Anything like soft touch, movement, wind, water, will cause me pain,” he explains.
In order to achieve the world record, Scali will have to outlast 8 hours, 15 minutes and 15 seconds; the world record set by George Hood last year. Having previously achieved a time of 9 hours and 9 minutes in an unofficial attempt, Scali sets himself the goal of 9 hours 30 minutes. But it isn’t long before the fatigue begins to kick in.
“I remember at the 14-minute mark, my thighs started to burn, and I knew it was going to be a hell of a ride,” he says. “Putting constant pressure on my elbow and forearm, as well as up to my shoulder, did give me quite a bit of grief at the start. I have dealt with pain for so long, I knew how to manage it.”
Scali persevered, but pain wasn’t the only side effect that he experienced during his plank: “The sixth hour came, the seven hour mark came, my body started to turn on me a little bit,” he says. “I started to feel a bit of vibration and shaking, and that’s when I actually started to vomit on myself… It was a full head-to-toe experience of constant pain. My feet were numb, my knees were burning, my thighs were burning, my left arm felt like it was on fire.
Ultimately, though, Scali reaches his goal, lasting a total of 9 hours, 30 minutes, and 1 second in the plank position, and is thrilled that he has accomplished what he set out to do.
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