Man of steel: Chinese SWAT team member beats world record for holding the exercise ‘the plank’

A member of a SWAT team in Beijing has broken the world record for carrying out the exercise “the plank”, according to a news website report.

Mao Weidong, 45, held his body in the horizontal position for eight hours and one minute, Chinanews.com reported.

Mao beat his own personal record of four hours and 26 minutes, which he set two years ago, according to the article.

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The record was broken at a hotel in Beijing on Saturday, according to the report.

Another former world record holder, George Hood, a US navy veteran, also took part in the event, the article said.