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DonnaJean Wilde, a 61-year-old grandmother from Alberta, Canada, set a new world record by holding an abdominal plank for five hours during the World Senior Games in Utah. This feat surpasses her previous personal best of four hours and 30 minutes, which she achieved in 2024. Wilde's incredible endurance began as a recovery exercise after breaking her arm in 2013 and evolved into a passion with intensive training that includes push-ups, weightlifting, running, and hanging exercises. Her achievement has earned widespread acclaim on social media, where people praise her as an inspiration and an athletic legend.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-09,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
DonnaJean Wilde, a 61-year-old grandmother of 12 from Alberta, Canada, broke the world record for longest female abdominal plank by holding it for five hours at the Huntsman World Senior Games in Utah on October 4, 2026. She surpassed her own previous record set on March 21, 2024, which was four hours, 30 minutes, and 11 seconds. Wilde began planking after breaking her wrist in 2013 as a way to stay active during recovery. The current record requires the participant's forearms and toes to touch the ground at all times with the body kept straight throughout.
Written for “Planking Record Attempt” on 2026-10-09,
grounded in this article and the 2 other(s) covering the same event.
Grandmother of 12 smashes world record with five-hour abdominal plank
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A 61-year-old grandmother has proved age is just a number after holding an abdominal plank for a mind-boggling five hours straight, setting a new world record.
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DonnaJean Wilde, a mother of five and grandmother of 12 from Canada, achieved the superhuman feat at the World Senior Games in Utah, leaving spectators, officials and social media in complete awe.
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The retired school teacher didn’t just beat the record — she demolished her own previous world mark of four hours, 30 minutes, and 11 seconds, which she set in 2024.
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Holding a standard plank for even 60 seconds is enough to leave most gym-goers trembling, making Wilde’s five-hour stint in the hard abdominal hold seem almost impossible.
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Remarkably, Wilde, from Alberta in Canada, only discovered her talent for planking in 2013 after breaking her arm.
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Unable to run or perform traditional cardio in a heavy cast, she turned to core exercises after her children challenged each other to a family plank-off.
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What started as a way to stay active during injury recovery quickly turned into a passion.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, her family urged her to see how long she could actually hold the pose — and were stunned when she hit the two-hour mark without breaking a sweat.
She officially began targeted world-record training in 2023, integrating hundreds of daily push-ups, weight training, running, and dead hangs alongside hours of planking.
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In 2024, she famously set the female world record for the most push-ups completed in 60 minutes, smashing an astonishing 1575 reps.
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Her latest record-breaking performance at the World Senior Games has sparked viral praise online, calling her a “legend” and her accomplishment “amazing.”
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“Congratulations, you are an inspiration,” one person wrote on her Instagram page.
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“This is actually the most insane thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” a second person commented.
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“Seriously impressive,” another person expressed with the fire emoji.
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“That’s insane, good for her,” another person chimed in.
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“Congrats on the record, it’s super badass,” one person commented with the muscle emoji.
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As for her next record attempt, Wilde claims she wants to do at least 1600 push-ups in an hour and break her second record.
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