22-Year-Old Completes Over 12,000 Pull-Ups in 24 Hours to Set World Record

Xavier Dillard
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NEED TO KNOW

• Xavier Dillard may have broken the world record for the most pull-ups in 24 hours, with 12,412 in total
• The current record holder is Enrique Zapata, who did 12,345 in January — 67 fewer than Dillard
• Guinness World Records will need to review the footage before making the 22-year-old the official record holder

A 22-year-old Virginia native claims to have broken the world record for the most pull-ups in 24 hours after two years of training.

Xavier Dillard, from Harrisonburg, completed an impressive 12,412 pull-ups between 10:00 a.m. local time on Saturday, May 2 and 10:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 3. He streamed the event on YouTube from a CrossFit gym in the city.

Guinness World Records will need to review the footage to consider Dillard the official record holder. Currently, Enrique Zapata of Mexico holds the accolade, after he managed to do 12,345 pull-ups — 67 fewer than Dillard's total — during a 24-hour span in January.

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Dillard told ABC affiliate WHSV that the idea to take on the record himself began three years ago when he was training in a friend's basement.

"I'm better than him in every other exercise except pull-ups. Like, I hate pull-ups," he explained. "I couldn't stand it. I'm very competitive. So after we tried, I spent every day training pull-ups."