A man in his sixties showed a body of art standing in a flank posture for eight hours, fifteen minutes and fifteen seconds.

On Monday, foreign media including CNN reported that 62-year-old George Hood had entered the Guinness Book of Records as the world's longest-staying flank.

Hood, a former US Marine Corps and drug activist, first started flanking in 2011. To let people know that physical training also helps with mental health.

Mr. Hood spent 18 months training in 2016 to break the record of 8 hours and 1 minute of Mao Weidong in China. A total of 2,100 hours spent, 4 to 5 hours of flanks, 2000 sit-ups, 700 push-ups, 500 swims, and 300 shoulder pulls.
As he challenged the record, Hood said he endured a difficult process as he imagined himself to be a rock star. Although he felt like a fire in his elbow and his skin collapsed and bleeding, Mr. Hood said, he used his mental powers to withstand the time of pain until his nerves became numb.

In an interview with the BBC, he said, "I had to completely separate me from the reality that the clock points to."

Mr. Hood declared his retirement at the Guinness Challenge.

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(Photo: 'Josef Holic Photography' Facebook, 'Guinness World Records' YouTube)