HE DID IT!! Watch Pueblo native do 1142 pull-ups in one hour in world-record attempt.
Bradley Davis
PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) – Pueblo native Frank Sagona broke the one-hour pull-up world record live with Bradley Davis and KRDO13. Sagona’s team will now send the video to Guinness World Records for approval.
“Once {the hands} hurt, you just grab hard, and you pull harder!” Sagona said while showing his bloody calluses.
After months of training since his last appearance on Good Morning Colorado, Sagona attempted his sixth world-record-setting performance, aiming for 1131 pull-ups in one hour. KRDO13 watched Sagona come down to the wire, digging deep late to eclipse the mark with 1142 pull-ups.
“The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat feel different, but they last about the same amount of time,” Sagona said. “I’ve also been denied 8 times, so it’s just another day in the office.”
Sagona did his world-record attempt at the gym used by the Addict2Athlete support group. They help people recover from addiction through fitness, something Sagona said he struggled with years ago.
“If I’m willing to go that low and get worse, then I have to dig that much harder to get higher and better,” Sagona said.
Sagona said he hopes his continued success post-addiction will help inspire others struggling to kick the habit.
“Human beings are more capable beyond measure,” Sagona said.
Before his attempt, Davis also put a little bit of his training to the test. He tried to hit 21 pull-ups in a row to match Sagona’s goal pull-up rate per minute. Unlike Sagona, he failed, tapping out after 18.
Bradley’s pull-up attempt before Sagona’s world record attempt
Sagona has five world record plaques and two standing world records: 1010 chin-ups in one hour and 5049 pull-ups in eight hours.