First-year doctoral physics student David Lloyd George aims to break the world record for the most muscle-ups done in 24 hours on April 13 to raise money for the Gary Sinise Foundation, which assists wounded veterans and their families.
A quantum computing researcher by day and climber at the Triangle Rock Club in Durham by night, George began training for this project in July. Known as the “muscle-up man” at the climbing gym, he has completed around 30,000 muscle-ups — essentially a pull-up followed by a push-up on an exercise bar — in preparation, which he said is equivalent in terms of upper-body movement to ascending Mount Everest four-and-a-half times.
George has already raised around $8,000, and he hopes to meet his $10,000 goal by his final test next week…