We've seen people juggle, dribble a basketball, or dress as cartoon characters while running a marathon, but this latest feat by Indian fitness influencer Mann Sharma might completely blow your mind. Earlier this month, India's Mann Sharma became the first person in the world to complete a full marathon not by running but entirely by doing burpees. Yes — that infamous, brutally taxing fat-burning move — he did burpees for a full 42.195 kilometers. If you've ever been tormented by burpees in a fitness class, you'll understand this challenge has nothing to do with pace — it's purely a test of "how long can you keep going." Sharma spent a total of 197 hours 54 minutes, which is equivalent to doing burpees nonstop for more than eight days before finally reaching the finish. Since no one had ever set a record before, Sharma's astounding 197-hour total now stands as a towering benchmark for future challengers. Sharma admitted his motivation for taking on such a crazy challenge was simple: to accomplish something no one in the world had ever done. Each standard burpee he executed included a squat, a kick back into a plank position, a push-up, bringing the legs in, then jumping up — a cycle he repeated nearly 40,000 times. By the sixth day of the challenge, his body began to seriously protest. He described a tearing pain in his abdomen and diaphragm, saying that even taking a small sip of water triggered excruciating pain. "Even just a small sip causes immediate pain," he wrote on social media, honestly documenting this near-the-limit moment. An official from the UK-based independent certification body World Book of Records — similar in function to Guinness World Records — was on site to witness the entire attempt, ensuring every burpee met the standards and giving official validation to the feat. And along this long journey, Sharma also 'incidentally' became the world's record holder for the burpee 5K and 10K. The reason is simple: before this, no one crazy had ever thought to measure distance that way. After all, burpees are that classic workout we 'hate while doing, love deeply when it's over.' What do you think about this behavior? Text: Training Notes /Editor:Mengmeng Image:Trail Running Big Bang/Visual: Five-YearTrainee
