A US techie is today raking in global adulation after balancing a garden hoe on his head for more than two and a half hours.
David Rush – who has more than 150 Guinness World Records to his name – completed his latest attempt at the weekend by balancing the 1.2kg, 1.5m garden tool on his head.
“Two hours, 36 minutes, six seconds. That is how long I balanced this gardening hoe on my forehead,” an enthusiastic Rush said in a video following his record attempt.
In the post-record attempt interview, he explained his approach to endurance balancing, how he weeded out negative thoughts, and dug deep amid mounting physical discomfort.
“Once you can balance something on your head for 20 or 30 minutes… going a couple of hours… it’s all about not getting too shaky, and then being able to vary your position enough so you don’t cramp up too much. This is one of those absolutely excruciating records, it’s a war…