Kottayam :

An autorickshaw driver will try to create a Guinness record for the maximum number of pushups in an hour.

Johny P James from Villoonny will attempt to achieve the fete at the Mannanam K E College grounds on Sunday.

Sports minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan will inaugurate the event at 5pm.

K Suresh Kurup, MLA, will preside over the event. The proceedings will be recorded through two cameras on the either sides and will be submitted to the Guinness officials.

Arrangements have been made to display the time and the counting machine at the venue.

Johny said that he is able to complete 3,400 pushups an hour during practice sessions.

He also runs a gymnasium near Mannanam Junction.

According to Johny, he takes around 90 pushups a minute in the beginning and it comes down to 40 towards the end.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Kozhikode / TNN / October 30th, 2014