Grandmother, 61, Shatters Fitness World Record

DonnaJean Wilde/Instagram A 61-year-old grandmother of 12 has added a jaw-dropping fitness record to her repertoire.

DonnaJean Wilde, a former teacher from Canada, held a plank for five hours on Oct.

7 at the Huntsman World Senior Games in St.

George, Utah, shattering the world record for the longest-held female abdominal plank.

Before her achievement, the longest female plank was four hours, 30 minutes, and 11 seconds, a record Wilde set in 2024.

More than nine million people liked an Instagram video of Wilde’s record, and the post racked up nearly 80,000 comments.

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Huntsman World Senior Games: The Senior World Championships (@worldseniorgames) “Five hours! I can’t even do five minutes,” one person said.

“Women can do everything,” added another.

“Holy abs,” another person commented.

Critics, however, expressed disapproval of Wilde’s form.

“The hard part of a plank is keeping the back straight and using your core to do so.

She’s just resting her weight on her elbows,” one person commented.

“It is absolutely not a plank.

I do not know why it is encouraged—a biomechanically very incorrect movement,” said another person.