(Nanaimo News Bulletin) – Nanoose Bay’s Mitchel Cook performed nearly 800 burpees in one hour on Friday (Nov. 5) as he attempted to set a unique world record.

It was an impressive feat for the 21-year-old fitness enthusiast but not quite enough to break the Guinness World Record. The standard remains 951, set by a Brazilian mixed-martial art fighter Cassiano Rodrigues Laureano last July.

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