Since his retirement from the Air Force, Johnny Miller has served as a motivational speaker. And after setting a new Guinness World Record, he’ll have one more story to tell.
In December, lifted a total of 2,492.4 pounds by dumbbell curls in one minute. And he recently got word that this is now officially a Guinness World Record.
“It’s still hitting me right now,” Miller said according to Fox News. “I’m excited but I feel so, so humbled by it because I don’t have (a certificate of the record) in the house. I’m not putting one up. But I would like my dad to have one, who I’m planning to dedicate my next record to. I would like to have one up to basically inspire and motivate everybody else and show my appreciation to Onelife Fitness and the entire training staff. I couldn’t have done it without them.”
While the task itself was undeniably the hardest part for Miller, it was pretty tedious to get the record confirmed, as well.
“You got to have the certifications from the steward, which is basically the proctor of the event. You got to have officials that are experts in the field, so the personal trainers have to be training experts and certified,” Miller said. “I needed to make sure I provide a copy of their criteria. We had to measure the weights before I got started, so (Guinness World Records) got to see video evidence of us putting the dumbbells on the scale and then they want video footage of me performing those repetitions before the event and through the duration of that exercise. I also had to send them all of the statements of the witnesses, too. All the paperwork had to be in line.”
It’s certainly a huge accomplishment for the veteran.
[Fox News]
