Record of 34 cartwheels on knuckles

Mumbai, Mar 24 : Bibhuti Nayak in Mumbai attempted entry to the Guinness Book of World Records by taking 34 cartwheels on his knuckles in a minute.

Forty-one-year old Nayak, a post graduate in business management and also a free-lance journalist said that one felt great to have broken into the record list.

"I practice every morning and evening. My last record I made was two years ago. After two years I tried it again. This is called cycling on one hand and balancing the body on my knuckles," said Nayak.

Nayak already have previous records under his belt for having done 819 backhand pushups in one hour, 133 palm push ups in a minute, smashing 3 concrete blocks of 41 pound a piece with a sledgehammer against his groin and doing 448 stomach sit-ups in an hour.

Nayak has been practicing martial arts, gymnastics, swimming, athletics, yoga and meditation for over 30 years and is engaged as a fitness consultant besides conducting self-defense and fitness lessons.

ANI