Heaviest Turkish Get-Up

It's one of the most complicated exercise that you can do in the gym

It requires maximum focus, agility, and strength to complete. My name is Michael Idella

I naturally am very curious person. I love to learn and push myself in all different types of endeavors

I chose to take this record on to help raise money. My grandfather was a veteran who died by suicide

And I wanted to use my physical strength to bring awareness to the mental and emotional strength needed

to face the inner struggles. So many people silently battle. We went for 255

and at the first attempt, I wasn't able to get my hand in the right place. So I dropped it so I wouldn't waste any more energy

Everyone was so hype. The energy was actually palpable. And I thought to myself, this is either going to cause him to break the record

or be the reason he doesn't break the record. So you start laying flat on your back

You hold a weight over your chest, extend in front of you with one arm. And then you need to come up onto your elbow

kind of doing a side crunch. This is definitely the hardest part for me because it that same arm same leg Overhead lunch it super awkward

The first time I did, I didn't even move. And I got nervous for a second, but come on, everyone's watching it

Let's go for it. The way back down is really tough because you put so much energy into going up that then, you

have to make sure you save enough in order to come back down to complete the lift

I've trained the way down a lot, and so I wanted to have to have to have to be able to. have a lot of confidence that if I could get up, as long as I could stay focused, I know I could

come back down. It wasn't easy. I kept psyching myself out as I got closer to that final goal

I think breaking records is important to people because it's inspiring to watch others

put themselves in uncomfortable positions and achieve something seemingly impossible. The successful record total was 255 pounds or 115.6 kilos. I love holding a Guinness record

title and I will 100% be going for some more records