A grandmother of 12 breaks Guinness World Record for any woman attempting a plank

Sand Castle Builders Seek New World Record DUISBURG, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 01: A representative from the Guinness Book of World Records Jack Brockba stands next to the Sandburg sandcastle on September 1, 2017 in Duisburg, Germany. A local travel agency commissioned the building of the sandcastle and sought to beat the previous world record of 14.84 meters and make it with 16.68 meters to set the new Guinness Book of World Record. The Sandburg took three weeks to build and is made from 3,500 tons of sand. (Photo by Maja Hitij/Getty Images) (Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

By Jen Townley

A few weeks ago DonnaJean Wilde attempted the record with her friends, family, and many of her former students cheering her on!

Her record: 4-hours, 30-minutes and 11-seconds, according to ABC News.

Years ago DonnaJean Wilde had broken her wrist, and her children introduced her to the then-trendy exercise of clenching her stomach.

It’s something she was able to do while wearing a cast.

She says, “I’m so glad that I did try, that we did all that work. So now I’m not going to look back and say I wish I-- I wish I would have tried.”

Wilde’s time is ten minutes longer than the previous record, set in 2019 by fellow Canadian Dana Glowacka, according to Guinness.