An official entity must approve each push-up world record attempt. This entity is usually the Guinness World Record organization.
To set or break a record, you must follow strict guidelines to collect and submit evidence of your world record attempt.
There are many push-up-related records, such as most push-ups in 24 hours, most consecutive push-ups, most push-ups in one hour, and more. Guinness often separates record categories by sex.
For example, Paddy Doyle was the male who completed the most push-ups in 12 hours by performing 19,325 on May 1, 1989. Doyle also is said to hold the record for most push-ups in one year.
There is no 12-hour female record, but Eva Clarke set a record in 2014 for the most knuckle push-ups in 24 hours. She performed 9,241 of this challenging variation.