Excuse me! Meet a man training do a 1,000-plus burpees in a single hour
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A Montreal man is trying break a world record for burpees, but also to raise awareness about sarcoma, an extremely rare and aggressive form of cancer.
It’s probably the most hated, most dreaded exercise in the book: burpees.
And that is exactly the reason why Sam Finn chose to do them — 1,010 in less than one hour, to be precise.
He is aiming to break the Guinness World Record.
“I wanted something that when I told everyone they would say, ‘Are you insane?’ and they would talk about it,” Sam said.
To prepare for the event, Sam does up to 1,800 of them every week.
He is putting himself through the gruelling process neither for vanity, nor glory, but to raise awareness about sarcoma, an extremely rare and aggressive form of cancer that can develop in the bones or soft tissues.
Sarcoma took the life of his older brother Cedric, a man described as full of love for life, bravery and determination.
He was Sam’s best friend and his inspiration.
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