Man completes mega challenge of 10,001 pull ups in a day – social media users are disturbed when he reveals what it did to his body

An athlete who set himself the challenge of doing 10,001 pull ups in one day has revealed the painful effects the stunt had on his body.  

Truett Hanes, 28, from Utah, US, who once went viral for running the grueling Austin Marathon in his jeans, now holds a Guinness World Record for completing the most pull ups in 24 hours.

But after months of preparation by doing 2,000 pull ups a day he revealed the stunt had a shocking impact on his hands. 

In a video showing his blistered, red and swollen palms he insists ‘pain is only temporary.’

Mr Hanes told his 238,000 followers on Instagram: ‘I successfully broke the record for most pull-ups in 24 hours by 751 reps with a total of 10,001.  

‘Yes, I wore gloves and it didn’t make a difference.

‘If you didn’t die or end up in the hospital then you can do it again and likely better. Hard mind, hard body,’ he added.  

The video which has amassed 339,841 likes reveals how long it took for his blistered hands to heal before he can be seen getting straight back to training just a week later. 

After the challenge his hands appear to be cracked, blistered and yellow. One day later they are still swollen and covered in blisters, but they have started to scab. 

On the second and third day he shows his hands have healed slightly but his skin has started to peel by this point. 

In the final clip of his hands after doing even more pull ups, they are covered in scabs, still swollen, red and slightly clawed. But Mr Hanes insisted they have healed. 

However, many of his fans were skeptical his hands actually ‘healed 100 per cent’ after the pull up challenge and said the claim was a ‘bit of stretch.’

One social media user asked how he prevents tendonitis and confesses he himself did 200 reps a day which left his elbows ‘killing’. 

While others warned him that he is at risk of long-term nerve damage and said that it looks like one of his fingers almost ‘fell off’. 

Mr Hans explained that he had been doing 100 pull ups a day for years anyway before he started this current challenge which he believes has conditioned him to endure the pain.

Blisters on the hands can be caused by friction, pressure or heat on the skin triggering the top layer of skin to separate and fluid to fill the space. 

The NHS explains that most blisters heal on their own within three to seven days. The sores should not be burst or covered up for the best chance of healing properly. 

If a blister becomes infected it may be hot and filled with green or yellow pus and the surrounding skin may be red. 

The NHS stresses that blisters can be prevented by wearing gloves when exercising.

But for Mr Hanes due to the extreme nature of his challenge it was almost unavoidable and he admitted it made no difference.