Plank position
February 10, 2012 4:56PM
P.E. teacher Sue Warren (above left) introduces world record holder George Hood to fifth grade students at Prairie Point Elementary in Oswego on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012, during an assembly. Hood holds the world record for the longest plank, which he held for more than 1 hour and 20 minutes. | Jeff Cagle~For Sun-Times Media
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Updated: March 13, 2012 8:03AM
Physical education students at Oswego’s Prairie Point Elementary School learned from the best this month, as world record holder George Hood of Aurora showed them how to execute the plank position. Hood spoke — and demonstrated — at a school assembly. His record-breaking attempt at holding the plank position lasted more than 1 hour and 20 minutes.
