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Bear Grylls

TV host

Bear Grylls

Adventurer and TV host (Man vs. Wild, Running Wild)

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11 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.

Bear Grylls marathon

Bear Grylls's recorded marathon is 4:30:00. Performance date: 2003-04-13. Age at the time: 28. This was a competition result. The source at runnersworld.com gives this mark. Source type: interview. Confidence is medium.

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2003 London Marathon (in a ball gown and wig) · Age 28, ran in a heavy ball gown and three-foot wig for an MS charity

Source quote and limits
“It took me ages to finish [4:30].”

I'm a Runner: Bear Grylls (Runner's World, 2011, archived)

Time to the minute, given in brackets by the magazine. He says the costume weighed almost as much as him. Confidence medium: the time is the magazine's addition, not his own words. Source gives the time to the minute.

  1. 2003

    • Marathon4:30:00

      CompetitionAge 28, ran in a heavy ball gown and three-foot wig for an MS charity

      Said in an interview, runnersworld.com2003-04-13 · age 28medium confidence

      Quote and details
      “It took me ages to finish [4:30].”

      I'm a Runner: Bear Grylls (Runner's World, 2011, archived)2003 London Marathon (in a ball gown and wig)

Bear Grylls pull-ups

Bear Grylls's recorded pull-ups is 15 reps. Source date: 2022-07-22. The recorded effort was a max or PR. The source at gq-magazine.co.uk gives this mark. Source type: interview.

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Recalled military pull-up maximum · Military career; feat year unknown

Source quote and limits
“When I was in the military, I could do max 15”

The real-life diet of Bear Grylls, who gave up veganism for butter and liver

Source date used because he gives no feat year. The sentence compares his military pull-up maximum with his later weighted pull-ups.

  1. 2022

    • Pull-ups15 reps

      Max or PRMilitary career; feat year unknown

      Said in an interview, gq-magazine.co.uk2022-07-22

      Quote and details
      “When I was in the military, I could do max 15”

      The real-life diet of Bear Grylls, who gave up veganism for butter and liverRecalled military pull-up maximum

Bear Grylls push-ups

Bear Grylls's recorded push-ups is 20 reps. Performance date: 2020-07-01. Age at the time: 46. This was a working set. The source at menshealth.com gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is medium.

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Royal Marines remote fitness circuit · Fitness demonstration

Source quote and limits
“They follow that with 20 pushups”

Watch Bear Grylls and His Son Take on the Royal Marines Physical Fitness Test

Publication date. One circuit completed.

  1. 2020

    • Push-ups20 reps

      Working setFitness demonstration

      News report, menshealth.com2020-07-01 · age 46medium confidence

      Quote and details
      “They follow that with 20 pushups”

      Watch Bear Grylls and His Son Take on the Royal Marines Physical Fitness TestRoyal Marines remote fitness circuit

  2. 2015

    • Push-ups10 reps

      Effort unknownSurvival television host and former British soldier

      News report, children-of-fallen-patriots-2.squarespace.com2015-05-23 · age 40medium confidence

      Quote and details
      “his May 23rd Facebook post doing ten push-ups”

      Bear Grylls Helps Launch #DropAndGiveMe10Drop And Give Me 10 charity challenge

Bear Grylls Weighted-vest pull-ups (vest load unstated)

Bear Grylls's recorded Weighted-vest pull-ups (vest load unstated) is 25 reps. Performance date: 2024-09-18. Age at the time: 50. This was a working set. The source at aol.com gives this mark. Source type: interview.

Morning training described to Business Insider · TV host, age 50; weighted vest, load unstated

Source quote and limits
“25 pull-ups”

How Bear Grylls spends his 5 to 9 — from walking barefoot outdoors to cold plunges

Source publication date. The exact interview and workout dates are unstated. He says he can now complete each exercise in one go and adds a weighted vest. Vest load is not given; stored as other to keep it separate from bodyweight records.

  1. 2024

    • Weighted-vest pull-ups (vest load unstated)× 25

      Working setTV host, age 50; weighted vest, load unstated

      Said in an interview, aol.com2024-09-18 · age 50

      Quote and details
      “25 pull-ups”

      How Bear Grylls spends his 5 to 9 — from walking barefoot outdoors to cold plungesMorning training described to Business Insider

Bear Grylls Weighted-vest push-ups (vest load unstated)

Bear Grylls's recorded Weighted-vest push-ups (vest load unstated) is 50 reps. Performance date: 2024-09-18. Age at the time: 50. This was a working set. The source at aol.com gives this mark. Source type: interview.

Morning training described to Business Insider · TV host, age 50; weighted vest, load unstated

Source quote and limits
“50 press-ups”

How Bear Grylls spends his 5 to 9 — from walking barefoot outdoors to cold plunges

Source publication date. The exact interview and workout dates are unstated. He says he can now complete each exercise in one go and adds a weighted vest. Vest load is not given; stored as other to keep it separate from bodyweight records.

  1. 2024

    • Weighted-vest push-ups (vest load unstated)× 50

      Working setTV host, age 50; weighted vest, load unstated

      Said in an interview, aol.com2024-09-18 · age 50

      Quote and details
      “50 press-ups”

      How Bear Grylls spends his 5 to 9 — from walking barefoot outdoors to cold plungesMorning training described to Business Insider

Bear Grylls Weighted-vest squats (vest load unstated)

Bear Grylls's recorded Weighted-vest squats (vest load unstated) is 75 reps. Performance date: 2024-09-18. Age at the time: 50. This was a working set. The source at aol.com gives this mark. Source type: interview.

Morning training described to Business Insider · TV host, age 50; weighted vest, load unstated

Source quote and limits
“75 squats”

How Bear Grylls spends his 5 to 9 — from walking barefoot outdoors to cold plunges

Source publication date. The exact interview and workout dates are unstated. He says he can now complete each exercise in one go and adds a weighted vest. Vest load is not given; stored as other to keep it separate from bodyweight records.

  1. 2024

    • Weighted-vest squats (vest load unstated)× 75

      Working setTV host, age 50; weighted vest, load unstated

      Said in an interview, aol.com2024-09-18 · age 50

      Quote and details
      “75 squats”

      How Bear Grylls spends his 5 to 9 — from walking barefoot outdoors to cold plungesMorning training described to Business Insider

Bear Grylls Weighted-vest sit-ups (vest load unstated)

Bear Grylls's recorded Weighted-vest sit-ups (vest load unstated) is 100 reps. Performance date: 2024-09-18. Age at the time: 50. This was a working set. The source at aol.com gives this mark. Source type: interview.

Morning training described to Business Insider · TV host, age 50; weighted vest, load unstated

Source quote and limits
“100 sit-ups”

How Bear Grylls spends his 5 to 9 — from walking barefoot outdoors to cold plunges

Source publication date. The exact interview and workout dates are unstated. He says he can now complete each exercise in one go and adds a weighted vest. Vest load is not given; stored as other to keep it separate from bodyweight records.

  1. 2024

    • Weighted-vest sit-ups (vest load unstated)× 100

      Working setTV host, age 50; weighted vest, load unstated

      Said in an interview, aol.com2024-09-18 · age 50

      Quote and details
      “100 sit-ups”

      How Bear Grylls spends his 5 to 9 — from walking barefoot outdoors to cold plungesMorning training described to Business Insider

Bear Grylls Burpees

Bear Grylls's recorded Burpees is 20 reps. Performance date: 2020-07-01. Age at the time: 46. This was a working set. The source at menshealth.com gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is medium.

Royal Marines remote fitness circuit · Fitness demonstration

Source quote and limits
“a set of burpees comprising 20 reps”

Watch Bear Grylls and His Son Take on the Royal Marines Physical Fitness Test

Publication date. One circuit completed.

  1. 2020

    • Burpees× 20

      Working setFitness demonstration

      News report, menshealth.com2020-07-01 · age 46medium confidence

      Quote and details
      “a set of burpees comprising 20 reps”

      Watch Bear Grylls and His Son Take on the Royal Marines Physical Fitness TestRoyal Marines remote fitness circuit

Bear Grylls Sit-ups

Bear Grylls's recorded Sit-ups is 20 reps. Performance date: 2020-07-01. Age at the time: 46. This was a working set. The source at menshealth.com gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is medium.

Royal Marines remote fitness circuit · Fitness demonstration

Source quote and limits
“a set of 20 situps”

Watch Bear Grylls and His Son Take on the Royal Marines Physical Fitness Test

Publication date. One circuit completed.

  1. 2020

    • Sit-ups× 20

      Working setFitness demonstration

      News report, menshealth.com2020-07-01 · age 46medium confidence

      Quote and details
      “a set of 20 situps”

      Watch Bear Grylls and His Son Take on the Royal Marines Physical Fitness TestRoyal Marines remote fitness circuit

Bear Grylls Plank hold

Bear Grylls's recorded Plank hold is 1:00. Performance date: 2020-07-01. Age at the time: 46. This was a working set. The source at menshealth.com gives this mark. Source type: news report. Confidence is medium.

Royal Marines remote fitness circuit · Fitness demonstration

Source quote and limits
“a 60-second plank”

Watch Bear Grylls and His Son Take on the Royal Marines Physical Fitness Test

Publication date. One circuit completed.

  1. 2020

    • Plank hold1:00

      Working setFitness demonstration

      News report, menshealth.com2020-07-01 · age 46medium confidence

      Quote and details
      “a 60-second plank”

      Watch Bear Grylls and His Son Take on the Royal Marines Physical Fitness TestRoyal Marines remote fitness circuit

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Photo: Jamie Gray from England www.jamiegrayphotography.co.uk, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.