OWENSBORO, Ky. — After months of training, a group of Kentuckians have officially broken the four-hour relay push-up world record.

Coach Bob O’Brien said, “We had a plan. We stuck to the plan. We kept our minds focused on what we knew we had to do.”

A record that he and his team knew they could achieve, given they have been training for over half a year for it.

O’Brien said, “After the first ten minutes, I knew we were on our way.”

O’Brien and nine other teammates had to average 2,000 push-ups each, adding up to 20,000 push-ups in four hours, but little did they know they exceeded that number by the thousands, averaging 21 push-ups every 15 seconds.

According to O’Brien, they completed 21,784 push-ups.

But constantly doing push-ups is not a simple task—physically or mentally. One teammate powered through by taking each part of the process, one at a time.

Blake Roberts said, “Winning little battles. Like, alright, 30 minutes, alright, an hour.”

Since the team made it through, they hold pride, knowing that they can set an example for other Kentuckians to follow their dreams.

Contestant Zachary Clark said, “You can be much more in life. You can do whatever you want to do. Just put your mind to it and keep going.”

According to O’Brien, if you want to achieve your dreams, it takes will and guts.

O’Brien said, “If you think it’s going to be too hard for you to do, you’ve already lost. You can’t have that mentality. Once you start training for it, it’s going to get scary. Are you going to go through that fear, or are you gonna stop?”

O’Brien will coach a girls push-up relay team world record attempt this fall.