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18-year-old Grigor Manukyan (Armenia) has broken the world record for the most consecutive pull ups on a bar positioned between two moving trucks, the Guinness World Records official site reports.

The trucks were required to maintain a minimum speed of 5 km/h (3.1 mph) while Grigor did as many pull ups as possible without falling.

Performing a total of 44, Grigor smashed the previous record of 35, which was set last year by “The Italian Butterfly” Tazio Gavioli.

“This record was not difficult for me due to my rigorous training,” Grigor said.

“I think I could have brought the number up to 50, but I decided to stop at 44 and dedicate my record to the bright memory of the heroes who were martyred in the ill-fated 44-day Artsakh war, in which thousands of Armenians died.”

Grigor is no stranger to performing incredible feats of fitness from vehicles – in November last year, he set a record for the most chin ups from a helicopter in one minute with a total of 36.

He is currently preparing to set a similar record for the most pull ups from a plane in one minute.

Grigor also holds the record for the most four finger pull ups with a 20 lb pack in one minute (31), and he used to hold a record for the most towel pull ups in one minute (33), but this was later broken by Matthew Caruana (Australia), who beat Grigor’s total by one.

Grigor trains for his record attempts at the Dutsaznatun Regional Center of the Hi-Am Foundation, a sports centre in the Armenian town of Talin, which has a population of around 8,000 people.

Despite the town’s small size, it boasts an astonishing number of world record holders, all coached by Roman Sahradyan, who has achieved multiple Guinness World Records titles of his own over the past decade.