KITCHENER A Kitchener man sought to put his name in the record books on Saturday, aiming to do the most chest-to-ground burpees in an hour. Nick Anapolsky aimed to do 15 burpees per minute or one every four seconds for an entire hour to beat the world record of 870. For this record, chest touches the ground and the arms go straight out to the side, he explained. Then when you jump up, you need to clear I ve marked out two lines on the ground as half your body height your feet have to jump that distance on every jump that you do.