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Energize Evansville Event Shoots For World Record

By: Web Producer
Updated: May 20, 2012
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They set out to break a Guinness World Record for the most people doing push-ups at one time.  165 people gathered at the Evansville State Hospital grounds Saturday morning for the push-up event.  But they didn't quite make it.  They needed 251 to break the record.  The event kicked off Mayor Lloyd Winnecke's fitness initiative called Energize Evansville.  It's a new monthly movement aimed to get people exercising in the city's parks.  People also participated in yoga classes, zumba, and piloxing.

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