MOBERLY, Missouri ( KOMU ) -- Kim Welch, a teacher for the Moberly School District, is aiming to set the Guinness world record for the most knuckle pushups in 12 hours. Welch aims to do 10 knuckle pushups a minute, averaging 600 knuckle pushups per hour and a total of 7,200.

Kim started the process at 7 a.m. Monday at Family Life Fellowship and will finish at 7 p.m.

In order for the record to be valid, there must be cameras recording the event and witnesses counting how many pushups Welch does. Each witness must sign forms and make sure Welch's form matches the standard set by Guinness World Records. Brad Fuemmeler, a witness to the event, said Welch researched the form, but he enforces it.

"His elbow bend going down was a 90 degrees bend, and then as he came up out of the pushup or a

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