Employees from Incentive Lynx Security completed a 10,000 press-up charity challenge at King’s Cross Station on Friday, March 28. The team of six beat their four-hour target by completing the challenge in three hours and 10 minutes, raising more than £2500 for Macmillan Cancer Support.
King’s Cross station was the choice to stage the event as Incentive Lynx, part of the Incentive FM Group, provides building and estate security services at nearby King’s Cross Central, managed by Broadgate Estates.
Londoners and train passengers cheered on the team, which was led by Shaun Wall, Contract Manager at Incentive Lynx. Supporters could win gym memberships from fitness centres across London in a prize draw while Macmillan took donations from the public.
Shaun, who came up with the idea, gained a stone in muscle during two months of training, said: “We are absolutely delighted to complete the challenge and break our four-hour target. I would like to thank everybody who supported the team on the day, the encouragement we received inspired us to keep going – even when the pain kicked in! We were only 2000 in and I could see the worry and panic on the teams faces as we realised what a mountain we had to climb to complete this challenge, but the team dug deep and pushed themselves all the way to the end. I would like to take this opportunity to thank UrbanKings gym of Kings Cross, who were able to be there on the day and support the team, including supplying two sports therapists that massaged and stretched the team all the way to the finish.”
There is still time to submit a donation by visiting the team’s Just Giving Page at: www.justgiving.com/PressupChallenge.
