With a lot of force on the coconuts, with a tasty treat on the beverage cans: Two men from the North broke the world records for breaking coconuts and beverage cans with great clout on Thursday in Hamburg. The 53-year-old North German Jens Gaude smashed 113 full beer cans with his elbow in 60 seconds. The cans lay on their side. That was exhausting, said the Quickborner on Thursday after the successful record in Hamburg. The world record was previously 84 pieces per minute.

It is important to be mentally involved, to have the appropriate speed and strength and to just go through with it, he had previously revealed his recipe for success. He simply enjoys this hobby, he said after the wet and splashy action.

Muhamed "Hammerhand" Kahrimanovic had to cope with an even more difficult task, because the 63-year-old martial artist also had a raw hen's egg in his hand for his punches, which he didn't want to break. With the edge of his hand, the man from Hamburg finally smashed 59 coconuts in 30 seconds and then 63 beer cans lying on their sides in a second round. "I'm very happy," he said after his record attempt.

"It was really very successful. Three new world records were set in Hamburg today," said Olaf Cake Becker from the German Record Institute, which confirmed the records. The RID is considered the German-language counterpart to the "Guinness Book of Records". Around half a dozen judges are out and about nationwide to take top marks. The institute is also financed by judges' fees.