Men break handshake endurance record

Two men have spent a consecutive nine and a half hours shaking hands with each other in a bid to break a world record.

The pair from San Francisco now look to be the new record holders for the endurance handshake though The Guinness Book of World Records are yet to confirm this.

Kevin Whittaker and Cory Jens say they looked through the book for a record they thought they could break and ruled out any difficult ones.

The rules from Guinness for the endurance handshake are: Handshakers are not required to look each other in the eye or exchange pleasantries; they simply must grip palms and continuously move their hands up and down.