Levering Kitchen Chairs

[kelby]

did you ever try levering a kitchen steel chair. those suckers are hard, i did it today. just grab the bottom of the front leg. try it harder than you think. i also levered the wooden chairs, but they are easier. these are chrome plated steel chairs.

[antarath]

I do that every day at work. Mostly with folding trolleys

Mats

[j.scribner]

Kelby- I thought I was the only guy nuts enough to do that. I do it at work with wooden chairs and use both hands. The people I work with have gotten used to it and don't make fun of me anymore about it. You can get a pretty decent wrist workout while on break.

John Scribner

[jad]

my mother-in-law has those heavy, old school wooden dining room chairs. I still can't do the thing where you pick it up by the front leg while keeping it level

[Whimp]

thinner bar stools can also be fun

[JoeGrip]

I used to do a formulator type thing w/ the back rest of my kitchen chairs.

[Anuwbius]

This is a great party trick sort of thing and a great challenge to try every chair you come across. I read somewhere (I still dont know if I believe it) that some high ranking military official who was known for his superb physical ability was able to do this with a person sitting on the chair. Crazy who knows.

[hab34buy]

Heh... I didn't know there were this many people who did this type of thing . This is one of the things that made me interested in strength training when I was a child. I seem to remember hearing about it in regards to my Grandfather doing this with different size chairs (or something to that effect) and it made me curious. Every once and awhile I give it a go (though probably with much smaller chairs then all of you), though not so much in recent times. It is a rather good strain on the wrist... neat to hear others do it.

[kelby]

try the steel chairs, they are alot harder than wooden ones. it is a cool party trick, never met a guy that can do it yet. and it is a hell of a workout for the wrist. i sometimes challenge people with a broomstick, we rest the stick on our shoulders, and grab it with both hands and see who can twist the broomstick .

[hab34buy]

Never heard the broomstick one. I'll have to find a victim... er, challenger . Sounds like fun. I've never done levers with any metal chairs, just big old wooden chairs, so I have something to keep on the watch for...

[kelby]

wooden chairs are actually way lighter than the steel ones. but wooden chairs looks more impressive because of the size difference