Chest World Records

Doug McManaman balanced a golf driver on his chest for one minute, 20.78 seconds while sitting.

Alicia Weber completed 19 chest-to-bar pull-ups.

Yanhao Deng of Chenzhou, Hunan, tucked 22 pencils sideways under the chin and pinned them against the chest with both hands down, like a striped bow tie. In one unedited phone clip filmed in a bedroom, Yanhao first turns the bundle end-on to the camera so every pencil end shows, then stacks the pencils flat, clamps them under the chin and lets go for about five seconds without one slipping. RecordSetter counted the 22 pencil ends in that opening view and checked the hold frame by frame. A rainbow bow tie, no hands.

Jason Faulkner lay back on an incline bench at a gym in St. Joseph, Missouri, and worked a pair of 90-pound dumbbells through 26 incline flies in one unbroken set. Filmed from beside the bench, the clip shows the dumbbells sweeping apart and closing back together above his chest on every rep, and the 90 stamp on both bells is readable as he finishes. RecordSetter counted the reps in the continuous 48-second video. Flies hang the whole load off nearly straight arms, which is why most lifters use a fraction of this weight.

Jason Faulkner lay back on an incline bench at a gym in St. Joseph, Missouri, and took a pair of 100-pound dumbbells through 20 incline flies in one unbroken set. Filmed from beside the bench, the clip shows the bells opening out from above his chest and closing back together on every rep, with the 100 stamp readable on the near dumbbell late in the set. RecordSetter counted the reps in the continuous 41-second video, where one more rep stalls at the bottom and he sets the weights down. Flies hold the whole load out on nearly straight arms, so a hundred pounds a hand is far beyond what most lifters ever try.

Xavier Cullen ran across a basketball court in 3.78 seconds while holding a tennis ball between his chin and chest. He set the record as part of the College of Lake County Social Action Club's World Record Day fundraiser for the Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center in Gurnee, Illinois. #WorldRecordDay2012

Kyle Hanley assembled a chessboard in 38.24 seconds while balancing it on his chest.

Doug McManaman balanced a left-handed golf driver on his chest for one minute, 57.35 seconds.

Yeonsoo C. performed six 140-kilogram chest dumbbell presses. He is 19 years old.

Manuel H. lifted a 242-kilogram (533.51 pounds) stone to chest level. WARNING: Weight lifting can be extremely dangerous. Please do not attempt this record unless you are above the age of 18 and trained as a professional weight lifter. We will not accept submissions from minors.

Ahmad Amin Bodla performed 249 martial arts kicks in one minute. All kicks were chest-level high.

Alicia Weber performed 500 consecutive chest-to-ground tricep triangle push-ups in 22 minutes, 50.60 seconds.

Doug McManaman balanced a driveway marker on his chest for 53.34 seconds while sitting.