Chest World Records

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.

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.

Aoibhín 101 completed five chest rolls in 12.40 seconds.

Zoilo Adalia squeezed his chest 222 times in one minute.

Joe Schuman and Kyle Hall completed 113 basketball chest passes in one minute.

Doug McManaman balanced a sword point-first on his chest for two minutes, 0.44 seconds.

Zach Neal scream while beating his chest for one minute, 52.10 seconds. DENIED: Does not follow criteria applicable for this record. Stride’s setting 100 records in 100 days. At the end of 100 days, we’ll verify if you are the standing Record Holder. If you are, you’ll get $500 for each record you managed to hold with your guile, talent, and sheer will. General caution and common sense required. We show the Stride Team at work, but recommend that these challenges be done at home.

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

Oscar Smit touched his chest and lap 375 times in 30 seconds.

Whitney's students chest bumped 62 times in 30 seconds.

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

Pavol Durdik hit his chest with his fists 725 times in one minute.

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.

Karan S. performed 64 sit-ups in one minute while holding a 10-kilogram weight on chest.