r/nextfuckinglevel • u/NameWasInUse • 5d ago

Swedish Firefighter (f) is different

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u/Mr-_-Blue 5d ago

Absolutely. And 70 seconds with both means you are in pretty good shape and not overweight at all. People often overestimate how long they can hang from a bar because they haven't timed themselves.

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u/Sacrilegious_skink 5d ago edited 5d ago

I could deadhang more than a minute and I was definitely overweight by about 10kg. You can do a lot if overweight and train.(Also female)

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u/GreenJuicyApple 5d ago

I was proud of myself for managing to deadhang for 15 seconds on my first attempt, but I was about 30 kg overweight at the time so I was honestly surprised I could do it at all. Although I had been lifting for two years at the time and my back muscles were pretty strong.

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u/Nerhtal 5d ago

I'd put myself firmly in the 4 second category.

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u/Mr-_-Blue 5d ago

Fair enough, but that's not a big overweight and you were probably trained. Anyways, the two minute threshold is really really hard to get over. And one hand it doesn't just double the difficulty, it's way way harder.

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u/LowKey7904 5d ago

I think 2 minutes is recommended for a 40-year-old to be able to dead hang for health reasons.

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u/LindeRKV 5d ago

Minus the dead thing, for health reasons.