Can you stand on one leg for at least 10 seconds?

[Ming the Merciless]

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...er-of-life-and-death-and-how-to-improve-yours

 

[T4tomo]

Standing on one leg is easier if you hold your opposite earlobe.
maybe this should go in the true factoids thread.
try it!

 

[Sharky]

Not falling for that one, you didn't say "Simon says"

 

[winjim]

View: https://youtu.be/81JCC9Q26b4

 

[T4tomo]

Not falling for that one, you didn't say "Simon says"

its true, we were doing quad stretches at hockey training earlier in the week. holding the earlobe stops you wobbling over, I'm not pulling your leg (or earlobe)

 

[All uphill]

Easy (for me) with eyes open.

Impossible with eyes closed.
How strange.

 

[wafter]

Easy (for me) with eyes open.

Impossible with eyes closed.
How strange.

It's because fixing your vision on a static object aids balance.

After a slightly wobbly start I managed a minute on my left leg, then 30 seconds on my right before I got bored, shut my eyes and suffered the consequences..

 

[Willd]

30 secs +. unless I've had 10 pints

 

[simongt]

I was given the 'stand on one leg for 10 seconds' as part of a medical check for a survey I had been involved in a few years back.
No problem, but then I was asked to repeat the test, but this time with my eyes shut.
Not so easy.

 

[Threevok]

I got pulled over once - and the Policeman asked me to stand on my left leg for 10 seconds.

I said "I'm glad you didn't ask me to stand on my right - that's the shoe i've hidden my coke in"

 

[MontyVeda]

I was given the 'stand on one leg for 10 seconds' as part of a medical check for a survey I had been involved in a few years back.
No problem, but then I was asked to repeat the test, but this time with my eyes shut.
Not so easy.

And what was that supposed to demonstrate?

 

[Jody]

I got pulled over once - and the Policeman asked me to stand on my left leg for 10 seconds.

I said "I'm glad you didn't ask me to stand on my right - that's the shoe i've hidden my coke in"

"Stand on the line sir"

 

[Dogtrousers]

I stand on one leg when cleaning my teeth. My leccy toothbrush has a timer that buzzes after thirty seconds, which is my signal to change legs.

 

[Gwylan]

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...er-of-life-and-death-and-how-to-improve-yours

Depends which foot.
One has a lot of metal in and really does not work properly.
Why I ride a bike mostly.

 

[Regular.Cyclist]

I can do 30+ even on a Bosu balance trainer.

EDIT: I got set an exercise on the balance trainer, by a physio, following an injury and it became a personal challenge to see how long I could balance for.