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99% of People Fail This Level 6 Balance Test #Shorts

17 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this short instructional video, the presenter walks viewers through the final three levels (4‑6) of a Sharpened Romberg balance test series. Level 4 involves standing with feet even, eyes closed, and testing each foot forward for about 15 seconds. Level 5 raises the difficulty by standing on one leg while lifting the opposite leg to roughly a 90‑degree angle, without support, and repeating on both sides. Level 6 is the most challenging: the same one‑leg stance with the lifted leg at 90 degrees, eyes closed, held for 15 seconds on each side. Successful completion of each level is presented as a marker of strong balance ability.

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We're going to go back into that Sharpened Rombergs. Get your feet set up nice and even, and then close your eyes. Now you're going to start to see a lot more movement. This is about where I am, and it's more challenging that way. Again, test that left foot in front and right foot in front for about 15 seconds. If you're still going, fantastic, you're at a 4. Now let's take it to level 5. Level 5 is standing on one foot, With the other foot raised to about 90 degrees, not holding on to anything, you're nice and relaxed. Now from there, if you can do that, test it on the other foot, because again, we got the left foot and the right foot. And then if you can do that, we're going to go to level 6, the hardest level. We're in this position with the eyes closed, and that's where it starts to get really challenging. If you can hold that for 15 seconds on both sides, congratulations, you're fantastic with your balance. Now,