It literally took my husband around 2 hours to assemble and he is stellar at that.  Sat on it reclined it and it does not go back into a sitting position. It doesn’t matter how strong your legs are. It can’t be done. Had 2 very fit men try it and it can’t be done.  This is after I had to drive around my neighborhood looking for the delivery that FedEx kept sending me alerts that it was in my driveway. It was on my neighbors driveway that isn’t even my street