How Long Will You Live? Simple Sitting Test Predicts Longevity

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http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/how-long-will-i-live-simple-sitting-test-predicts-longevity/ar-BBwfaTn?li=BBnbfcL

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[Robert]

Bugger! I died six years ago.

[c.d.]

I'm still on the damn floor.

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[c.d.]

Why couldn't they come up with the reach for a beer test?

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[GUT]

Well like most of these things not real accurate.

[louisa]

How can somebody sit down on the floor without touching it with their hands?

[Pcdunn]

I can get up from a chair alright, but to judge from how long it takes me to rise off the yoga mat at the end of class, I'll likely be in the negative-numbers range! Lol...

[Ginger]

How can somebody sit down on the floor without touching it with their hands?

The way it works for me is to start with my hands on my hips, with my feet in the open forth position as in ballet. I can slowly flex my knees, raising my arms in front of me for counterweights, and do a sort of controlled slow fall onto my butt, keeping my weight slightly forward, which actually looks more graceful than it sounds.



To get back up, I rock slightly backwards, throw my arms forward to shift my weight, and then just push down against the floor with my legs. The outsides of my feet are bearing most of the weight until I'm almost standing straight, when I can swivel and lift my ankles so I'm standing almost on my toes. This looks rather less graceful than the sitting down part.

Edit: And I fully expect to die sooner rather than later, so I think this test is BS. What it seems to me to be measuring is the strength of your legs, the strength of your core, and your sense of balance.

[louisa]

Ginger - I'm greatly impressed with your abilities. You're obviously not a old crock with arthritis.


But are we to believe that the length of time we have left to live depends on how much strength we have in our legs?

[PC Fitzroy-Toye]

Its utter horse shlong, As a light smoker, my doc still points to the horrors of smoking every time I see him, but by that study I'm a kung-fu master that will live well into my hundreds

[Ginger]

Ginger - I'm greatly impressed with your abilities. You're obviously not a old crock with arthritis.

Actually, I am an old plug with arthritis, heading for the knacker's yard. I am just very stubborn.

But are we to believe that the length of time we have left to live depends on how much strength we have in our legs?

I suppose a generous interpretation might be that strong legs allow you to outrun the Reaper. I can't see any other way this is measuring life expectancy.

[Robert]

I think the idea is that if you sit down, and if, say, eight years later you haven't got up, then you're probably dead.

[GUT]

The way it works for me is to start with my hands on my hips, with my feet in the open forth position as in ballet. I can slowly flex my knees, raising my arms in front of me for counterweights, and do a sort of controlled slow fall onto my butt, keeping my weight slightly forward, which actually looks more graceful than it sounds.



To get back up, I rock slightly backwards, throw my arms forward to shift my weight, and then just push down against the floor with my legs. The outsides of my feet are bearing most of the weight until I'm almost standing straight, when I can swivel and lift my ankles so I'm standing almost on my toes. This looks rather less graceful than the sitting down part.

Edit: And I fully expect to die sooner rather than later, so I think this test is BS. What it seems to me to be measuring is the strength of your legs, the strength of your core, and your sense of balance.

A dancer?????

[Ginger]

I think the idea is that if you sit down, and if, say, eight years later you haven't got up, then you're probably dead.

[Ginger]

A dancer?????

Only as a hobby, and even then never very good at it.