Ability to Stand on One Leg for Ten Seconds May Predict Longevity

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  • c.d.
    Commissioner
    • Feb 2008
    • 6562

    #1

    Ability to Stand on One Leg for Ten Seconds May Predict Longevity

    It sounds easy, but standing on one leg for 10 seconds can be harder than you think. And your ability to do so -- or not -- may predict whether you are more likely to die within the next decade, a new study suggests.


    c.d.
  • Yabs
    Detective
    • Nov 2015
    • 370

    #2
    Did anyone else immediately get up and try it, or just me?

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    • c.d.
      Commissioner
      • Feb 2008
      • 6562

      #3
      Originally posted by Yabs View Post
      Did anyone else immediately get up and try it, or just me?
      Hello Yabs,

      I did that as well so I am guessing that is probably the universal response. I also tried to see if I could fart and chew gum at the same time just to be on the safe side.

      c.d.

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      • GUT
        Commissioner
        • Jan 2014
        • 7841

        #4
        Guess I’m not long for this world then.
        G U T

        There are two ways to be fooled, one is to believe what isn't true, the other is to refuse to believe that which is true.

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        • FISHY1118
          Assistant Commissioner
          • May 2019
          • 3617

          #5
          I stood on one leg for 40 sec , 100yr old here i come
          'It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is. It doesn't matter how smart you are . If it doesn't agree with experiment, its wrong'' . Richard Feynman

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          • Azarna
            Detective
            • Sep 2014
            • 179

            #6
            Originally posted by Yabs View Post
            Did anyone else immediately get up and try it, or just me?
            My guinea is, thankfully, used to my strange shenanigans.

            I am surprised to find I can do this quite easily. I sadly suspect it is more that I have a pretty good sense of balance than that I am particularly fit or healthy.

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            • Ms Diddles
              Chief Inspector
              • Aug 2019
              • 1695

              #7
              Originally posted by Yabs View Post
              Did anyone else immediately get up and try it, or just me?
              Yep, I tried it straight away!

              I managed it fine, but don't think it was a particularly elegant performance!

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              • Ms Diddles
                Chief Inspector
                • Aug 2019
                • 1695

                #8
                Originally posted by c.d. View Post

                Hello Yabs,

                I did that as well so I am guessing that is probably the universal response. I also tried to see if I could fart and chew gum at the same time just to be on the safe side.

                c.d.
                Wow! A dude that can multitask!

                Nice work, c.d.

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                • c.d.
                  Commissioner
                  • Feb 2008
                  • 6562

                  #9
                  Originally posted by Ms Diddles View Post

                  Wow! A dude that can multitask!

                  Nice work, c.d.
                  Thanks, Ms. Diddles,

                  Next up, seeing if I can smash a beer can into my head and belch at the same time. Chicks dig that!

                  c.d.

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                  • Ms Diddles
                    Chief Inspector
                    • Aug 2019
                    • 1695

                    #10
                    Originally posted by c.d. View Post

                    Thanks, Ms. Diddles,

                    Next up, seeing if I can smash a beer can into my head and belch at the same time. Chicks dig that!

                    c.d.
                    Hahahahaha!

                    I went weak at the knees at the mere thought!

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                    • c.d.
                      Commissioner
                      • Feb 2008
                      • 6562

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Ms Diddles View Post

                      Hahahahaha!

                      I went weak at the knees at the mere thought!
                      I have to remember to work that into my dating profile.

                      By the way, how is you outdoor friend doing with her adventure reading?

                      c.d.

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                      • Ms Diddles
                        Chief Inspector
                        • Aug 2019
                        • 1695

                        #12
                        Originally posted by c.d. View Post

                        I have to remember to work that into my dating profile.

                        By the way, how is you outdoor friend doing with her adventure reading?

                        c.d.
                        I'm not sure what she's been reading lately as she's been off on a jaunt around Europe.

                        I suspect she has been too busy whilst away living the adventure to have much time for reading.

                        I recently got some pics on WhatsApp of her getting stuck into a Spanish sherry distillery, so I think that the focus of this latest trip is largely food and booze based.

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                        • Herlock Sholmes
                          Commissioner
                          • May 2017
                          • 21873

                          #13
                          I’m too lazy to stand on two legs so there’s no way I’m trying one.
                          Regards

                          Sir Herlock Sholmes.

                          “A house of delusions is cheap to build but draughty to live in.”

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                          • JeffHamm
                            Commissioner
                            • Jul 2011
                            • 4095

                            #14
                            Do you have to do the 10 seconds all at once, or just over the course of the day?

                            - Jeff

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                            • Abby Normal
                              Commissioner
                              • Jun 2010
                              • 11905

                              #15
                              i could have done it for much longer but my wife said it was hurting her leg, so i stepped off.
                              "Is all that we see or seem
                              but a dream within a dream?"

                              -Edgar Allan Poe


                              "...the man and the peaked cap he is said to have worn
                              quite tallies with the descriptions I got of him."

                              -Frederick G. Abberline

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