Sitting rising test. I can't. Can you?

Gimsteinn · December 2016

This is *kitten*.. I was super fat yet still I did this when sitting on the floor with the kids and standing up.. This is something I've done all my life and is no indicator of fitness.

JustMissTracy · December 2016

I can do this easily, have always been bendy--flexy--strong....but I doubt that ability negates the 23 years that I smoked cigarettes for......

Edited to add that I quit poisoning myself 11.5 years ago

GottaBurnEmAll · December 2016

Gianfranco_R wrote: »

kimny72 wrote: »

I get that falls are a considerable danger for the elderly. But considering the most common causes of death, how does a test that relies on your leg strength, balance, and flexibility predict your likelihood of heart attack, stroke, and cancer in the next 6 years? Confessions - I struggled to get up. And I was too lazy to read the linked study,

A Canadian study found a correlation between the inability to do sit ups and an increased mortality risk:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11984288
So putting together the Brazilian and the Canadian results, it seems that is not the flexibility, but the core strength that matters.
Independently from the alleged precision of the test, I don't find so outrageous the idea that if you are weak you are also more likely to die earlier.

Oh, I can do sit ups like a boss and hold at least a two minute plank.

GottaBurnEmAll · December 2016

middlehaitch wrote: »

Hahaha. I posted earlier I could do it ( with restrictions). That was mid afternoon after yoga.
This evening, after sharing a couple of bottles of wine- I fell over giggling (we all did). Oh well.
A good geriatric drinking game?

Cheers, h.

I love the idea of playing it as a drinking game and watching the scores lower as the evening progresses.

chocolate_owl · December 2016

This is the one stupid human trick I can do. Who cares that I'm only squatting the bar right now if I can sit down and stand up without using my hands?

Hornsby · December 2016

I can do it. I knew I was gonna live forever.

sgt1372 · December 2016

Can't do 'em but I don't expect to die because of it.

DanyellMcGinnis · December 2016

I did not even know this was a thing. I have a kundalini yoga DVD where you are supposed to do this a whole bunch of times in a row and I always just did it (I'm not as fast as the demonstrator but I can do about 8 while she does 10 or 11). I have to cross my legs like that to get up again when I do deck squats with a kettlebell, too.

Mike_take2 · December 2016

I barely lived to the end of this video

Archer2017 · December 2016

I got comfortable, took off my shoes, I was totally relaxed while listening to his monotone voice.

I'm living forever!

T1DCarnivoreRunner · December 2016

I can get through step 1, kinda... there is a certain point (maybe 2-4 inches from the floor) where I drop. And then I can't get up again without help. Once I get past that same point, I'm fine. So I guess I would say 9 because I use my arm on to push off on the way up.

65percentsolution · December 2016

Sued0nim wrote: »

Is there any truth in this being a good test of "fitness"

Maybe, but it does not take into account if your knees were damaged. At all. The test seems to assume that if you damaged your knees at some point, you're going to die. Which is possibly true, since because I still can't walk far after the accident (of 14 years ago), it'll take me longer to dodge the next car that tries to kill me. Again.

comptonelizabeth · December 2016

I can go down but can't get back up. So maybe that's how it shortens your life. Basically you die of starvation on the floor.
Oh,and it hurt my back. Not recommended if you have lower back problems