It seems a simple enough challenge.
Getting up from the floor test.
Try it though and you might discover it s not as easy as it sounds.
Picking things up off the floor getting out of bed getting off the toilet or picking yourself up after you fall down become increasingly more difficult.
As people get older balance flexibility and strength all decrease.
A simple test that looks at how easy or difficult it is for you to sit down on the floor and then get back up may help predict your longevity a new study shows.
The goal is to get down and back up from a sitting position with minimal support.
How sitting down and standing up can predict your mortality.
A variation on the classic chair test where a subject is asked to stand up from a seated position in a chair which doctors have long used to assess leg strength and lower body fitness in.
Sit down on the floor and get back up without the help of your hands or knees.
This popular test of mortality seems too simple to be true is how easily you sit down and get up from the floor really an indicator of longevity.