If you want to get a general idea about how long you’re going to live, sit down on the floor. The way you get to your feet says a lot about your longevity.If you can stand from a sitting position without using your hands, researchers in Brazil say you’ll probably outlive someone who needs help getting up. Needing to use only one hand to get up is better than needing both hands.
“If a middle-aged or older man or woman can sit and rise from the floor using just one hand — or even better without the help of a hand — they are not only in the higher quartile of musculo-skeletal fitness but their survival prognosis is probably better than that of those unable to do so,” says researcher Claudio Gil Araújo and Clinimex – Exercise Medicine Clinic in Rio de Janeiro.
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