The exercise that predicts your death: Struggling with “sitting-rising test” means you’re 5 times more likely to die early.
- Physicians in Brazil developed the test to measure flexibility quickly
- No equipment is needed to sit and stand without any support
- People can score a maximum of 10 points, with 1 point deducted for putting a hand or leg for stability, and half a point docked for wobbling
- Patients who scored fewer than eight points, were twice as likely to die within the next six years, compared with people with more perfect scores
- Study claims that musculoskeletal fitness, as assessed by the simple test, can be used to predict death in 51–80-year-olds
Read the full article, along with a video demonstration, here.