The exercise that predicts your DEATH: Struggling with 'sitting-rising test' ...

Daily Mail ^ | 12/03/14 | SARAH GRIFFITHS

[Dr. Thorne]

My father has a hard time standing from a sitting position. He’s 88. I guess he’s going to die someday.

[Eva]

This is silly, I am sure that the results correlate with normal death rates. For instance, 20% of the people in your high school graduating class will be dead by the time they are 65.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

What about motorized assistance? Do I get docked for use of forklift?

[Fightin Whitey]

To my surprise, my body made impact with the floor rather suddenly!

Did you pay attention to the instructions?

1) Remove any and all bunny slippers!

[Mr Rogers]

Dang! I died before I was 10. Oh well, 1968 was a good year to die in.

[CivilWarBrewing]

I was able to sit then stand up without using my hands or knees but I had to move into a ‘squatting’ position before being able to stand straight up again.

[poobear]

Two hip replacements, one knee replacement and L2,3,4,5 Spondy. Um, no!

[El Cid]

LOL!
OK, sounds like you can score a wad of cash if you take a life insurance policy out on me. Just looking at that diagram - no way (especially 3 going to 4).

[Cold Heart]

68 here. I wouldn’t even try it. I’ll just have to plug along climbing three steps at a time.

[Boardwalk]

I just did it successfully and I was wearing high heel boots!

[Kickass Conservative]

I could do that, if I lived on the Moon.

[The Antiyuppie]

“According to this test, I am already dead”

I died five years ago. But seriously, I “passed” it, so people will have to put up with me a while longer apparently.

[Capt. Tom]

Seriously
Be careful if you are on certain medications since they can cause passing out if you try to get up from a sitting position to fast..

Also avoid getting dehydrated while on many meds as they will also bring you down trying to get up too fast. -tom

[JimRed]

That was a piece of cake until my knee went arthritic. Does that mean I’m gonna die soon?

[Hot Tabasco]

I thank God it’s been more then six years!

Uh oh....that means any day now

[Ray76]

I don’t think anyone can standup as depicted in the diagram

[BunnySlippers]

The person in the video did. And, frankly, I used to be able to ...

[Ray76]

Squatting is the natural transition between sitting and standing.

[roamer_1]

LOL! well, ok... maybe just a ceiling-mounted winch....

Thanks for the diet reinforcement... I guess I didn’t need breakfast anyway...

[woodbutcher1963]

Did you vote Democrat in the last election?
It is the only way to know for sure.