<p>I thought this was interesting:</p>
<p>[Can</a> you do this? Simple sitting test predicts longevity - Vitals](<a href=“NBC News - Breaking News & Top Stories - Latest World, US & Local News | NBC News”>NBC News - Breaking News & Top Stories - Latest World, US & Local News | NBC News)</p>
<p>Not if it means bending my right knee.</p>
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<p>I’d like to see this! What do they do, crouch low and drop back? I have to use one hand to get up and down. I have arthritis and longevity in my genes.</p>
<p>Bummer–I’m not long for this world.</p>
<p>I can do it.</p>
<p>My mother could never do this and she is 95. </p>
<p>I tend to think the best question is: How old were your parents when they died (assuming a natural death)?</p>
<p>How about how old were your grandparents when they died? Mine were much older than my parents.</p>
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<p>I can do it by crossing my right foot over my left and then sitting down. I don’t move my feet at all and just get back up.</p>
<p>I can sit unaided, but need the side of a knee to stand back up again–I think that’s due to my body shape (all my weight is under my waist, so my center of gravity is too far from my feet to just stand with them alone; I’d fall backwards). So i guess that’s a nine. I’ll take it. I’m sure my mom couldn’t have done any of this at my age, and she just passed her 83rd birthday in very good health, so I’ll just bank on good genes.</p>
<p>I have always sat crosslegged and risen without touching anything. But now I have a hip injury and it hurts. I can do it - just did - but it was kind of painful.</p>
<p>I can crash down on my butt, unaided. Getting up is a challenge.</p>
<p>I remember practicing this for sorority rush. Sit gracefully on the floor with plate of goodies, rise again gracefully without goodies sliding off plate…in a very short skirt. No hands or knees on the ground. Just tried and I can still do it but rising was far from what should be done in a short skirt. Guess I’ll live another six years!</p>
<p>My mom is also 83 and doesn’t have the greatest balance. Dad at 88 has excellent balance but don’t think he’d pass the sitting without touching and standing without touching test. His uncle recently died at 107. I think I have great longevity genes–my docs agree. ;)</p>
<p>Easy. Blindfolded. With hands tied behind my back. Now on one foot. . . ;)</p>
<p>(Start with legs crossed and sit “Indian Style,” spring right back up again.)
I’ve got a few more years.</p>
<p>I am a ten, but it is rougher to stand than to sit. I had to think for a minute to figure out how not to use one leaning place- hand, knee, etc. I think it really speaks to flexibility, I don’t think my DH could ever have gotten a 10 at this, but I am yoga gumby so can more easily contort myself and keep my balance</p>
<p>I am a ten as well, I think very agile for my age. My daughter is SO creeped out that I am so flexible that I can stand and with legs straight, lay my hands flat on the floor.</p>
<p>I can, too, GA202MOM. My hamstrings are very long from years of ballet.</p>
<p>Yes, I can do this. I don’t do it with crossed legs, though. I just pull up my knees and rock onto my feet and stand up. Not really that hard.</p>