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The Sit to Stand Test!! What's your score?

Please read with an appreciation for the science but also with skepticism :)

Flexibility, balance and muscle strength are key indicators of longevity.

Sit. Stand. Repeat. This little trick — a deceptively simple measure of flexibility and strength — can predict who will live longer and whose lives will be cut short, according to a study by Brazilian physician Claudio Gil Araujo. He uses the test with athletes, but he also uses it to lay out the stakes with older patients: To live longer, they MUST get moving and maintain muscle and balance.

Take a look, what's your score?

Thanks to USA today for the video :)


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