This “sitting to rising” test is backed up by new research, which found that middle-aged adults who could sit down on the ...

A Brazilian study reveals a simple 'sit and rise' test, assessing the ability to sit and stand without support, can indicate ...

How to level up the benefits of the sit-to-stand test. While any version of getting up from sitting without using your arms is mobility-supportive—and you can do it from any chair or couch you ...

If you can’t sit on the ground and stand up without using your hands, sorry, you’re going to die sometime in the next six years. Of course this isn’t true, but supposedly a 2012 study says ...

Start by holding a wall sit for 10 seconds, then slide back up the wall, Austin advises. Take a 30-second break, then do it again. Once this becomes manageable, try to hold the wall sit for 15 ...

I didn’t sit down for 5 days — how it changed my ... Ball cut the challenge short on Day 5 and took stock of where he ... “What I think I’m gonna do from here on out is stand up, ...