A 2014 study in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology found that test subjects who showed difficulty getting up off the floor without support of hands, or an elbow, or leg (what’s called the “sitting-rising test”) resulted in a three-year-shorter life expectancy than subjects who got up with ease.

I did a bit of judo and they made us get up without support. At first it was very difficult but after a bit it was pretty easy. I encourage you to try it, it's a good skill to have. (besides adding 3 years on your life, allegedly?)

a higher incidence of knee and osteoarthritis issues.

Anecdotes are about as reliable as gurus, but anecdotally I find that there's bad squatting and good squatting. e.g. keeping knees and feet pointed out as in Sumo, is much easier on my knees than keeping knees and feet pointed forward as in Shotokan.

[–] Duckworthy@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago

The secret to extending your flexibility for getting up and down as a lazy person is a low platform western bed or a Japanese bed. It makes getting up and down a part of your routine.

Also overall for foot flexibility and knees health barefoot walking and barefoot shoes make a huge difference. I use a treadmill barefoot a few times a week, and barefoot shoes when I can.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

TaeKwonDo as a kid is why I still have that sort of stretching abilities in my forties. Even my kids can't stretch like I can, which is funny because they have been doing more judo at this point than I did TaeKwonDo!

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I've always assumed that I'm flexible in my 40s because of swimming in HS and college. Now I wonder if it has more to do with the tumbling classes my mother forced us to take until we were 5

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Stuff like the sitting-rising test always sounds like a causality reversion to me.

We have correlation but not causality.

It could be that not being able to get up without support is the cause, and training to be more agile and flexible will help you live longer.

Or more likely, people who will live shorter due to other conditions will have trouble getting up, and training to be better at getting up will not help you live longer.