Most of us never think about getting down to the floor until it starts feeling harder than it used to. But over the past ...

Our society is obsessed with longevity. Our cultural focus on working out, eating whole foods, and managing stress isn't just about improving our health now, it's about increasing lifespan and ...

One simple fitness test may be able to predict how long you live, and it doesn’t require setting foot in a gym or lifting heavy weights. In fact, it takes about 30 seconds and requires only your body ...

Doctors Say This Simple Fitness Test Can Predict Death — Can You Pass It? The sitting-rising test has been all the buzz since researchers published a unique study about the theory in the European ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer The sitting-rising test measures how well you can sit and rise from the floor.Needing more assistance to perform the test might indicate a higher risk of ...

You might want to sit down for this — then stand up as smoothly as you can. The ease with which a person can sit on the floor and rise to their feet, using as little support as possible, may help ...

No time for exercise? Too busy to eat right? What kind of a toll is it all taking on your health? There's a simple test you can do just about anywhere that's been proven to predict how long you'll ...

How easily you can go from sitting on the floor to standing could hint at your risk of early death, a new study suggests. How easily you can sit down and stand up from the floor without using your ...

The ability to lower yourself to the floor and get back up without using your hands may be a risk predictor for natural and cardiovascular mortality, Brazilian researchers say. Middle-aged and older ...