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🧘♂️📉 Fitness on the Floor: Predicting Death with a Sit
Manage episode 490618267 series 2740117
🧘♂️ How Well Can You Sit and Rise from the Floor? 🪑⬆️
That simple motion might say more about your longevity than you think.
A 12-year study of 4,282 adults found that lower Sit–Rise Test (SRT) scores predicted 3.8x higher natural death and 6x higher cardiovascular death rates. 😱
✅ No equipment
✅ Under 2 minutes
✅ Predicts survival
Why aren’t we using this more in routine clinical exams? 🩺
💡 If you score a 10, your 10-year survival is 97%.
Score 0–4? It drops to 73%.
🔍 Let’s rethink non-aerobic fitness in preventive cardiology.
#PreventiveCardiology #Longevity #FunctionalFitness #SitRiseTest #PublicHealth #CardiovascularRisk #ExerciseIsMedicine #HealthSpan #BalanceMatters #ClinicalInsights
530 episodes
Manage episode 490618267 series 2740117
🧘♂️ How Well Can You Sit and Rise from the Floor? 🪑⬆️
That simple motion might say more about your longevity than you think.
A 12-year study of 4,282 adults found that lower Sit–Rise Test (SRT) scores predicted 3.8x higher natural death and 6x higher cardiovascular death rates. 😱
✅ No equipment
✅ Under 2 minutes
✅ Predicts survival
Why aren’t we using this more in routine clinical exams? 🩺
💡 If you score a 10, your 10-year survival is 97%.
Score 0–4? It drops to 73%.
🔍 Let’s rethink non-aerobic fitness in preventive cardiology.
#PreventiveCardiology #Longevity #FunctionalFitness #SitRiseTest #PublicHealth #CardiovascularRisk #ExerciseIsMedicine #HealthSpan #BalanceMatters #ClinicalInsights
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