{"id":2308,"date":"2017-09-22T13:42:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-22T13:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pilateswithpriya.co.uk\/?p=2308"},"modified":"2017-09-22T13:42:59","modified_gmt":"2017-09-22T13:42:59","slug":"why-you-could-live-longer-if-you-can-sit-and-rise-properly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pilateswithpriya.co.uk\/?p=2308","title":{"rendered":"Why you could live longer if you can sit and rise properly."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I\u2019ve been looking more at how functional exercises equip us for everyday life and how important that is. Being able to sit down and get up from a chair or the floor unaided may not sound like much but actually it can make a huge different to your quality of life and your mortality risk.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/2047487312471759\">study in 2012<\/a> looked at this in 2002 adults, following them for a median of 6.3 years. Those who had lower scored in the sitting-rising test had a higher mortality risk.<\/p>\n<p>Go on, try it now. Can you get down to the floor using no levers (arms\/body parts) to assist you and then up again? In the research they asked people to sit all the way to the floor crossed legged and then get up.<\/p>\n<p>If you can\u2019t do it, then hey there is a great challenge to work on.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Ideas:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nMaybe start by using a curtsey lunge and focus on your alignment as you go up and down to the floor. This is also a great move for picking up things off the floor without hurting your back by the way.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"738\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8iTVvfdfy-M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Have a pile of cushions underneath you so it is not as far to get down and up.<\/p>\n<p>Practise makes perfect, the more you try it the easier it will become.<\/p>\n<p>So in your next pilates class when you are told to get down to the mat, try crossing your legs and just sitting straight down with no props.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I\u2019ve been looking more at how functional exercises equip us for everyday life and how important that is. 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