{"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":"

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

A 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

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

If you can\u2019t do it, then hey there is a great challenge to work on.<\/p>\n

Ideas:<\/strong><\/span>
\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