Anonymous
Post 07/31/2023 04:06     Subject: Can you get off the floor without using your hands?
Anonymous wrote:Does not using your arms mean keeping them still? I sit down easily no matter what but I have to use the outside of one leg to stand up again if I have to do it with my hands interlaced together behind my back as opposed to holding them in front of me to counterbalance. I used to be pretty flexy but it’s gotten worse since I had kids and stopped having so much time to work out.


You can hold them in front of you or to the side for balance, the goal is to not rest them on the floor for balance and leverage to push off from.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2023 04:05     Subject: Can you get off the floor without using your hands?
Anonymous wrote:So what is the determining factor? Core strength? Height? Flexibility?


Musculoskeletal fitness. Basically do you have the muscle to lift yourself out of that position.
Anonymous
Post 07/31/2023 00:02     Subject: Can you get off the floor without using your hands?
Does not using your arms mean keeping them still? I sit down easily no matter what but I have to use the outside of one leg to stand up again if I have to do it with my hands interlaced together behind my back as opposed to holding them in front of me to counterbalance. I used to be pretty flexy but it’s gotten worse since I had kids and stopped having so much time to work out.
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2023 23:57     Subject: Re:Can you get off the floor without using your hands?
I’m 55 and overweight. BMI 27.4

Yes I can.
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2023 23:48     Subject: Can you get off the floor without using your hands?
Anonymous wrote:I think it has a lot to do with flexibility. I don't have trouble doing it because I can bend so that my knees are basically at my chest, which makes it quite easy to stand up or sit down smoothly. My DH, who is less flexible but in good shape overall, was able to do it but only with the cross-leg version because he can't get his knees bent as deeply as mine.


That makes sense
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2023 23:47     Subject: Can you get off the floor without using your hands?
Anonymous wrote:I think it has a lot to do with flexibility. I don't have trouble doing it because I can bend so that my knees are basically at my chest, which makes it quite easy to stand up or sit down smoothly. My DH, who is less flexible but in good shape overall, was able to do it but only with the cross-leg version because he can't get his knees bent as deeply as mine.


Yes, that is what the article says. This has to do with flexibility:

“But it's revealing for those of us who are 40-plus, too, because it calls for flexibility, balance, motor coordination, and, most importantly, ample muscle power relative to body weight. If you can't do it, your health and longevity may be at risk.“
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2023 23:45     Subject: Re:Can you get off the floor without using your hands?
Yes.

Anonymous
Post 07/30/2023 23:29     Subject: Can you get off the floor without using your hands?
I duu it s or without a knee but with a little jump at the end.
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2023 23:04     Subject: Can you get off the floor without using your hands?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Practicing this one thing won't make you immortal. It's predictive because if you don't specifically practice this one skill, then it's an easy correlation to general strength and balance.


Yeah the “practicers” in this thread are mistaking symptom for illness. You’re not curing the illness by fixing one symptom.


Nobody is saying this.
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2023 22:53     Subject: Can you get off the floor without using your hands?
I’m 45. I thought it’d be hard to stand up, but I just easily sat down and stood up with no hands or knees (from a criss cross position). I’m on the thin side but not skinny. And I exercise 3-4 times a week, but nothing very intense (dumbells/workout videos).
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2023 22:12     Subject: Can you get off the floor without using your hands?
Anonymous wrote:All these people who say they are doing it are taking a knee at least.


No way. I’m actually sedentary. I easily did it without momentum or a knee. Just as easily as you stand up from sitting in a chair. My extremely athletic dh who works out 10+ hours a week needed momentum.

I’m kind of surprised.
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2023 22:10     Subject: Can you get off the floor without using your hands?
So what is the determining factor? Core strength? Height? Flexibility?
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2023 22:07     Subject: Can you get off the floor without using your hands?
Nope. I have a bad back.
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2023 22:01     Subject: Can you get off the floor without using your hands?
I never could sit cross legged when I was in elementary school, even kindergarten. Just always had extremely tight joints. So no way in hell can I do this now. But I can do a million squats and sit ups without issue. I do a lot of weight training and balance exercises but flexibility has always been really tough for me because of my insanely tight joints.
Anonymous
Post 07/30/2023 21:59     Subject: Can you get off the floor without using your hands?
I think it has a lot to do with flexibility. I don't have trouble doing it because I can bend so that my knees are basically at my chest, which makes it quite easy to stand up or sit down smoothly. My DH, who is less flexible but in good shape overall, was able to do it but only with the cross-leg version because he can't get his knees bent as deeply as mine.