Hone Health reports that the 30-second sit-to-stand test can indicate flexibility and balance but isn't a guaranteed predictor of lifespan.

There are many ways to tell if people are healthy. Some indicators of good health are so simplistic that you may never have heard of them. One of the simplest tests of health I know of is referred to ...

We’ve all seen fitness routines that promise to reshape your body, boost your energy, or improve your heart health, but what if something as basic as sitting down on the floor and standing back up ...

Failing a "sit-to-stand" or "sit-rise" test, which entails standing up from the floor with legs crossed, without using hands, arms, knees or side of the legs, means one has a higher likelihood of ...

It happens to all of us, and usually far sooner than we expect: You suddenly find that every time you get in or out of a chair, there's a veritable chorus of sounds from both your joints and your own ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. A simple test that takes only seconds to complete can ...

Take the 30-second chair stand test. See elite rep ranges after 50 and the simple plan to boost your score fast.

A doctor of physical therapy weighs in on what being able to do the new viral TikTok fitness test actually means about your fitness. Lil’ Jon and the Ying Yang Twins probably didn’t have fitness in ...