The Sitting‑Rising Test: A Handy Tool, Not a Crystal Ball Every few months, a fitness test goes viral. One month it's grip strength. The next it's balancing on one leg. Then someone decides the secret to a long life is putting your shoes on while standing up. The latest test making the rounds is the sitting-rising test (SRT), a deceptively simple challenge: sit on the floor, then stand back up and see how many points you lose along the way. You start with 5 points for sitting

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