How well is your body aging? In this episode I share five test to find out + go to https://go.gethealthyutv.com/thehonestchannel4/ and get the first full year of Get Healthy U TV Premium for only $1.49
The 5 simple home tests shared today check key markers of healthy aging — from balance and strength to endurance, mobility, and even memory.
You’ll learn:
💪 How your grip strength reflects your overall muscle health
🦵 The sit-to-stand test that predicts longevity
🚶♀️ A quick endurance challenge that shows how fit your heart and lungs are
🧍♀️ A balance test that reveals fall risk (and how to improve it)
🧠 A simple memory check inspired by clinical recall tests
Each one takes just a few minutes and gives you valuable insight into how well you’re aging — and what you can work on to feel stronger, steadier, and sharper for longer.
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:: Harvard article https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/all-rise-now-just-how-fit-are-you-2020050619770
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:52 Balance test
02:32 Get Healthy U TV offer
03:32 Grip strength
04:44 Floor-to-stand test
06:46 One-minute sit-to-stand test
08:40 Memory & cognitive check
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Hi Claire I’m 76 and I did 40 reps sit to stand neatly finished me off lol
Love love love your channel, Claire! I took the sit to stand test and scored 48 during the minute, one more than the highest for my age group (I'm 79!)! I call that a win, since the last time I did it (for only 30 secs, not 60) I was woefully behind average. Since then, I've been working out for the past year, lifting heavy with the same protocol y'all are doing (Starting Strength), and my strength has improved soooo much! Thanks for all you do, especially for your parents. What a great daughter they have!
I did 20 sit reps and I am 69! And female 😊 Balancing is hard especially on right leg cus of bad hip but I can do 10 seconds if I focus hard. I can do 0 with eyes closed lol!
Standing up from cross-legged is fairly easy if you know the technique. Bring your crossed knees up slightly towards your face and lean your upper body towards your knees. As you are doing this, simultaneously press down on the sides of your feet that are against the floor and put your arms straight out in front. Use this action to propel yourself up to standing.
Excellent, as always. My sit to stand is 👎 👎 because I have had pretty bad patellofemoral syndrome (a fancy word for pain under the knee cap) for years so things like squats to strengthen the legs are a no go, even with mods. I can only use certain of the leg machines at the gym and those are often don’t exercise the legs in a functional position that really mimics real life usage so they haven’t helped with standing up from a seated position. I even had surgery (a useless pain waste of time) in my 30s, a lateral release and chondroplasty to help the patella track correctly and clean up the “crab meat” under the knee cap. I’ve recently started going to my doctor’s 4 story office building to go up the stairs and down in the elevator repeatedly (as down puts much more pressure on the knee and is painful after about one flight). That will definitely add strength, which is 👍; hopefully it impacts the muscles specifically used for standing and sitting. It’s the one physical action where I move “old” (I walk really fast with a youthful gate, can lift heavy boxes, etc just don’t watch me wincing or using the chair arms when standing 😁).
I've work to do. Thanks for the hints.
Hello from Australia. At 68 I'm pretty poor at all of these things despite working out with kettle bells and hand weights twice a week and brisk walking on the treadmill. But thanks to you and your parents I'm starting sessions at a barbell clinic not far from where I live. The head coach and owner of the clinic has a number of qualifications in the Starting Strength programme which your parents are doing and what I've been inspired to do. When I'm fully trained in the techniques my husband and I want to set up a home gym with barbellls. I'm also having guidance from a carnivore dietitian which has seen me significantly increase my protein intake. The dietitian said that my past protein intake had set my body in a catabolic state and that my body was starving. I am gradually feeling better.
Great fun way to improve and challenge ourselves 😃 thanks Claire 🙌
Im 71. Did 40 chair sits. I have a bad knee so getting up crosslegged is hard. But I can get up from an asian squat position no hands easily. Struggle a bit with the jars as I have small hands and arthritis in my thumbs. But small jars no problem. Havent tried the memory test but I dont use a book mark anymore to remember my place in a book. Trying really hard to stay fit and strong for as long as possible. Love your channel. ❤
poor grip advice, disappointed 🙁