Sentences that start with the phrase “A guru once told me…” are, more often than not, eye-roll-inducing. But recently, while resting in malasana, or a deep squat, in an East London yoga class, I was struck by the second half of the instructor’s sentence: “A guru once told me that the problem with the West is they don’t squat.”
Stuff like the sitting-rising test always sounds like a causality reversion to me.
We have correlation but not causality.
It could be that not being able to get up without support is the cause, and training to be more agile and flexible will help you live longer.
Or more likely, people who will live shorter due to other conditions will have trouble getting up, and training to be better at getting up will not help you live longer.