bigjim wrote: I notice some of those younger ones were going that fast they were barely touching the seat .
They weren't doing them properly. They were cheating!
bigjim wrote: I notice some of those younger ones were going that fast they were barely touching the seat .
De Sisti wrote:One of the younger guys wasn't doing them properly. His backside wasn't touching the seat. Cheat!
NATURAL ANKLING wrote:Old slim females would win hands down I reckon.
mercalia wrote:the short coming with that test is it dont take into account how tall you are? Tall people have a harder time getting up from a chair than normal people ( for whom the chairs are made?) as legs are bent more? For this reason on a bus I try to find a seat near the back that are raised from the floor a bit. Also the taller you are the greater your centre of gravity is raised when you stand up so the more work is done? So another BBC nonsense?
LollyKat wrote:NATURAL ANKLING wrote:Old slim females would win hands down I reckon.
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mercalia wrote:the short coming with that test is it dont take into account how tall you are? Tall people have a harder time getting up from a chair than normal people ( for whom the chairs are made?) as legs are bent more? For this reason on a bus I try to find a seat near the back that are raised from the floor a bit. Also the taller you are the greater your centre of gravity is raised when you stand up so the more work is done? So another BBC nonsense?
LollyKat wrote:mercalia wrote:the short coming with that test is it dont take into account how tall you are? Tall people have a harder time getting up from a chair than normal people ( for whom the chairs are made?) as legs are bent more? For this reason on a bus I try to find a seat near the back that are raised from the floor a bit. Also the taller you are the greater your centre of gravity is raised when you stand up so the more work is done? So another BBC nonsense?
Well, if you're taller, don't you have longer muscles / levers to compensate? Somewhere in the clip it says that your thighs should be parallel to the floor - so IF you can find a suitable chair you should be competing on a level playing field. .