GETTING OFF FLOOR WITH NO HANDS.

[Notveryfit]

Hello, I have been of late trying to get myself more fit and I have noticed the get off the floor with no hands exercise. I can get into what is called the 90 90 position which is one leg bent back at 90 degrees and the other leg the same but in front of you. I have seen pics. etc of people sitting like this then raising them selves up onto their knees but I cannot do this. What must I do to be able to do this. Thank you all for any help.

I just tried. From lying to sitting then swing round into my knees, then lift one knee to put a foot on the floor and stand up.

I’m not trying to deliberately misunderstand here, but can’t every able-bodied person under 70 do this?

Is this something designed for older or more infirm people?

That’s great you find it easy. I can’t go from squat or cross legged to standing without using hands. And even using hands I don’t have enough core strength to do so.

I’m British and can stand up straight from a cross legged position with ease. If you’re fit and stretch you should be able to do it no matter your culture unless you have an injury/disability.

It's important to be able to get up off the floor, it's very good to do it 'no hands' for as long as you possibly can.

there are other starting positions, try those.

Because core strength isn't a given.

neither is flexibility

joint pain in knees or hips is common & you don't need to be elderly or disabled to suffer from it.

How old are you?

what stretching/exercise do you do

have you ever had a knee/back injury?

I'm visibly able bodied but I've never been able to do it. I'm hypermobile and my feet are too unstable to anchor myself. I can stand on one leg, even on the foot I mysteriously injured badly due to its instability, I can stand from a squat but I can't get off the floor without using my hands - often both hands because they have the strength of a rubber chicken.

If you've got joint pain in your knees and hips so bad you can get up without using your hands (and you're not elderly) then I'd class that under some sort of disability!!

I agree, that's how I do it as well.

What's the point of these contortions if you have working hands. Crazy instagram clips have people trying stuff out that can cause injury, then they'll never get up!

Actually, I've just checked and I can get up from the sit in the pic up thread, so long as I lever against my forward thigh with the same side hand. Don't ask me to sit in that position for more than the 3 seconds it takes to prove a point, though, or I would get stuck and probably swear a lot with the pain.

I can't even sit cross legged any more so won't try that one again.

It's not the contortions and it's not actually the exercise itself that's useful as such, it's an indicator of your flexibility and core strength which are important for aging well. It's not suggesting you should regularly do this but if you're healthy, you should be able to and if you can't you may want to incorporate exercises and stretches to target them.

I can do it easily enough from the 90 90 position but no way from cross legged, we are all different.

Ah yes, I know what you're saying. However, at 68 I'm never going to try it as it's too risky for other injuries. I do however go from sit to stand without using armrests as a prop many times a day and that's a good sign of mobility when ageing. I also lift 3k dumbells every morning for as many as I can manage without keeling over, and walk at least 4-5k a day, and run up the stairs, I don't run down, that's too dangerous though ha ha!

I have an the usual fall alert on my phone anyway, and use a tiny backpack (little kids one oops) that I put my phone in when working in the garden, the crossover phone holders swing around and get in the bloody way. I did try those until they smacked me in the mush or dangled😊

Isn't the point to not do it from kneeling either? If I am allowed to be on my knee at some point it's very easy. Otherwise I can't despite being able to squat a lot in the gym. I don't seem to be able to get my arse off the ground and to a squat position from sitting! Once in a squat I can chill there indefinitely.

see post from Mt563 above: it's an indication of risk, not a goal itself or something that prevents ill health.

Layperson explanation.
You get points deducted for not doing it perfectly, but also, you need to do it both going down and getting up 'perfectly' to get the maximum score. Not just the gettting up part.

You can google sit-rise test or sitting-rising test

It's dependent on core strength and to a less extent flexibility. DH is in his mid 50s, healthy weight and fit, cycles and regularly runs a 5k, but is very inflexible and can't do it at all. I've always been able to do it but squat or sit on the floor all the time.

What have these to do with my question?

I’m asking it’s a test that only the old or infirm are expected to struggle with or whether it can be a problem even for people who are neither old nor infirm.

Which was really my question, is the suggestion that many “well” people without a disability struggle with this or is it more designed as ladybug an appraisal for being disabled?

My husband’s in his fifties and I just asked him to try. Like I did, he sat up, tipped his knees to one side, swing around to kneeling and then put one foot forward and stood.

@lljkk I can't access your links, but that graphic on your post, to me, clearly has her using her hands!

As said above it is related to core strength and flexibility , people who are able bodied but do very little exercise may also struggle , I am much fitter now retired and can do things including this that I couldn’t have done 20 years ago

I'm neither old nor infirm and cant seem to do it. I go to the gym and I'm a runner.

I can very easily get up without using my hands at all but I do need a knee or the side of my leg I can't do the proper raise up from cross legged.

Edited to add - just seen the quote history, the way you're doing it is not what people are taking about when they link it to longevity. You have to do also without putting your knee down.

@HiZev , you’re right the important thing is that people can get themselves up somehow if they have fallen by whichever way needed but the technique linked to longevity is cross legged sitting to standing. I’ve only been able to do this since a lot of Pilates and funnily it’s much easier when my left leg is crossed in front of right. Last summer I had to come to the rescue of a man who had fallen and was stuck on his back and couldn’t get himself into a seated position he wasn’t old

we are going off on a lot of tangents here

So just to clarify, the OP was originally asking about a movement from 90/90 - can you do that?

Also, are you saying you got up from the floor without using your hands but using your knees? Because a lot of of us are discussing the springing up without using your knees at all. So coming up using only core and leg strength. What are you described with your husband is I would say pretty normal? The challenge is not to put your knees down like that. (though I have slightly lost the plot what we're all discussing)

i'm not trying to catch anyone out. I'm just curious to know what we can do.

I did want to add Pilates into my exercise, but the issue is time - you'd been working out all day to achieve some of the things you want to achieve!

My knees would dislocate doing that. They’re now screwed together! (Not to each other though at least!)