The Get-Up Test: Floor-to-standing ability and why it predicts everything
Maeve Sutton · narrated by Bridget Farrow
2026
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Sitting on the floor is easy. Getting back up without using your hands, or the furniture, is where the truth shows up. This is a close look at why that one movement tracks so closely with strength, balance, and years of healthy life ahead: how researchers score it, what a struggle actually signals, and a short list of exercises that rebuild the hips, core, and ankles it depends on. Direct, encouraging, and grounded in what the body can still learn.
18 chapters
- 1Introduction5m
- 2Chapter 1: The Floor Never Lies12m
- 3Chapter 2: What the Get-Up Test Really Measures13m
- 4Chapter 3: Why Getting Up Gets Harder12m
- 5Chapter 4: Waking Up Your Legs12m
- 6Chapter 5: Finding Your Balance Again12m
- 7Chapter 6: Easing the Ache14m
- 8Chapter 7: Feeding Strength from the Inside11m
- 9Chapter 8: Practicing the Get-Up12m
- 10Chapter 9: Breathing Your Way to Steady13m
- 11Chapter 10: Sneaking Movement into Your Day11m
- 12Chapter 11: Rest That Rebuilds You11m
- 13Chapter 12: Your Simple Get-Up Plan14m
- 14Chapter 13: Watching Yourself Get Stronger11m
- 15Chapter 14: When to Call in Extra Help14m
- 16Walking Back3m
- 17About the Author1m
- 18From My Shelf to Yours1m
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