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I get up from sitting on the floor with relative ease (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works to c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world

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Every year, the floor was getting a little further away. That is to say, it became harder to go from sitting on the floor to standing again, so I'd avoid getting on the floor unless the cat belly was particularly enticing.

I decided a few months ago to dig my medtitation cushion out of storage, and convert a small patio side table to a floor-desk for my tablet/keyboard, where I do the bulk of my internet time wasting.

Just this morning, I realized that I'm popping up and down with a lot more ease than when I started, so the floor is now officially at a distance it was at maybe 15 years ago.

Edit: This edit might break the rules, but this is the first post I've ever made that included the image of the post in the post.

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[–] caesaravgvstvs@feddit.org 6 points 3 days ago

Upvote because of the matecito

[–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de 32 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Regular training is dull but useful for improving whatever skill you're training.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 20 points 4 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yes, something I need to keep in mind when transitioning from Gm to Bb major.

But I also think it's worth mentioning that getting off the floor is a pretty significant metric for health as you get older.

Edit: Fuck that. I transposed down so now I go from Em to GMajor. It sounds better and it's easier to play.

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

We shouldn't over index on it, but I imagine it is a decent indicator for fall risk.

I heard about the study a couple of years ago and thought "I wonder whether I can do that", lay down on my back and thought "how the hell would I stand up without using my hands?"

And my body just started doing shit, I learned that I could do it because my body just did it and I was kind of along for the ride.

It was a fun experience.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

That was one way to do it, yes, but you also could have put your body into CAD and run several scenarios to see what the most likely and efficient method of standing up would be. But to each their own.

[–] AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Braggart.

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I have a condition in my hand and feet that cost me my toes and regularly prevent me from using my hands. Because my balance is compromised, I now sit down in the shower stall (it makes cleaning the shower stall after showering a lot easier too, incidentally - hint hint). But that also means when my hands are bad, I can't use them to sit down on the floor or get back up.

I developed this technique to sit down and back up without hands: to sit down, I thrust my arms forward and sort of start crossing my legs and bending my knees at the same time, ending up sitting cross-legged in one smooth motion.

To get back up, again I thrust my arms forward, put my right foot under my butt, use my left leg to ram my right foot backward under my butt as far as it'll go, then start getting up on my right leg alone for a few inches until I can shove my left foot there also and rise up on my knees alone, with my arms forward to keep my balance.

If you have good knees, it's a good technique.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

I finally got the cross-legged sit down! The trick for me is to keep on my toes on one foot.

[–] ExtremeDullard@piefed.social 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Nice! Well, that's one technique I won't use, as I don't have any toes 🙂

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

Yes, you did mention that, but I meant more the traditional balls-of-the-feet that get's called "on toes"; I'm not a ballerina.

By the by, my grandmother mother wore high heels so consistently that when she answered the door without them on, she walked on her toes (balls of her feet) like a velociraptor.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago

Username checks out. Welcome!

I'm still working on my sit-down technique. I've actually got two cushions currently, and sometimes I miss and end up rolling onto the floor, but I've seen people do it how you do and I hope to get there some day.

I'll experiment with not using my hands to stand up, too.

[–] homik@slrpnk.net 10 points 4 days ago

Sometimes "use it it lose it " works in reverse, too. Nice work!

[–] graynk@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Ooh, I have the same keyboard as you do. I use it only for trips to the office tho

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

The multiple device buttons are handy since I often work from phone. My phone actually took the picture, you can see it's charging stand on the right.

[–] Hiphophorrah@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

What floor desk is this in the image because it’s super cool

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

The original desk was just a patio table. This is a repurposed standing keyboard tray. It's a little bit adjustable. Got it from Amazon ages ago. Says TSFUR on it, but I'm sure you can get it as GHYUK or HKMILT or any random combination of letters these days.

[–] sheepishly@fedia.io 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You can't just mention cat belly and not post picture of the cat belly

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't want to encourage risky behavior.

You do know that five or their six ends are pointy when they lie like that?

[–] toynbee@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

That's why you don't tackle Hobbes!

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Im the opposite. I went standing.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think the consensus is that any form of stationary activity--chair sitting, floor sitting, standing--is bad for you if you do too much of it.

Throw a treadmill under your desk and I think you don't have anything to worry about.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

Yeah. Even the treadmill would be the same. You can't be doing that all day. One thing that was big for me was getting a barstool height office chair. I don't raise and lower my desk I have a chair that is sized to handle its height. One thing I like with standing is I can stretch and move around a bit when im doing stuff like meetings or learning vids that don't require kb/mouse. One thing that was big to me is its just so much easier to grab something from the kitchen or use the bathroom. It surprising how much time it takes to lower and raise yourself from the chair. I basically take little chair breaks in my bar height chair. Sometimes fully and longer and sometimes just sort half sitting somewhat leaning against it.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I still game on the floor with my TVs on low 90s tables made for them (~20" high) and Beanbags or just laying. More relaxing and better for you...we sit all day normally.

At some point TVs got way too damn high. And yes I know there is/was a sub for that, ha!

[–] Minnels@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I need to get a beanbag. We had two when I was a kid and they were the go to when playing on the TV. Excellent hidden training :)

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

I scored 2 purple ones from the early 2000s ,in mint condition for $50 recently ! Vinyl too, I don't prefer cloth 🤢

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

That's an excellent idea. I need to do something like this. I'm 60, and I noticed this past year I'm having trouble getting up and down from the floor.

[–] beveradb@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

We need this in c/sneakybackgroundfeet

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

And me without my toe ring on this morning.

[–] drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I have heard it said that this can help preserve mobility into old age.

[–] BorgDrone@feddit.nl 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not just mobility, being able to get up from the floor easily is a predictor of long life: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23242910/

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

That sounds like the sort of study that lives and dies by how well everything's factored in. It SAYS it did factor in all the things I would consider, but I don't know how you'd do that when health conditions and weight would so sigfinifcantly impacting standing ability and be a more proximal cause of death and already easily measured.

One dull gentleman mentioned it could be a predictor of fall risk, which certainly does make sense, and falls have knock-on consequences.

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Good OP, i used to do this a lot when i was at the uni. I'll give it a try again.

Does the mate help with the freezeing to death weather? Asking for a friend

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

My parents moved far north before they gave birth to me and I had to reverse-engineer a lot of traditions to fabricate an artificial sense of belonging. It was over a 100 degree F yesterday where I was.

The hottest the water gets is 146 F, so it doesn't really help too much with the cold. For that, I recommended wool sweaters.

[–] Siegfried@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In general, the "parana culture" is pretty welcoming when it comes to accepting people from other places At least here in argentina (and i think this may be the same for the rest of us, uruguay, paraguay and southern brazil) it is said that "An Argentine is someone who chooses to be one".. so, there is no artificial sense of belonging here.... i have bad news for you, you are one of us.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 days ago

I'm mostly familiar with the rest of the world mocking Americans for saying they're "Italian" or "Irish" or whatever country their great-grandparents came from.

You know that song No Soy De Aqui, Ni Soy de Alla? That's my life.

Maybe also the life of Jorge Cafrune, child of Lebanese immigrants.

I feel kinship with the rootless displaced more than anyone else.

[–] Swaus01@piefed.social 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Very very interesting. I wanted to do this with squatting since it's supposedly a more natural way to sit than on a chair, it seems i haven't managed it for a while. Cross legged sitting (which i presume you are doing) is also good

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago

I have a few different positions. Sometimes cross legged, sometimes one knee on the floor and the other foot flat on the ground. Somtimes both foot flat on the ground. It's good to shift around to keep the blood flowing and the nerves from getting staticky.

Squatting is on my wish list, but it's intensely uncomfortable with how tight my calves and hips are, but maybe sitting on the floor is a good intermediate step.