So, apparently there are FIVE criteria which are considered good (or bad) markers for your longevity. How I did:
Balance: The ability to stand on one leg for 10 seconds. I can do that for quite a bit longer, but it's more than a bit wobbly. That ability seems to evaporate trying to put on my underwear though.
Getting out of a chair using no hands: I can do that OK, it just hurts LOL. Lying on the floor and getting up is another story... I can do it but it's ugly.
Walking briskly with purpose: I do my 2 mile old guy jog every other day, so a good score on that one. However, it's slow enough to look like something out of The "Ministry of Funny Walks".
Grip strength: Vinny, my amazingly powerful friend who once competed for the world record in the bench, and still owns and trains in a gym, came over a few months ago with this new grip tester device I had never heard of before. Digital readout, the works. Pretty cool. Obviously, he had been training with it. I asked him to show me how it works. He bared down and went at it, getting a score of 96. "Is that a really good score?" I asked? He assured me it was. So, first time having never tried it before, I bare down and squeeze the bejezus out of it. 112. HAH! I got to call him a candy-ass wuss one more time before we leave this veil of tears. Guitar fingers win one more time.
Social interactions: By this standard, I should have been dead 20 years ago.
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