8-Foot Up-and-Go: Age Trend

Up-and-go times increase with age. Men slow from 4.7 to 8.1 seconds between ages 60-64 and 90-94, while women slow from 5.2 to 9.4 seconds.

Data source: Rikli & Jones (SFT) (1999) · n=7.2K About this study

8-Foot Up-and-Go Functional Fitness Trend

8-Foot Up-and-Go by Age (seconds)

8-Foot Up-and-Go Median Values

Age Male (seconds) Female (seconds)
62 4.7 5.2
67 5.1 5.6
72 5.3 6
77 5.9 6.3
82 6.4 7.2
87 7.2 7.9
92 8.1 9.4

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