# Learning to fall?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-to-fall/984009>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 13, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-to-fall/984009 "2023-05-13T23:39:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 14, 2023, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-to-fall/984009/28 "2023-05-14T13:51:11Z")

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About balance and that standing on one leg eyes closed - allow to repost from another thread.

> [@Why don’t you lift weights?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-don-t-you-lift-weights/918144/288):
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> Poor balance is strongly associated with mortality risk, from all causes, most not falls. From the second article some interesting factoids and speculations… Balance is definitely as much a fitness component as are strength and endurance.

Tl;dnr? Poor balance, especially inability to do it more than 10 seconds, predicts ALL cause mortality, not just from falls. Possibly lots of fear of fall keeps us from doing things that keep us alive.

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