A study published in the Medicine and Science in Sports and
Exercise journal puts forth a central point I really didn't want to
know: That sitting is bad for you. Yes, sitting.
And even more damning, it's still bad for you even if you
break it up with exercise.
As The Times reports,
...To no one's surprise, the men who sat the most had the
greatest risk of heart problems. Men who spent more than 23 hours a
week watching TV and sitting in their cars (as passengers or as
drivers) had a 64 percent greater chance of dying from heart
disease than those who sat for 11 hours a week or less.
What was unexpected was that many of the men who sat long hours and
developed heart problems also exercised. Quite a few of them said
they did so regularly and led active lifestyles. The men worked
out, then sat in cars and in front of televisions for hours, and
their risk of heart disease soared, despite the exercise.
Their workouts did
not counteract the ill effects of sitting.
Maybe it's just that we're not meant to sit for 8 hours a day in an
office. (Try telling that to our bosses, let's see what they
say.)
via Core77
23 hours a week works out to just 3 hours a day
of being on our lardy arses. Maybe we should have standing desks or
something. Or perhaps we were meant to stand, walk around and lie
down... notice how we tend to develop bad postures (in spite of our
chairs) and tired feet. So what
does it mean to you?
So what does it mean to
you?
i'm doomed
