TheRobin Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Just stumbled upon this article today and found it quite useful and intersting for myself (given my lifestyle at least).A short summary would probably be: SItting is quite bad for your health if you do it a lot during the day and rarely get up. Even if you exercise, if you sit for long consecutive periods of time that's not gonna counteract that. Getting up once an hour for a short while would however.http://lifehacker.com/5879536/how-sitting-all-day-is-damaging-your-body-and-how-you-can-counteract-it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsayers Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Even if you exercise, if you sit for long consecutive periods of time that's not gonna counteract that. Getting up once an hour for a short while would however.http://lifehacker.com/5879536/how-sitting-all-day-is-damaging-your-body-and-how-you-can-counteract-it I'll definitely check this out. I patrol empty buildings, so I do an okay amount of walking daily. However, most of the rest of the time is spent sitting down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh -Lel- Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 This is really bad news. I guess I'm going to die early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Beal Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 That's scary... I'm sitting most of the day I got myself a pedometer and hourly alerts to stand up like the article suggested. Thanks for the link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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