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"We found that women who sat longer did not have shorter telomere length if they exercised for at least 30 minutes a day" In other words, you can't exercise aw
by rubicon33 10y ago
"We found that women who sat longer did not have shorter telomere length if they exercised for at least 30 minutes a day"
In other words, you can't exercise away an unhealthy life style.
That's very similar to diet. In fact, the big 3 (diet, exercise, and sleep) taken together are far greater than the sum of their parts.
As a developer with a full time job, and side projects, I can easily find myself sitting in a chair for 12+ hours a day. I recently purchased a standing desk, and will be using a timer to remind myself when to break for 15-20 minutes for outdoor exercise.
I have forced myself to limit eating out to once per week. And use a sleep tracker to track my sleep, holding myself to getting the right amount, on average, every month.
- richard___ 10y agoAre you sure a standing desk helps at all? Is standing enough to negate the negative effects or is movement required
- NickBusey 10y agoI've been using a standing desk for years now, and while you're not exactly doing jumping jacks the whole time, I certainly move a lot more than I do when I sit down. Just shifting weight from leg to leg, changing standing position, occasionally stretching/touching my toes. You end up making many more small movements than when you're just plopped in a chair.
- Apocryphon 10y agoI wonder if it's micro-movements, or if people who are already standing are more likely to walk around more often.
- reneherse 10y agoI found the adjustable stand up desk to be really only part of the ideal solution. Standing all the time aggravated circulation problems, so I added a treadmill specifically designed to be used at a desk. Now it's easy to walk miles a day, at whatever pace fits with the task at hand. The desk is on wheels, so I roll it away from the treadmill when I want to sit. I vary between sitting, perched sitting, standing, walking, and reclining while on the computer. (Working at home.) I also just ordered a Cubii under-desk elliptical, for use at the office where a treadmill and moving around would be intrusive. Like many here, my job and several hobby projects involve working on computers, and all that sedentary time adds up if you don't combat it.
- geoka9 10y agoI think a standing/adjustable desk is a good solution, but you should be able to sit down and, more importantly, put your feet above your waist for a while, occasionally. Otherwise you may ruin the veins in your legs in the long run. (I'm not a doctor.)
- wyclif 10y agoIf you use a standing desk, I'd recommend also getting a thick rubber mat for the floor (the industrial kind line chefs and people who stand for hours use, you can easily find these on Amazon).
- zeamaize 10y agoIt's the other way: standing is necessary but not sufficient. Exercise doesn't cancel out sitting and blood pooling in your legs.
- agumonkey 10y agoAny comparison with these big sitting rubber balls we see from time to time ?
- DrScump 10y ago<"We found that women who sat longer did not have shorter telomere length if they exercised for at least 30 minutes a day" In other words, you can't exercise away an unhealthy life style.> Did you interpret that backwards? (shorter telomeres: bad)
- rubicon33 10y agoYou know what, I did. Thanks for pointing that out! >_< I would delete my original comment but it looks like I can't.
- gragas 10y ago>"We found that women who sat longer did not have shorter telomere length if they exercised for at least 30 minutes a day" >In other words, you can't exercise away an unhealthy life style. I conclude exactly the opposite.
- rubicon33 10y agoYup, my mistake.