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Sitting for hours is bad ok... For a long time I was a smoker, I would often walk out of the building with others, and take a break. Talking about their or my

Sitting for hours is bad ok... For a long time I was a smoker, I would often walk out of the building with others, and take a break. Talking about their or my problem of the minute. One of the other engineers who DIDNT smoke started coming out with us when we went. After a few weeks he noted out loud how his productivity had been UP since he started taking the journey with us. It seems counter intuitive that getting up and moving around (even to do something bad) is good for you. If your not a smoker, go hang out with them a few times a day (or use their smoke breaks to take your own break away from your desk).

namarie 10y ago
Since when is it counter-intuitive that exercise is good? I'd have thought the opposite.
- DelightOne 10y ago
  I guess his colleague found an excuse to for once do what he always wanted to.
- noxToken 10y ago
  Probably because people don't view walking 500 steps at 1.5 mph, standing for 5 minutes, then returning as exercise. Unless there are stairs or a significant incline, there isn't a readily noticeable change in heart rate nor breathing pattern. So most people probably view moseying around the office for a couple of minutes as a waste of time. One of the best things I did was setting an alarm to get up every 60 minutes. But then I followed it too religiously by getting up damn near immediately. That broke productivity. I found a happy medium by finding an adequate stopping point and then getting up.
Existenceblinks 10y ago
Taking a break during the class? Weren't you missing out some essential part of lesson? My friend doesn't smoke but he often walked out to listened a metal music with high volume. When a song ended, then he got back to the class. Since one short break for a 3-hours class is crazy.
- zer00eyz 10y ago
  I am saying that the lesson applies in the "real world" as well. We as adults should not try and sit for hours on end every day and expect to remain productive!

namarie 10y ago

Since when is it counter-intuitive that exercise is good? I'd have thought the opposite.

DelightOne 10y ago
I guess his colleague found an excuse to for once do what he always wanted to.
noxToken 10y ago
Probably because people don't view walking 500 steps at 1.5 mph, standing for 5 minutes, then returning as exercise. Unless there are stairs or a significant incline, there isn't a readily noticeable change in heart rate nor breathing pattern. So most people probably view moseying around the office for a couple of minutes as a waste of time. One of the best things I did was setting an alarm to get up every 60 minutes. But then I followed it too religiously by getting up damn near immediately. That broke productivity. I found a happy medium by finding an adequate stopping point and then getting up.

Existenceblinks 10y ago

Taking a break during the class? Weren't you missing out some essential part of lesson? My friend doesn't smoke but he often walked out to listened a metal music with high volume. When a song ended, then he got back to the class. Since one short break for a 3-hours class is crazy.

zer00eyz 10y ago
I am saying that the lesson applies in the "real world" as well. We as adults should not try and sit for hours on end every day and expect to remain productive!