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I've seen a lot of articles about sitting but always have some questions: - I work with computers so sitting or standing a large portion of time is inevitable.

by feral 9y ago

I've seen a lot of articles about sitting but always have some questions: - I work with computers so sitting or standing a large portion of time is inevitable. - Is the real problem sitting/standing, or being unfit? If I don't get fat and if I keep fit, will I be ok? Or will sitting still harm me? - If the claim is that sitting still harms me, how robust is the science here? Do they control for the above? If sitting, as opposed to poor fitness is the problem, does regular movement help? or are we just doomed to this if we use computers?

nazka 9y ago
With all the articles and papers I read, the problem is that you never have to active your body and legs' muscles, even just slightly. Sometimes even your arms' muscles. And this kills us. The solution to all the problems this create for your body is to use your muscles, and even just a little bit is enough. - If you are usually standing: you don't have to be standing up for hours, just a few hours are enough. - If you are usually sitting: a yoga ball is great. You don't have to move all around, keeping your balance on the ball will be good enough. - And every hour you can take a quick break, or talk to someone so you will move out of your computer and use your muscles.
Nition 9y ago
And there are even more categories really. - Overweight, unfit, and sitting/standing for long periods. - Unfit and sitting/standing for long periods but not overweight. - Sitting/standing for long periods but not overweight or unfit. If obesity was the only health-related issue you could just eat less. If Obesity and unfitness were the only issues you could just get some exercise outside of work hours. And if all three are an issue you'd want to keep active as much as possible during work (although not too much... because physical labour jobs hurt people's health too).

by feral 9y ago

nazka 9y ago

With all the articles and papers I read, the problem is that you never have to active your body and legs' muscles, even just slightly. Sometimes even your arms' muscles. And this kills us. The solution to all the problems this create for your body is to use your muscles, and even just a little bit is enough. - If you are usually standing: you don't have to be standing up for hours, just a few hours are enough. - If you are usually sitting: a yoga ball is great. You don't have to move all around, keeping your balance on the ball will be good enough. - And every hour you can take a quick break, or talk to someone so you will move out of your computer and use your muscles.

Nition 9y ago

And there are even more categories really. - Overweight, unfit, and sitting/standing for long periods. - Unfit and sitting/standing for long periods but not overweight. - Sitting/standing for long periods but not overweight or unfit. If obesity was the only health-related issue you could just eat less. If Obesity and unfitness were the only issues you could just get some exercise outside of work hours. And if all three are an issue you'd want to keep active as much as possible during work (although not too much... because physical labour jobs hurt people's health too).