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What about the postman syndrome? Relying on the results of the first week and presenting them as some misleading charts, are not the best way to encourage peop
by saman_b 14y ago
What about the postman syndrome?
Relying on the results of the first week and presenting them as some misleading charts, are not the best way to encourage people to buy these desks. It is obvious this is an advertising article. In next few months your body will consider this as a habit, adapt to the situation, hit a plateau, stop burning extra calories and you start gaining weight despite the fact you are walking everyday (The postman syndrome !!). unless you change the intensity of your exercise, which is not possible at all while you are working. I am sure there are plenty of researches on postman syndrome that you could include.
So why don't you just talk about the actual benefits for body, and skip the weight loss part?
- pimentel 14y agoWhat is exactly the postman syndrome? I can't find anything about it, except for the band "The Postman Syndrome" (which is great, by the way)
- saman_b 14y agoYou can read about it here : http://diet4fitness.blogspot.ca/2008/06/secret-to-buring-calories.html?m=1 http://diet4fitness.blogspot.ca/2008/06/secret-to-buring-cal... Qouting from this page: "I like relaxing runs, but if you do the same slog every day, you can suffer from what's sometimes called "postman's syndrome"—named for those who do the same walk every day and yet their bodies never change. Your muscles become so efficient at a movement over time that if you do it day after day and eat the same way, you never overtax your system and burn more calories to lose weight." Basically it says postmen lose weight during the first months of their work, cause they started a new activity. But after a couple of months they start gaining weight as their body get used to walking everyday :)