The human body simply isn’t built to sit all day at a desk or for hours vegging out on the couch. Many of us spend more time sitting than sleeping. To avoid the health risks, we need not just 30 minutes of daily exercise, the infographic advises, but taking every opportunity to get up during the day.
Sitting Is Killing You [Medical Billing & Coding via How-To Geek]
Nodeity
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 7:40 AMJesus,… This post just scared the crap out of me!! The sad part…. it’s not gonna change a thing!… :{
Reewee
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 9:40 AMI’m in a rut at what to believe.
I consider myself to be an exceptionally fit/active person not to brag but to further add to my point
1.5-2.5hrs workouts 3-4 times a week with 2 hour ninjutsu lessons 3times a week, I don’t use my car at all ( walk everywhere )
And final stats are:
Age: 18
Weight : 169.4 lbs or 77kgs 17%BF
Height: 5’8″
I do consider myself an avid computer user but I do get up every single chance I get to head downstairs for a break, whether it be grabbing a snack/drink, to head to the bathroom and just about anything else. And while at the desk I unconsciously leg jiggle if that is at all relevant heh.
And now all these recent articles that sitting may be killing me, even considering my current lifestyle I’m really not sure what to believe anymore.
James
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 10:29 AMHaha, I work an office job (38 hours sitting at a computer) and I cycle 10 hours a week, go to the gym, play several sports and the training nights for them, and go hiking and other activities on the weekend. Sitting while I’m at the office is my necessary rest period, so it is actually keeping me alive (see, I can make stupid claims just as easily too, now just need to draw a stupid infographic)
Dee
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 12:09 PMMade up James? The infographic gives the references it uses at the bottom. Please point out which ones are wrong and why.
And just to join in the comments here. I work in an office and sit most of the day but…
…I kayak 9 hours a week, am a blackbeard belt in pirate ninjitsu, wrestle a polar bear Tuesdays and Thursdays, eat nothing but raw meat and gunpowder, shit thunderbolts, piss lightning, lead an extreme speed reading class once a week and on the weekends I play footy, cricket, basketball, badminton and full contact chess and I feel GREAT so nothing else I do could possibly be bad for me.
Ben
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 6:52 PMI sleep, I drive to work, I sit 8 hours a day at work, I drive home, I sit more and watch some TV.
I am not fat.
Steve
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 10:22 PMOther times I’ve heard the ‘sitting is killing us’ talk, they’ve mentioned that it’s sitting still that’s the problem – and that people who stand OR fidget all the time are less likely to have long-term problems.
That’s the hope I’m clinging to. I spend all my time sitting down, but by god I fidget. my legs never get a chance to lose electrical activity.
TSH
Monday, May 16, 2011 at 1:51 PMTell me about it… my leg is jiggling right now!
Jai
Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 12:10 PMHoly F…….now i need a Exercise ball instead of a chair
Josh
Monday, May 23, 2011 at 8:16 PMI tried the 135 degree pose depicted but I found typing on my desktop keyboard with a series of pulleys and wires very bad for my neck.
liraniel
Friday, January 27, 2012 at 10:00 AM+1
SIENNA
Monday, August 15, 2011 at 6:25 PMi go to the gym when i can be f’d i sit all day and spend my time relaxing and watching telly and if the weather is nice i read my book
reading exercises the mind
HindenLagen
Friday, September 16, 2011 at 10:37 AMThis is absolute garbage. Not one of the references is to peer-reviewed research. These “statistics” seem to be pulled from thin air.
liraniel
Friday, January 27, 2012 at 10:01 AMI know right? MEN’S HEALTH AT MSNBC IS NOT A SOURCE. I’d rate wikipedia above bloody Men’s Health.
BMJ is the only one there I’ve read and I’d rate.