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Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults

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Re: Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults

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Post by the_cat_kittles »

phatbyte wrote: post #28

I baffled by how many tech guys/girls don't understand this. This is so obvious it hurts. At my company's last year medical checkup the results were just absurd, specially for men above 30 years old. Abdominal fat, high cholesterol, diabetes, etc..Yet, nobody gives a damn, almost no one changed their habits. Guys, just get up and move. 30m-40m a day, you can fit this into your daily schedule, don't come up with excus…

worth noting that its probably less about time and more about energy- so make it easy to get 30m of exercise. do something you like, make it near where you are, etc...

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Post by touchofevil »

I can't recommend varidesk.com or geekdesk.com enough. A varidesk is great if your company already supplies you with a non-standing desk and a geekdesk is excellent if you work from home and get to pick any desk you want. Be sure to get a mat to stand on as well.

Re: Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults

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Post by brightball »

touchofevil wrote: post #33

I can't recommend varidesk.com or geekdesk.com enough. A varidesk is great if your company already supplies you with a non-standing desk and a geekdesk is excellent if you work from home and get to pick any desk you want. Be sure to get a mat to stand on as well.

Big varidesk fan. Got one 2 months ago and haven't lowered it back to a sitting position yet.

Re: Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults

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Post by jimmytucson »

There was a thread on here a couple weeks ago about how the good and bad parts of technology go hand in hand. I think this is a perfect example. We went from hunting and gathering to farming and domesticating, to mechanized farming and manufacturing, to cubicle farming and so on...

We've made such great technological leaps that we've afforded ourselves hours to sit on pillows and watch screens and use hydrogenated fat to stave off hunger and boredom.

EDIT: Found the thread. It was actually about the Unabomber. Go figure: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15145849

Re: Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults

#36

Post by phatbyte »

the_cat_kittles wrote: post #31
phatbyte wrote: post #28

I baffled by how many tech guys/girls don't understand this. This is so obvious it hurts. At my company's last year medical checkup the results were just absurd, specially for men above 30 years old. Abdominal fat, high cholesterol, diabetes, etc..Yet, nobody gives a damn, almost no one changed their habits. Guys, just get up and move. 30m-40m a day, you can fit this into your daily schedule, don't come up with excus…

worth noting that its probably less about time and more about energy- so make it easy to get 30m of exercise. do something you like, make it near where you are, etc...

The funny thing is, since I started my energy levels increased. I can sustain much more time focused on a subject than before I didn't do any exercise. So, the first two or three weeks will be painful (physically), but afterwards, trust me, you will feel with so much more energy and less tired after work.

Re: Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults

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Post by eropple »

brightball wrote: post #34
touchofevil wrote: post #33

I can't recommend varidesk.com or geekdesk.com enough. A varidesk is great if your company already supplies you with a non-standing desk and a geekdesk is excellent if you work from home and get to pick any desk you want. Be sure to get a mat to stand on as well.

Big varidesk fan. Got one 2 months ago and haven't lowered it back to a sitting position yet.

What good is buying it, then? You could've just bought a higher desk (mine sits at 38") and saved three hundred bucks.

Standing desks are awesome for sure, but I don't get the adjustable trend when draft chairs have been around forever.

Re: Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults

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Post by kitsunesoba »

phatbyte wrote: post #28

I baffled by how many tech guys/girls don't understand this. This is so obvious it hurts. At my company's last year medical checkup the results were just absurd, specially for men above 30 years old. Abdominal fat, high cholesterol, diabetes, etc..Yet, nobody gives a damn, almost no one changed their habits. Guys, just get up and move. 30m-40m a day, you can fit this into your daily schedule, don't come up with excus…

It might sound stupid but one of the things that's stood in the way of establishing a workout routine for myself is lack of consistent private space to do it in. The self consciousness and embarrassment is just too overbearing, and between an open office at work and having a roommate at home, adequately long contiguous blocks of privacy just aren't there. Gyms aren't really a solution either, as not knowing those surrounding me doesn't help the issue at all.

Re: Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults

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Post by [deleted] »

phatbyte wrote: post #28

I baffled by how many tech guys/girls don't understand this. This is so obvious it hurts. At my company's last year medical checkup the results were just absurd, specially for men above 30 years old. Abdominal fat, high cholesterol, diabetes, etc..Yet, nobody gives a damn, almost no one changed their habits. Guys, just get up and move. 30m-40m a day, you can fit this into your daily schedule, don't come up with excus…

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