Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart • Hacker News Board

Re: Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart

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Post by irremediable » Sat, Dec 23, 2017, 11:19 AM UTC

austinjp wrote: post #42

gxs wrote: post #11

Went to an orthopedic doc for an achy leg/back/knee. Gave me the usual prescription: strengthen some core muscles, physical therapy, anti inflammatory meds for a couple weeks, and should be good to go. Also, however, he prescribed that I read the book Deskbound, by Kelly Starrett. Reading that book will definitely give you an incentive to not sit for long periods of time.

Weasel words perhaps, but Kelly Starrett really divides physical therapist communities. Some love him, some hate him. Personally I think he's often "right for the wrong reasons". But if his approach gets you feeling better, that's what's important. Ditto workouts for "core muscles".

Is there any readable book that's "right for the right reasons"? I'm interested in learning more.

Re: Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart

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Post by JeremyNT » Sat, Dec 23, 2017, 5:00 PM UTC

feelandcoffee wrote: post #3

I hope this study don't revive the trend of standing desks again. Look I know being sedentary will rob me a few years of life, but going full opposite and being stand 9 to 5 it's Dante inferno at work. Probably the best balance will be having a routine with exercise present, and small breaks to stand and walk a little bit at X minutes sitting.

I think the real solution here is diversity. I don't know that 9-5 standing was ever seriously advocated as a preferable alternative to sitting; clearly there are issues with that too.

I mix things up at work personally; about a third of the day standing, a third sitting in a chair, a third sitting on a yoga ball. At this point it seems like you should just hedge and try to about doing any single thing without moving for too long.

Re: Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart

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Post by slphil » Sat, Dec 23, 2017, 11:16 PM UTC

sliverstorm wrote: post #113

slphil wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While nothing you said is inaccurate, be careful of falling for the "original affluent society" canard. Hunter gatherers do not work less than we do, and they do not get enough food. (Quillette recently did a good write-up on this.)

It doesn't necessarily matter whether they were affluent or not. When trying to understand what conditions our bodies need to be healthy, lacking definitive wisdom on the subject it's rational to try to understand what conditions proto-man lived in. What foods he ate, how he spent his time, and so forth. Whether or not proto-man was affluent, he spent countless centuries in a certain kind of lifestyle, and in all lik…

Of course. We should keep in mind that we are evolutionary creatures and that drastically changing our diet or environment probably has negative effects (sitting down too long, eating refined sugars, etc).

Do keep in mind that evolution hasn't stopped recently, either. There are plenty of civilization-era evolutionary adaptations in the human genome as well. [1]

[1]: https://www.amazon.com/000-Year-Explosion-Civilization-Accel...

Re: Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart

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Post by S_A_P » Sun, Dec 24, 2017, 8:16 PM UTC

amatecha wrote: post #75

S_A_P wrote: post #53

This article comes as I worked sitting down for 16 hours yesterday to hit a code deadline. I think Im going to get a standing desk ASAP...

Yeh, start bugging your employer (assuming you work for one) to get those awesome adjustable desks that can raise/lower to different heights. OK, they are a bit pricy, but if enough people speak up about it that should make things happen. Hopefully :)

I’m a independent contractor and work from home. So yeah, my employer is aware :) I definitely have this high on my list especially since I get the money spent right back in tax relief.