Office Life Is Destroying Your Butt

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Post by otp124 » Sat, Aug 25, 2018, 5:10 PM UTC

Office Life Is Destroying Your Butt
melmagazine.com

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Post by cjhanks » Sat, Aug 25, 2018, 6:07 PM UTC

A somewhat odd article, but I like it.

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Post by ukulele » Sat, Aug 25, 2018, 6:11 PM UTC

> Staying in a seated position for too long allows gravity to pull more blood down into the pelvis

I could concede that more blood might end up in the pelvis, but surely this is not the reason?

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Post by coldtea » Sat, Aug 25, 2018, 6:20 PM UTC

ukulele wrote: post #3

> Staying in a seated position for too long allows gravity to pull more blood down into the pelvis I could concede that more blood might end up in the pelvis, but surely this is not the reason?

Why "surely"?

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Post by derptacos » Sat, Aug 25, 2018, 6:27 PM UTC

Squats!

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Post by mamon » Sat, Aug 25, 2018, 6:29 PM UTC

>> Humans evolved to stand upright and outrun their predators

Forgive my ignorance, but are there any predators that we actually can outrun? Pretty much every four-legged mammal is faster, except maybe elephants.

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Post by krackers » Sat, Aug 25, 2018, 6:30 PM UTC

mamon wrote: post #6

>> Humans evolved to stand upright and outrun their predators Forgive my ignorance, but are there any predators that we actually can outrun? Pretty much every four-legged mammal is faster, except maybe elephants.

I thought it wasn't in speed that humans excel but rather endurance. That is, we wouldn't be able to escape a lion chasing us but we can hunt down deer/etc. until they collapse from exhaustion.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting

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Post by AlphaWeaver » Sat, Aug 25, 2018, 6:31 PM UTC

This article seemed only to list bad things, which seemed to be just about everything you could conceive of doing, without listing any solutions...

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Post by rexpop » Sat, Aug 25, 2018, 6:31 PM UTC

AlphaWeaver wrote: post #8

This article seemed only to list bad things, which seemed to be just about everything you could conceive of doing, without listing any solutions...

That's fine. When problem solving, it's important to lay out the situation clearly before delving into solutions that may only mitigate part of the problem.

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Aug 25, 2018, 6:32 PM UTC

mamon wrote: post #6

>> Humans evolved to stand upright and outrun their predators Forgive my ignorance, but are there any predators that we actually can outrun? Pretty much every four-legged mammal is faster, except maybe elephants.

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