Rebuilding the world for the comfort of cars was probably a mistake then.
Increased sedentary behaviour alters metabolism and body composition (2018)
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Re: Increased sedentary behaviour alters metabolism and body composition (2018)
#22"Public health recommendations promoting physical activity should incorporate advice to avoid periods of sedentary behaviour." How do we interpret and apply information like this? Many people work in front a computer these days so it can't actually be applied to them (read us).
In the study, the participants reduced activity for a period of 14 days, with the results being fully reversed after 14 days of resuming normal activity. So I read the quoted recommendation above is to avoid sedentary periods that are on the same order of magnitude (multiple days) vs. avoiding sedentary periods within a single day.
An anecdote: I had a short term knee issue that kept me off my mountain bike for most of the summer. What I didn't do was figure out a replacement activity for the 6-8 hours / week that I used to ride. I just did ... nothing and that had the predictable effect. Now that I'm recovered and riding 6-8 hours / week again, everything is returning back to normal.
Re: Increased sedentary behaviour alters metabolism and body composition (2018)
#23the sky is blue and water is wet
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Where there's a will, there's a way. At first I was known as that pushup guy at the office, then all the guys did it with me. It was almost a joke. "Alright, it's pushup time!" and my group did pushups. We even got a pullup bar installed. Some people preferred to take those times to walk a lap outside. If we're going to generalize about what can/can't be done at a software developer job, punctuating the job with some…
Unfortunately, there are workplaces that will remove things like a pullup bar because it's seen as a distraction.
I would be pretty distracted if there were people using pullup bars and doing pushups in my office...
Re: Increased sedentary behaviour alters metabolism and body composition (2018)
#25I wish these articles tried to look for a solution.
Would standing and waking every 45 mins be good enough?
Would standing and then moderate intensity at 45 mins be good enough etc.
What about eating less and more fasting to combat sedentary.
What about a balance board while standing?
Re: Increased sedentary behaviour alters metabolism and body composition (2018)
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Downvoted because these types of comments are unsubstantive. You are basically just affirming Linus's Law: "given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow". Just because the bug is shallow to you doesn't mean it is shallow to everyone .
I agree with the guy above you; the results of their hypothesis were already very well known. Everyone realizes that getting less exercise decreases calories burned in a day. These studies need to start going further in depth than just reading that your health gets worse if you stop exercising.
I think every one knows what needs to change as well. To effectively use our bodies in the way they've evolved, we need to be using them from sun-up to sun-down every day.
We evolved on savanas, upland steppes, mountains, and jungles; hunting, gathering, foraging, defending, building, with raw human power, for the vast majority of our time on this planet.
If we had to push plows with human labor; gather and reap the harvest by had, I guarantee you we'd be fit af.
Re: Increased sedentary behaviour alters metabolism and body composition (2018)
#27I wish these articles tried to look for a solution. Would standing and waking every 45 mins be good enough? Would standing and then moderate intensity at 45 mins be good enough etc. What about eating less and more fasting to combat sedentary. What about a balance board while standing?
12,000 steps is about 2 hours of walking, though that is tracked throughout the entire day and not in a single walk. Most pedometer apps I've seen tell you to shoot for 10,000. If you have an Android phone, there is a FOSS app on Fdroid simply called Pedometer.
Re: Increased sedentary behaviour alters metabolism and body composition (2018)
#28Rebuilding the world for the comfort of cars was probably a mistake then.
We'd probably be happier building our homes by hand.
Re: Increased sedentary behaviour alters metabolism and body composition (2018)
#29"Public health recommendations promoting physical activity should incorporate advice to avoid periods of sedentary behaviour." How do we interpret and apply information like this? Many people work in front a computer these days so it can't actually be applied to them (read us).
The study had people walk 10,000 fewer steps in a day. So, walking more would reverse it if the study was right. In practice it would mean taking periodic breaks to walk around a bit, and trying to arrange things such that you could walk some of your commute, or walk to the store, etc Obviously harder for people in suburbia.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
I agree with the guy above you; the results of their hypothesis were already very well known. Everyone realizes that getting less exercise decreases calories burned in a day. These studies need to start going further in depth than just reading that your health gets worse if you stop exercising.
I think every one knows what needs to change as well. To effectively use our bodies in the way they've evolved, we need to be using them from sun-up to sun-down every day. We evolved on savanas, upland steppes, mountains, and jungles; hunting, gathering, foraging, defending, building, with raw human power, for the vast majority of our time on this planet. If we had to push plows with human labor; gather and reap the…
>If we had to push plows with human labor; gather and reap the harvest by had, I guarantee you we'd be fit af.
We'd also be worn out by middle age. Look at various manual labor trades for example. You wind up with a couple muscle groups in great shape and a couple others that are just destroyed.