My view might be classified as 'odd', but this is how I look at this problem, and this is what I ended up doing: I do not mind living a decade shorter than those ones who are more active than me. I have tried to be active, but could not fit it into my mentality. Note that I did not say my lifestyle, I said my mentality. I am unable to be active. I was not an active person a a kid, and I am not one as an adult. If I a…
Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging
61–70 of 321 posts
Re: Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging
#62My view might be classified as 'odd', but this is how I look at this problem, and this is what I ended up doing: I do not mind living a decade shorter than those ones who are more active than me. I have tried to be active, but could not fit it into my mentality. Note that I did not say my lifestyle, I said my mentality. I am unable to be active. I was not an active person a a kid, and I am not one as an adult. If I a…
Coffee is bad for you, wait coffee is good for you. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/17/coffee-health-benef...
Vitamins are good for you, no wait vitamins are bad for you. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161208-why-vitamin-supplem...
Being fat is bad, no, really being fat is actually perfectly fine. https://qz.com/550527/obesity-paradox-scientists-now-think-t...
No one can make up their mind so I stopped paying attention a long time ago.
Re: Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging
#63My view might be classified as 'odd', but this is how I look at this problem, and this is what I ended up doing: I do not mind living a decade shorter than those ones who are more active than me. I have tried to be active, but could not fit it into my mentality. Note that I did not say my lifestyle, I said my mentality. I am unable to be active. I was not an active person a a kid, and I am not one as an adult. If I a…
Re: Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging
#64If the headline read "people with advanced cellular age exercise less" no one would read it, but it's a more plausible interpretation of the data.
Re: Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging
#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's a good movement cycle? Both time and activity? My watch reminds me to move to try and get 250 steps an hour, so hourly I try to get up and get some steps. However that's not an increased heart rate and etc.
I use a Pomodoro Timer. Every 25 minutes I take a break. On the 4th break I have a grilled cheese with tomato sandwich. http://www.food.com/recipe/grilled-cheese-tomato-sandwich-49...
Re: Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging
#66I switched to a standup desk 5 years ago. I got a dog 3 years ago. I don't sit anymore and she forces me to take her for two walks almost everyday. I don't exactly have more energy and I don't feel like I'm going to live forever, but I have noticed I am aging slightly slower than my colleagues who are forced to sit down in their offices for over 12 hours a day.
Standing desks not really good for you. Just a fad. (F Google amp too) https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyl...
Personally I can say that I've enjoyed the transition. My posture has improved greatly. I have a lot less back/shoulder tension and pain. I find myself naturally more inclined to take breaks and walk around, which has many benefits of itself. It took some getting used to but I often spend ~6 hours a day standing instead of sitting.
If you're going to conclude that standing desks are "just a fad" I would hope that you have better evidence than that.
Re: Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging
#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agreed, reading the reviews for popular VR games like Fruit Ninja [1] and Holopoint [2], lots of people are reporting getting a pretty substantial workout from just playing the game. The hypothetical future of gamers being some of the fittest members of society, instead of least active, might not be so implausible. You can also imagine gyms might replace some of their cardio equipment with VR setups, should VR prove…
I hate to be too cynical but I recall people saying similar things about the Wii when it first came out. While Wii can give you a work out, I don't think it ever really caught on.
Re: Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging
#68My view might be classified as 'odd', but this is how I look at this problem, and this is what I ended up doing: I do not mind living a decade shorter than those ones who are more active than me. I have tried to be active, but could not fit it into my mentality. Note that I did not say my lifestyle, I said my mentality. I am unable to be active. I was not an active person a a kid, and I am not one as an adult. If I a…
I wouldn't worry about it. Every year there's a study that contradicts the last one. Coffee is bad for you, wait coffee is good for you. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/17/coffee-health-benef... Vitamins are good for you, no wait vitamins are bad for you. http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20161208-why-vitamin-supplem... Being fat is bad, no, really being fat is actually perfectly fine. https://qz.com/550527/obesi…
That's from Astroturfing by
Every time a real study with facts comes out saying X_____ is bad for you, the Corporations and Special Interest Lobbyists working on behalf of X____ will astroturf the media with "No really, X____ is good for you"
X_____ = Coffee, Diary, Wine, Eggs, Wheat, Soy, Stevia, ..... you get the idea.
Required Viewing: Astroturf and manipulation of media messages | Sharyl Attkisson | TEDx => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bYAQ-ZZtEU
Re: Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging
#69My view might be classified as 'odd', but this is how I look at this problem, and this is what I ended up doing: I do not mind living a decade shorter than those ones who are more active than me. I have tried to be active, but could not fit it into my mentality. Note that I did not say my lifestyle, I said my mentality. I am unable to be active. I was not an active person a a kid, and I am not one as an adult. If I a…
This is a very important point. What we do in youth affects how naturally we can do certain activities.
The only thing I'd suggest is not artificially limiting what "active" is. For instance, some people think it means jogging and lots of sweat.
Whereas my exercise is mostly periodic walks, looking at things and thinking, and then barbell exercise. The barbells are a significant mental puzzle as you work on the form and try to recruit muscles to apply more force to a bar moving in an efficient path off the ground.
My dad enjoys golf, which is mostly walking, and plotting how to get a ball to another point.
Some people enjoy bouldering, which mostly involves strategic thinking in terms of how to move across a course on a wall.
And there's many more things that care "active". Others in their replies have emphasized that your later years will involve premature cognitive and health decline, long before you die, if you're sedentary. And they're correct.
But telling you that alone won't change anything. So what I'm adding is to consider that their might be some activity that will help keep your body and mind in shape AND that you enjoy. Finding one might involve talking with a good athletic therapist, or just googling – but I expect there is something.
Re: Too much sitting, too little exercise may accelerate biological aging
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agreed, reading the reviews for popular VR games like Fruit Ninja [1] and Holopoint [2], lots of people are reporting getting a pretty substantial workout from just playing the game. The hypothetical future of gamers being some of the fittest members of society, instead of least active, might not be so implausible. You can also imagine gyms might replace some of their cardio equipment with VR setups, should VR prove…
I hate to be too cynical but I recall people saying similar things about the Wii when it first came out. While Wii can give you a work out, I don't think it ever really caught on.