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Sitting All Day: Worse For You Than You Might Think

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Re: Sitting All Day: Worse For You Than You Might Think

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Post by mildavw »

pbz wrote: post #54
mildavw wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I and a few of my co-workers stand all day. We are moving to a new office and I took a survey in order to buy appropriate furniture. Everyone wanted stand up desks. I just ordered 20 of these http://www.ergodepot.com/Ergo_Depot_adjustable_desk_AD127HD_... and only 6 chairs.

Have you considered this one: http://www.geekdesk.com/default.asp?contentID=604 Just curious why you picked that one.

I did, but Ergo Depot happened to have a showroom 5 minutes away and I didn't want to order them sight unseen. Specifically, I wanted to test the amount of side-to-side sway when at its highest level. The ones we ordered were sturdy. Price was roughly the same.

Re: Sitting All Day: Worse For You Than You Might Think

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Post by mjallday »

beaumartinez wrote: post #50
andrewvc wrote: post #2

Maybe this has no basis in reality, but one reason I stopped cycling as a primary form of cardio ( I run now ) is I just felt wrong moving from sitting at a computer to sitting on a bike.

So don't sit on your saddle—take it off. (Bonus reason: saddles {with a nose} also cause erectile dysfunction; I don't have any sources at hand but I'm sure if you search you will find).

It appears you're onto something with the erectile dysfunction. Apparently however, it's not that common and you can get seats that minimise the issue.

http://bicyclehabitat.com/articles/saddle-seats-and-erectile... http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/cyclingworkouts/a/BikingI... http://www.webmd.com/erectile-dysfunction/news/20050825/stud...

Re: Sitting All Day: Worse For You Than You Might Think

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Post by samtp »

lpolovets wrote: post #5

I am not going to disagree with the article or dispute that sitting all day is not as healthy as occasionally moving around, but does anyone else feel like this is the latest "health scare" meme? It reminds me of how leg embolisms on long flights were the focus of attention a few years ago. (i.e. completely absent from the news at first, then an overabundance of stories once a single scientific study is published.)

This isn't a fad. I work with Dr. Blair at USC and he has been researching physical activity effects on health for the past 20 years. He is one of the leading exercise science researchers with over 2000 citations per year.

Re: Sitting All Day: Worse For You Than You Might Think

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Post by keeptrying »

hugh3 wrote: post #56
[deleted] wrote: post #55

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Lots of folks stand up all day for work. They tend to complain about their feet hurting. We're obviously designed for some kind of sitting. Our bodies bend very comfortably that way. If you walk uphill for ten miles, your body really wants to sit down on the nearest log or rock to take a rest (though how this was supposed to be comfortable back when we used to be naked is a mystery to me). I have no doubt that our an…

Don't wear shoes. Walk around barefoot as much as possible - it will fix your back, knee and feet issues. Hard to do in corporate America but possible

Re: Sitting All Day: Worse For You Than You Might Think

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Post by hugh3 »

keeptrying wrote: post #64
hugh3 wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lots of folks stand up all day for work. They tend to complain about their feet hurting. We're obviously designed for some kind of sitting. Our bodies bend very comfortably that way. If you walk uphill for ten miles, your body really wants to sit down on the nearest log or rock to take a rest (though how this was supposed to be comfortable back when we used to be naked is a mystery to me). I have no doubt that our an…

Don't wear shoes. Walk around barefoot as much as possible - it will fix your back, knee and feet issues. Hard to do in corporate America but possible

[citation needed]

Re: Sitting All Day: Worse For You Than You Might Think

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Post by singular »

singular wrote: post #60

I don't mean to sound facetious, but aren't we designed to also sit as well as stand/walk/run? That's what the buttocks have evolved for, after all:- "Physiologically, the buttocks enable weight to be taken off the feet while sitting" [1] Of course, having said that, we probably weren't designed for the amount of sitting a typical officer worker does, and certainly weren't designed for being sedentary. [1]: http://en…

Well, not surprising that was down-voted, but seriously - if somebody contends that we're 'not designed for X', yet we have actually evolved to be able to do X, I think it's reasonable to point that out, even if the fact is that we do too much sitting down.

Re: Sitting All Day: Worse For You Than You Might Think

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Post by mr_justin »

keeptrying wrote: post #64
hugh3 wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lots of folks stand up all day for work. They tend to complain about their feet hurting. We're obviously designed for some kind of sitting. Our bodies bend very comfortably that way. If you walk uphill for ten miles, your body really wants to sit down on the nearest log or rock to take a rest (though how this was supposed to be comfortable back when we used to be naked is a mystery to me). I have no doubt that our an…

Don't wear shoes. Walk around barefoot as much as possible - it will fix your back, knee and feet issues. Hard to do in corporate America but possible

Unless you already have feet (plantar fasciitis is super common) problems, in which case it will make things much worse.

Re: Sitting All Day: Worse For You Than You Might Think

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Post by oconnor0 »

Someone wrote: post #51

I think varicose veins are evidence that standing up all day isn't what we were evolved for. Looking at chimps, gorillas, orang utan seems to conform that. In my limited knowledge, those species spend hours sitting or lying down. => I would guess it is not the sitting, but the sitting for long stretches in the same posture that is the problem.

Interesting. What research is there on people standing all day getting varicose veins and the negatives of that versus sitting all day and the negatives of that?
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