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 Post Posted: Sat Jan 08, 2011 2:01 pm    Post subject: Sitting kills!
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I just read this article about the negative effects of sitting too much. It's a very interesting and also very discomforting read. I and i assume a lot of you guys have either jobs that require you to sit alot or have hobbies like playing Spacetrace that are sensible to do whilst sitting.

apparently sitting too much is not the same as exercising too little.

We all know that physical activity is important for good health—regardless of your age, gender or body weight, living an active lifestyle can improve your quality of life and dramatically reduce your risk of death and disease. But even if you are meeting current physical activity guidelines by exercising for one hour per day (something few Americans manage on a consistent basis), that leaves 15 to 16 hours per day when you are not being active. Does it matter how you spend those hours, which account for more than 90% of your day? For example, does it matter whether you spend those 16 hours sitting on your butt, versus standing or walking at a leisurely pace? Fortunately or unfortunately, new evidence suggests that it does matter, and in a big way.

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http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=can-sitting-too-much-kill-you-2011-01-06
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 Post Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:59 am    Post subject:

Here's a topic from the gymnastics forum that I read:

http://gymnasticbodies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=4499&p=35245&hilit=desk+job#p35245

It's about how some of the people on that forum that have to sit a lot or have office jobs have thought of ways do do exercises in between.
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