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Sitting Down Too Long Is Bad Even If You Exercise

Posted by kdawson on from the get-a-move-on dept.

Ant tips the week-old news that sitting down too much is not good for you, even if you are otherwise fit. A blog at the LA Times reports a followup from Swedish exercise experts: they propose "establishing a new way of thinking about sedentary behavior. They suggest abolishing 'sedentary behavior' as a synonym for not exercising. Instead, sedentary time should be defined as 'muscular inactivity' to distinguish it from not doing any exercise at all." These experts warn that the excessively sedentary are running serious health risks, irrespective of how much exercise they get when they're not plonked behind a desk or lying on a sofa.

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  1. Synonyms by clemdoc · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Can somebody please point me to a dictionary where these synonyms are explained? 'sedentary behavior', what a bullshit terminology is that supposed to be? And then, of course, we have to abolish (abolish, right) or change the definitions of these buzzwords so before any discussion might take place, consent about the use of said definitions needs to be reached.

    1. Re:Synonyms by mcgrew · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      I didn't read the FA of course (eye muss knot bee knew hear), but I just don't believe this. I'm convinced that it's exersize that's bad for you, not its lack. Do some physical labor and what do you feel like the next day? That's right, you're in pain. Pain is your body's way of saying "stop that, you fool."

      Running is a drug addiction. It's addictive because the only reason heroin works is because heroin fits your endorphin receptors. The runner "hits the wall" and gets a "runner's high" -- that high is the endorphins kicking in to combat the pain.

      Moderate exersize is ok; I like to walk. But if you do it until it hurts, it can't possibly be good for you.

      I go to "working man's" bars where construstion workers hang out. These guys spend all day in heavy exersize, and the ones ten years my junior look ten years older than me. If exersize is so good for you then why do I look so young while these guys look like they could be my dad?

      The notion that exersize, especially exersize that results in sore muscles is good for you is an excuse by drug addled jocks. The fact that it's your body producing the drug doesn't matter -- it's a drug addiction, and "it's good for you" is an excuse to keep getting high.

      The only difference between a runner and a heroin addict is heroin addicts don't blindly run out in front of your car because they're too stoned to pay attention.

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  2. Not all geeks by Viol8 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "We geeks have a hard time with sports"

    Speak for yourself mate. I'm as geeky as the next nerd when it comes to computers but I still go to the gym 4 times a week and run.

    Its not an either or thing with brain vs body - you can have both fit and healthy you know.