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Sitting Down Too Long Is Bad Even If You Exercise
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.
I can't remember things when I'm standing. I think its because I keep all my thoughts in my lap and when I stand up, they fall on the floor and roll under the desk.
They can run any study they want, people get badly injured doing sports, not sitting on a sofa.
It IS news since the genereal (and imo true) belief is that you can make up for hours behind your desk by exercising when you're not. From the article: "Avoid sitting for prolonged periods and keep in mind to move more, more often." I think Ill increase my smoke break frequency from now on.
Im done for. I sat in front of the TV at least 6 hours last week.
18% * 5 = 108%
I go and take a smoke every 1-2h, and walk up and down 3 stories of stairs every time. Am i in risk ?
I KNEW there were good sides of smoking !!
That's quite impressive, it means that theoretically I should die before I finish typing out this respon
Most causes for increased mortality come from statistical studies. Ergo, it is the statistics that are the main cause, not the thing they make statistics of. If those pesky researchers would just stop making so many statistics, we all would live longer and happier!
The intense nightmares are what makes quitting smoking worthwhile. I don't crave cigarettes anymore, but damn do I miss my own personal holodeck.
No, no, think of the greater good. Let the papers slide. Maybe OSHA will read them and require having comfy recliners on every job site as a safety requirement.
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Is basic maths not your strong point?
You forgot this one: http://xkcd.com/189/
I'm currently working on my STR score (push-ups, sit-ups, biceps curl, etc.) and my base attack bonus (fencing). I might also get Proficiency: Martial Weapon (Foil).
All that exercise spills over into my INT score as well ;)
I just continously kick the seat in front of me, it is also good for the circulation.
Wow. His head must have hit the Submit button falling down.
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I may have just learned more than I want to about you. Don't worry, I won't tell your wife and kids.
Say, are there cops and indians at this bar, too? And bears?
Keep hanging around there. You'll get more "exercise" than you need.
You are welcome on my lawn.
so they stamp out an 8-page paper with more authors than pages, in a journal called "Circulation" from the American Heart Association , whose slogan is Learn and Live. (Bias anyone?)
Not only that, the study was done on AUSTRALIANS! As everyone knows, things happen south of the equator in exactly the opposite way they happen north of the equator. Being a resident of North America, I need to turn this paper upside down and read it backwards to arrive at the proper statistics that apply to me.
And, as everyone knows, Australia is entirely populated by criminals.
You took the worms right out of my mouth :D
You don't know what you don't know.