Chloe Hollywood
The jury’s out on who created humans, but what we do know for certain is that the human body simply was not built to stay seated for extended periods of time. Sedentary behavior, the technical term for sitting on your ass regardless of whether it’s at your desk (productive!) or in front of the TV (not so much!), can raise your risk of heart disease up to 64-percent. It can rob you of six years of quality life. It can make you more susceptible to certain types of cancer. Your metabolism slows down. You lose bone mass. Your bad cholesterol goes up. Your blood sugar levels do, too.
Sitting, aka the new smoking, is killing us all, and the worst part is that for most of us, it’s unavoidable. A standard 9-5 desk job translates to eight hours of sedentary time, five days a week?and not even the daily recommended 30-50 minutes of vigorous exercise can undo the damage. It doesn’t matter if you spent two hours doing vinyasa after work (why are those classes always so long"); it’s just not enough to offset the physical risks. The only way to avoid the negative effects of sitting all day is to not sit all day in the first place. Rewind: I’m not saying you should quit your job and become a kitesurfing teacher (not that you shouldn’t, if that’s what you want for yourself), or that you should take full advantage of the hour-long lunch break mandated in your work contract that you usually spend doing? well, more work. Yo...