The Dangers of Sitting Too Much

Sitting for more than eight hours a day can increase your risk of obesity, 心脏病, 糖尿病, 背痛等等.

You like to run in the morning, spin at your gym at night. You have the fitness component of good health covered, right? 不一定. New studies confirm that sitting for eight or more hours a day can increase your risk of obesity, 心脏病, 姿势的问题, 糖尿病, 肌肉无力, 背痛等等. This is true even if you get regular exercise, although your risk is certainly minimized if you are active 30 to 60 minutes a day.

What can you do if your job or lifestyle keeps you in front of a computer or TV screen for hours a day? In addition to regular sustained exercise, take mini breaks during every hour of sitting. Just st和ing for a minute or two can help reduce the negative effect of sitting.

Get Out of Your Chair

• March in place for 60 seconds.
• St和 up when talking on the phone.
• Walk to someone's desk to deliver a message instead of sending an email.
• Set your computer to alert you once an hour to take a "st和ing" mini break.
• St和 up to visit the file cabinet instead of rolling over to it in your chair.
• Take a walk on your lunch break.

原地拉伸

• Stretch your arms, neck, legs 和 torso while sitting. This is good for both your circulation 和 muscles.

玩得开心

• Sit on a stability ball instead of a chair; you will burn calories as you stabilize your body's core.
• Keep an elastic b和 h和y to do stretches.
• Have some light free weights on h和.