Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body than you can imagine

Re:Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body tha... by DigitalSea on Sunday October 01, 2017 @06:50AM (#15377241)

In our office we started a lunchtime walk. We eat our lunch and whoever wants to participate, we head out for a 30 minute walk. It might not be enough, but it's better than the nothing before.

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Re:Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body tha... by rubber_duck on Sunday October 01, 2017 @07:30AM (#15377355)

Walking is not time efficient, you're better off doing 10 mins of HIIT than an hour of walking.

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Re:Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body tha... by jgorn on Sunday October 01, 2017 @07:42AM (#15377392)

If I do HIIT, I'll definitely need a shower which takes time and resources. A 30 min walk? Not as much.

Sometimes the practical solution isn't the most efficient.

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Re:Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body tha... by rubber_duck on Monday October 02, 2017 @04:03AM (#15382340)

I wasn't suggesting you should do HIIT at work (although we used to take an hour gym breaks during lunch at my previous office since we had a gym next door to the office), but rather do 10 mins of exercise at home and get more benefits while saving 20 mins of time.

I mean if you're chatting with coworkers and relaxing during the walk then it's a different story - but if you're just in to it for health benefits - like I've seen people suggest walking home from work, etc. - just take the shorter route and do proper exercise.

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Re:Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body tha... by daxelrod on Sunday October 01, 2017 @10:59AM (#15378155)

For me, it wasn't about efficiency. Walking turned out to be the one thing I could work into my routine and actually do consistently every day. A big reason was that I enjoyed it.

Threre are a couple health benefits that walking has over HIIT. For my particular case, my doctor told me that the amount of time I sustained an elevated heart rate was more important than how hard I pushed myself (don't try to walk the same distance in a shorter time, instead walk for longer). And there are cognitive benefits unique to walking [1].

I can't speak for anyone else, but waking turned out to be my gateway drug to all kinds of other healthy lifestyle changes.

[1] https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/10/walking-f...

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Re:Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body tha... by eugeneionesco on Sunday October 01, 2017 @07:38AM (#15377386)

Yes but how many places have the infrastucture to do HIIT? Come on, let's be serious here...

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Re:Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body tha... by erl on Sunday October 01, 2017 @07:46AM (#15377405)

You can easily do HIIT with minimal infrastructure. Burpees and jumping squats for example will get your pulse up in no time.

It will likely require a shower afterwards though which might pose a problem.

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Re:Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body tha... by pmarreck on Sunday October 01, 2017 @09:10AM (#15377657)

ok so to make this happen in an office setting, we'd perhaps need

1) A 60 degree F room to stave off sweating

2) Enough exercise to be healthy but that stops just short of making you sweat

3) (2) is variable based on body weight of course

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Re:Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body tha... by rubber_duck on Monday October 02, 2017 @04:00AM (#15382323)

My point is skip the office setting, do 10 mins of workout at home before you shower and save 20 mins of time.

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Re:Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body tha... by pmarreck on Monday October 02, 2017 @09:57AM (#15383856)

I'd say do 20 minimum but your point is taken

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