Additionally, "physically demanding work" is also a proxy for "low probability of obesity".
Me: <laughs in British builders>
I haven't known many workers in that trade but all my experience is with thin and deceptively strong men who look permanently beat up from years of labor and small accumulated accidents.
Besides, just seek out the data instead of spouting glib anecdotes
Anyone have a good reco for a chair that doesn't do this? Does it have a hole in the middle or something?
I'm a highly active person with regular exercise (weights, cardio, etc.) but I'm also in sedentary IT and have a setup that allows me to recline/lie down when I'm not standing.
I basically decided years ago when I started having lower back issues (despite the healthy BMI/activity level) to declare war on "sitting" and only do it when I absolutely have to (driving/social functions etc.).
Reclining/lying down while working (coupled w/ standing) at least for me eliminated all of these issues and I'm now curious if it would eliminate the sitting related sperm count issues as well.
I've had a really hard time finding a comfortable working position over the last 12 months due to back pain. I've tried lap desks on a recliner but they're a pain, especially when I need to get up. I'm trying to avoid the urge to get one of those monstrous, expensive, futuristic reclining workstations.
It works for me. Back pain went away in about a week.
Standing desks take some getting used to but they don't cause back pain for me. Only sitting does (prob my posture or something but oh well)
> Men also reported the level of physical exertion in their current job using the following categories: light (e.g. most time spent sitting, office work)... https://academic.oup.com/humrep/advance-article/doi/10.1093/...
Sitting inherently causes the nerves and blood vessels in the groin to be impinged, so it would not be surprising if that was enough to lower the production of sperm, testosterone, etc.
It would be nice if they could control for sitting, so we could know if lifting heavy objects is causing the increase in sperm count, like the press release suggests.