Did you know that the habit of spending most of the time in a sitting position is slowly killing us? Most people know to get up every 45 minutes, and that, in general, all muscles feel numb if you sit for a long period of time.
This habit can shorten our lives, and this has already been demonstrated scientifically. Do you think this is an exaggeration? Try to recreate the route and schedule of a typical workday in your head.
You wake up in the morning, prepare for a new day, and go to work.
If you are driving, you have already lost from the very beginning any chance to do "extreme" sports on public transport. But if you are riding the latter, then it is more than likely that you get into the seat every time, whether it be a bus or subway. Even if the motive is to avoid crowds and crowds, you are still sitting.
When you arrive at work, sit comfortably in a chair. Many of us have a habit of not getting up from there until we can feel our buttocks, and when the stiff neck muscles are desperately sending nerve arrows to the receptors of the brain, “Hey, we are numb! Are we going to do some exercise?"
The way back home is no different. Arriving home, regardless of whether you start doing housework or taking care of the children, will end the same way - you will sit on the sofa in the living room in front of the TV. And then smoothly move into the bedroom for the bones to rest a little more.
A typical working person's daily routine suggests that you spend most of the day sitting, putting a lot of stress on your spine and neck muscles. Returning to the conclusion, scientists can summarize: a sedentary lifestyle is killing you.
In their opinion, prolonged inactivity, even if you sometimes visit the gym, is bad for your health. While research is still preliminary, previous evidence suggests that people who spend most of their day sitting are more likely to experience serious problems such as obesity or even heart attacks.
After four hours in a seated position, the body begins to send out “harmful” signals. The hormones that regulate glucose and fat levels in the body begin to limit their activities. All this leads to the deposition of fat.
Even those people who do physical education from time to time are not exempt from these troubles if they spend the rest of the time sitting in a chair or on a chair. Experts advise to alternate these periods.
Another study published last year in Canada confirms the Swedish data. Under the supervision of scientists were about 17,000 Canadians. Inactive people who spent most of their time sitting in a chair or chair experienced greater risks for death from various diseases directly related to physical activity compared to those who maintained the good habit of moving more often. Although the researchers have come to some conclusions, they have not yet had time to analyze the nuances. Thus, while they believe that a sedentary image is very harmful to health, they cannot yet say how harmful it is.
Thus, for our own good, seating periods should be interrupted as often as possible.
Even if we spend our entire day in the office, we need to find as many reasons as possible to get out of the chair. For example, if you want to take a break and tell your colleague a funny story, you don’t need to do it through electronic means, but get up and walk to his office. This way, you can kill two birds with one stone: you move and strengthen relationships at work.
