The average worker spends over five hours and 40 minutes sitting at their job every day and a new study says it’s bad for your health, with some claiming the long-term effects of sitting can be as bad as smoking.
Dr. Michael Jensen, from the Mayo Clinic, joined KDKA Radio’s Larry Richert and John Shumway […]
A study of Australian office workers in the journal Human Factors in 2009 found that people perform best at computer tasks when sitting. Standing reduced their work-rate slightly — while walking around while working had an even worse impact.
Asking staff to swap their chairs for stability balls does not help, either. These are designed […]
Save yourself from ‘sitting disease’… use a stand up desk (which comes with built in treadmill) ‘Over the last 150 years, we’ve become chair-imprisoned. We are behind a screen all day at work. We are in a car or bus getting to and from work. And in the evening, we are in a chair watching television or surfing the Internet,’ Dr Levine said. ‘We’ve gone from being on our legs all day to being on our bottoms all day.’ […]
“I Put In 5 Miles at the Office” (New York Times) Treadmill desk facilitates working and working out (phillyburbs.com) Desk treadmill allows users to do their work while getting a workout (Detroit Free Press)
Sitting Slows Metabolism – How to Not Sit Still? 10 Tips to Stop Sitting Still
By Wendy Bumgardner, About.com
Sitting still might be killing you. In the short run, it may be slowing your metabolism so you burn less fat when you finally get up and exercise. That is the concern of Dr. Marc T. […]
I have had this treadmill desk for a few months now and I have not used it as much as I planned. But wait, I have a good excuse. I have sciatica. I had to stop running and speed walking with my friends because it was kicking up something bad. I get a steroid shot […]
The Difference Between Home Treadmills vs. Health Club Treadmills
From Fred Waters A treadmill for commercial use must stand constant daily usage. Generally they are built like a tank. A treadmill for home use is a whole different story. Rather than running for 10 hours a day, it may only get used several hours […]
My son is in the 5th grade. He is a video game kid. He loves the Wii, Sony Playstation, and his Nintendo DS. I enjoy playing those with him myself. Neither of us is into exercise. We tried to get him into soccer, baseball, and we go boating and knee boarding, but he likes to […]