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Exercise won't do much good if you sit around all day and night

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So wait, if you sit for most of the day it will cancel out the hour you exercised? Sheesh why even bother.

Eh. Social Security and the country are going to pot anyway.
 
150 minutes a week of 'moderately intense' aerobics is pretty weak. That's about 20 minutes a day, and I'm gonna guess they define their intensity by heartrate.

...the 140-150bpm that I seem to see commonly recommended, is not shit. Fat people may exceed that going up a flight of stairs.

Anyway, of course that won't be adequate if that's literally all the exercise you get, and the vast majority of your work and personal time is spent sitting down. Like most 'studies,' this seems like something that does not really require studying to figure out.
 
I was curious, so I just bought a Fitbit on Amazon a few mins ago.

My job involves constant walking so it should be interesting.
 
moonbogg said:
What a load of crap. Try running 10 miles twice a week and tell me it doesn't do SHIT.
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You can run 10 miles in an hour and fifteen minutes?

That's pretty impressive.

Either way, while I would agree that a couple long cardio sessions are better than lots of tiny short ones...it's still going to take more to burn off a week of sedentary cheeseburger eating.

Mixolydian said:
I was curious, so I just bought a Fitbit on Amazon a few mins ago.

My job involves constant walking so it should be interesting.
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Walking at work is not the same as actual blood-pumping, heavy-breathing, sweating cardio.

All work does for me is keep my leg and back muscles a little more toned than they would otherwise be.
 
Far too many of these studies are chicken or the egg arguments. Is the sitting groups worse health strictly because of sitting, or because those spending most of the day on their ass are also more likely to be shoving truck loads of processed foods in their gullet? I skimmed the article as it's a bit long, so forgive me if I missed some details, but I didn't see anything showing where they studied two groups of in shape individuals, with healthy diets and a solid exorcize schedule.

That said, it should be obvious to anyone with a brain that sitting is worse for you than spending that time being active, but we don't need studies for that.

:Edit: Looks like I missed the first article, was reading the Sitting is Killing You one, though this first one doesn't seem to be saying anything different.
 
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The key to anything is moderation. People probably do sit way more than they should these days, but telling them exercising doesn't 'counter' it is counter productive.

Next month there will be a study saying standing too much increases your chances of an aneurism.
 
motsm said:
Far too many of these studies are chicken or the egg arguments. Is the sitting groups worse health strictly because of sitting, or because those spending most of the day on their ass are also more likely to be shoving truck loads of processed foods in their gullet? I skimmed the article as it's a bit long, so forgive me if I missed some details, but I didn't see anything showing where they studied two groups of in shape individuals, with healthy diets and a solid exorcize schedule.
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IIRC, it was a meta-analysis study of existing data. They didn't actually conduct a new experiment with a control group.
 
Can't imagine standing around all day. Feet would hurt and probably eventually get joint issues at knees. Can only stand for so long till I need to take a break. Can't imagine typing or doing any real work while standing either, just too awkward. Would be even worse for people who are like 200lbs.

I've been sitting for 28 years and have not died yet, I think I'll continue to sit and just move around once in a while like I've always done. I do need to work out more though... but if sitting cancels it out, then why bother at this point. 😛
 
phucheneh said:
You can run 10 miles in an hour and fifteen minutes?

That's pretty impressive.

Either way, while I would agree that a couple long cardio sessions are better than lots of tiny short ones...it's still going to take more to burn off a week of sedentary cheeseburger eating.



Walking at work is not the same as actual blood-pumping, heavy-breathing, sweating cardio.

All work does for me is keep my leg and back muscles a little more toned than they would otherwise be.
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I just blew out 11 miles, came home and pigged out like a bastard. Do it your way, bro. My shit works.
 
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