http://boingboing.net/2014/09/10/walking-for-5-minhour-prevent.html
and
http://news.indiana.edu/releases/iu/2014/09/slow-walking-sitting-study.shtml
A quick note -
A simple, slow five-minute walk per hour can reverse the deleterious effects of prolonged sitting! Prolonged sitting creates slack muscles in the legs and torso which fail to pump blood effectively, causing the arteries of the legs to lose their ability to expand to accommodate increased blood flow. This decrease in ability is an early marker of greater cardiovascular disease.
This is the first experimental evidence available to suggest that a short break in sitting - as little as 5 minutes of walk at a 2-mile-per-hour pace - can help stave off a decline in the arterial functionality, and aid in reversing the effects of the sitting. It was also a very small study - 11 male subjects in total, non-obese, and relatively healthy and young (ages 20-35).
and
http://news.indiana.edu/releases/iu/2014/09/slow-walking-sitting-study.shtml
A quick note -
A simple, slow five-minute walk per hour can reverse the deleterious effects of prolonged sitting! Prolonged sitting creates slack muscles in the legs and torso which fail to pump blood effectively, causing the arteries of the legs to lose their ability to expand to accommodate increased blood flow. This decrease in ability is an early marker of greater cardiovascular disease.
This is the first experimental evidence available to suggest that a short break in sitting - as little as 5 minutes of walk at a 2-mile-per-hour pace - can help stave off a decline in the arterial functionality, and aid in reversing the effects of the sitting. It was also a very small study - 11 male subjects in total, non-obese, and relatively healthy and young (ages 20-35).
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