![]() ![]() The study found sedentary workers who exercised were at just as high risk for health issues as those who didn’t exercise regularly. Author Doug Dupont summarized a 2013 study in his article Sitting at Your Desk Is Eating Your Muscles. That’s right – even if you work out religiously it might still not be quite enough to undo the hours you spend on Facebook and YouTube. You are actually healing in a shortened muscular state that remains static, slowly solidifying the new connections your body is making. If you have poor posture with shoulders forward, a curve in your spine, and collapsed hips, your body is literally healing the micro-tears and micro-trauma into this poor position. You’ve passed the sixty-minute threshold so your body has absorbed a majority of the nutrients it’s going to from your meal. You work out for an hour at the gym, then shower, eat, and head to work. In fact, it might sound dramatic, but the time you spend sitting in a desk is also undermining your workout time, as noted in coach Jeff Kuhland’s article, How You’re Sabotaging Your Posture and Your Time in the Gym: Working a desk job means more time spent indoors, less time spent moving, and too much time spent in hunched-over typing positions that contribute to a number of health issues. Perhaps it’s true that the grass is always greener on the other side, but working at a desk all day does have some serious side effects on our bodies. The primary complaint among non-desk workers was exhaustion from being on their feet all day. Over half of the workers noted this disadvantage. A recent survey found that the number one complaint among desk workers was lack of physical activity. ![]()
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