Why Sitting Is Killing You...

And 10 Things You Can Do About It!

We're Not Designed to Sit

“Sitting is the New Smoking”

Dr. James Levine, Mayo Clinic

“Exercise is not a perfect antidote for sitting.” Marc Hamilton, Pennington Biomedical Research

Electrical Activity of Muscles

“The muscles go silent as a dead horse”

Increased Risk

Insulin effectiveness drops 40% in single day!

Interferes with Weight Loss

Enzymes that help breakdown fat drop 90%

People with sitting jobs have twice the rate of cardiovascular disease

as people with standing jobs.

Sitting 6+ hours per day makes you up to 40% likelier to die in 15 years than someone who sits less than 3.

Even if you exercise.

Sitting Ruins Your Spine

You're only as old as your spine.

Chinese proverb

Nerves Keep You Alive

Misalignment

Nerve Stress

Dysfunction

Dis-ease

Chiropractors adjust the spine to improve normal nerve function

Bro, do you even squat?

Chair Yoga

Small Movements

NEAT = Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis

Try Standing

Walk and TalkWalk and Talk

Time to move!Time to move!

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