Sitting all day is shortening your life.

If you spend more than 8 hours a day sitting, read this. https://t.co/r4DJC569kY

People sit more than ever before.

If you're a typical office worker, you likely sit for 15 hours a day or more.

This is wreaking havoc on your health, posture and increasing risk of deadly diseases.

Each hour you spend sitting increases risk of death by 1%. For every hour over 8 hours, the risk increases 4%

https://t.co/DkzqYDoqLt

Here are 9 problems associated with excessive sitting:

1. Nerve damage

Prolonged sitting and poor posture causes pinched nerves, causing pain. 

Over time this can result in nerve damage and loss of sensation.

This is the cause of problems like sciatica, and neck pain.

2. Decreased blood flow

Sitting for prolonged hours leads to poor circulation of blood throughout the body.

Blood pools in your feet & legs, preventing nutrients from getting where they're needed.

If you've already got nerve pain this will be harmful and worsen the symptoms.

3. Muscle loss

Losing muscle WILL happen as you age if you don't use your muscles and do regular strengthening activites.

Muscle mass loss is HIGHLY correlated with lack of activity.

See this thread for how (and why) to stop it

https://t.co/2zsTm1bO2g

4. Poor posture

We're not meant to spend a third of our lives sitting in chairs, at desks, looking at screens or down at phones.

It's teaching our bodies that is the default position, tightening muscles that should be relaxed & weakening others that need to be strong.

See this thread for the effects on posture of prolonged sitting, and what to do about it:

https://t.co/pYWnlHVXXx

5. Increased obesity risk

Obesity is caused by weight gain, which is caused by consistently consuming more calories than you burn.

Managing calorie intake is CRUCIAL. 

But not moving exacerbates the problem further and makes weight gain more likely.

6. Increased type 2 diabetes risk

Excessive sitting correlates with increased type 2 diabetes risk - probably because of the increased likelihood of being overweight.

https://t.co/1wSftnzA2v

7. Increased cardiovascular disease risk

Excessive sitting also correlated with increased cardiovascular disease risk

https://t.co/zYa4B6uDvT

8. Excessive lower back strain

Sitting all day will tighten lower back muscles & hamstrings, weaken glutes and abs and contribute to anterior pelvic tilt.

This will cause back pain, and if you are overweigh it will be exacerbated further. https://t.co/eRJ3qdnp8a

9. Negative impact on mental wellbeing

This study found that increased sitting led to significantly increased stress, anxiety, and despite controlling for sex, economic level, BMI, underlying disease, and health mangement.

https://t.co/gkIytBAYM7

9 ways sitting more than 8 hours a day is ruining your health:

1. Nerve damage
2. Decreased blood flow
3. Muscle loss
4. Poor posture
5. Increased obesity
6. Increased type 2 diabetes
7. Increased CVD risk
8. Excessive lower back strain
9. Increased stress, anxiety & depression

If you want to improve your mental and physical health, you need to get more active.

A simple strength training program that takes 10-20 minutes per day, plus walking, will make a huge difference.

I got stronger and built muscle with workouts lasting 15-20 minutes. 

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