A Scientific Study Revealed How Much Exercise Your Body Needs To Cancel Out A Day Of Sitting
Do you spend a lot of your day sitting at a desk? Many of us do, working away in front of a screen all day. And then we go home and spend more hours on the internet or watching TV. These days, we find we spend our lives sitting down, and that just isn’t good for us. But just how much movement do we need to do each day in order to counteract this stationary lifestyle?
Maybe you’re now working from home, so it’s become even harder for you to fit in exercise. You don’t get that walk to the office anymore, and, of course, you never have to run to catch a train or bus. Even getting to the gym has been hard for many in recent times.
It isn’t good for us to spend so long on our butts. Regardless if we’re in the home, office or at work, sitting down is hurting our health. But it’s not all bad news. It turns out that the harm can be entirely canceled out by doing a certain amount of physical activity. Do you think you are doing enough?
A recent study from the British Journal of Sports Medicine revealed how much that level of exercise is. And it’s crucial to try and get that into your life. Why? Because scientists have discovered that if you do, the chances are that you’ll live longer – and in better health.
Journal co-editor Emmanuel Stamatakis, who’s a professor at the University of Sydney, told U.K. tabloid Metro about the quality of the research in November 2020. He said it was “the best available science,” although he did suggest that there were “still some gaps in our knowledge.” One gap, he suggested, was that scientists weren’t sure “where exactly the bar for ‘too much sitting’ is.”
