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Stop! Before Digging Deeper, go take a quick walk, get moving a bit and then come back! I promise you will feel better and perhaps even learn more!

Welcome back! Are you sitting to read this? Soon you may decide change your mind. Is there a link between increase mortality and time spent sitting? Read: Is sitting down bad for my health? Find out more here. Increased moderate to vigorous activity may actually help you live for a longer time! What should be encouraged? A healthy weight, a moving lifestyle and less sitting! Is a sedentary lifestyle really connected with an increased risk of poor health? Learn about the Effect of physical inactivity on major diseases! This article helps you discover which major diseases may be linked to just sitting around all day. Keep reading and find out how sitting too much can change one’s life expectancy. Interested in increasing or improving your lung capacity? STAND UP! If you do have to sit at work, read and find out which sitting posture is best.

You’ve been sitting awhile, struggling over some math problems. Your legs automatically move, your calf muscles compress. Why? This article on the skeletal muscle pump will explain. Here’s even more reasons to keep those calf muscles strong and in shape. Sit up in that chair, and don’t slump! Ever contemplate why your elders always told you this? Breathe deep and find out by reading about the respiratory pump and its importance.

Is there a link between lack of movement coronary heart disease, diabetes, and stroke recovery? Read about the study of postmen versus double-decker bus drivers and find out how their jobs may have affected their health. Diabetes is also affected by immobility. Read how here and here! Finally, stroke victims return faster to walking if they get mobile earlier. Learn why by reading this article summary.

The human body is designed for movement, and our skeleton includes 360 joints. More than 250 of those joints are able to move in more than one direction. This unique structure gives the human body the ability to perform a wide variety of movements. However, some of our joints are immobile and are instead structured to protect important organs, such as the brain.

Are you thinking about your lifestyle and what you spend your day doing? How can the school environment be changed to reflect what was learned in this lesson? What could you do to initiate changes in your school? Remember, changes can occur! Present good data about this topic and see what can result! Make your voice heard. Work in an office? What changes can you make to your environment to improve your own health and that of your co-workers? How about “standing desks?” Need evidence? Read: Sit More, And You’re More Likely to Be Disabled After Age 60. Need ideas to help you make changes? Read: Sitting Is The Smoking of Our Generation then listen to NPR’s: Stand Up, Walk Around, Even Just For 20 Minutes.
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Andrey Znobishchev
Did you stand up after this video?:)
well, I was impressed, that's why I stood up)
07/06/2015
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Joseph Malgeri • COMPLETED LESSON

Of course I did. I make it a habit to stand up every half hour, walk around for a minute or two, then do some exercises. I limit the push-ups to three sets of eighty.

07/06/2015
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Autumn Barowski • COMPLETED LESSON

Absolutely! lol. I'm a writer by profession, so I appreciated the reminder to get up once in a while and move around.

07/06/2015
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Joseph Malgeri • COMPLETED LESSON

Autumn, what do you write? I am finishing up another book, this one for teens, about the future. An earlier book, 80,000 words, about women in the workplace, was typed, following the guidance of the female voices in my head.

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Joseph Malgeri • COMPLETED LESSON

Autumn, are you the woman who wrote, "I'm just plain evil without my coffee?"

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Autumn Barowski • COMPLETED LESSON

I wish--lol. I do have it emblazoned on coffee cups, avatars, etc :) I write contemporary fiction.

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Steve Banko • Buffalo, NY, United States • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I write as well and always thought it best to be glued to my seat as a means of concentration. I started standing up and taking notes on an iPad while I paced. Can't tell if it is working yet but it's worth a try.

07/06/2015
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Joseph Malgeri • COMPLETED LESSON

So where does a body find such fiction? And, Steve, what do you write?

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Steve Banko • Buffalo, NY, United States • LESSON IN PROGRESS

I am a retired speech writer, Joe, and I do a lot of my own speaking about war and remembrance ... just did one here in Buffalo on the 4th of July ... I am also writing a novel based on my 16 months in Vietnam combat

07/06/2015
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Rina Karnaukh • Kirovohrad, Ukraine • LESSON IN PROGRESS

Sure :)
But I'm doing it quite often, because I just can't sit straight for more than... like 15 minutes?.. It irritates me sometimes, but since it even healthy... why not :D

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thea flanzer • COMPLETED LESSON

i did

07/06/2015
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Karen Jordan • COMPLETED LESSON

Yes, I actually walked 9/10 of a mile, something I've not done in months! GREAT topic!

07/06/2015
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Joseph Malgeri • COMPLETED LESSON

This is a nice distraction. Having recently completed a course called Learning How to Learn, I am taking courses in Public Speaking and Sustainability, and I am going to sign on for a course in politics after JFK.
At the moment I am prepping an informational speech, five to ten minutes long. for a class of people from all over the globe. The topic is the things you don't know about the USA. It's predicated on the assumption that most of what we know about each other comes from what we learn through the media, and media in every county frames information. I explain that many people will look at the recent events in Ferguson, NYC, Charleston, Cleveland, and elsewhere, and think we are a racist nation. But that's only the tip of the iceberg. People murder each other in every country based on themes, the dominant one being religion. What people don't know about the USA is how we suppress our own people.

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Abigail Johnson • COMPLETED LESSON

I had just come back from a walk so I was ready to hear this great information.

07/07/2015
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Leah Moore • COMPLETED LESSON

Nope, lol! I was comfy...

07/07/2015
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Dawn Kidd • COMPLETED LESSON

I have moved my computers (at work and home) to a higher position which requires me to stand, so I was not sitting when I watched the video!

07/09/2015
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Meloni Lewis • Pleasantville, PA, United States • COMPLETED LESSON

I wriggled around the entire time, then stood up, walked around, and went downstairs too afterwards.

07/21/2015
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Mary-Anne Spicer • COMPLETED LESSON

You can bet I did, I have been studying all day and have been trying to force myself to get up and take a break, this just kinda forced me haha. I feel much better now

04/06/2016
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