Publisher's Synopsis
You Won't Want to Sit Down After Reading This... Did you know that the average person spends well over half their day seated in the workplace? This isn't a big surprise, but the truth is that there are short and long term consequences to being seated for long periods of time. Our culture is a sedentary one where sitting down is considered preferable to standing up. We do just about anything to keep from standing too long. Yet if you want better health, you have to be more aware of the effects of sitting down too long. In this book, the curtain is pulled back and the whole system is revealed: how sitting too long doesn't just make us heavier, but it also weighs us down in other ways. Heart disease, a top cause of death in both men and women, rises as our activity decreases. Evolution was designed to carry us to better and better versions of ourselves, yet we've gone in the wrong direction. We're not getting better, we're actually getting sicker! There has to be a solution to this problem. Real Solutions for Reversing the Infamous "Sitting Disease" There is indeed. In this book, the framework of activity is discussed as a whole using solid research, facts, and figures. The research points to what we already know from observation: we have to get back to being active. Our ancestors certainly didn't sit around, and neither should you! Pick up a copy of this book, and you'll learn:
- What eight to twelve hours of seated desk work really does to your muscles (hint: it's not good news)
- How consistent activity is only one piece of the puzzle
- How to weave in more period sof activity without taking anything out of your work day
- Super simple and easy-to-acquire tools that will have you burn fat over the long haul, keeping the weight off for life
- Why standing actually gives you more energy, not less
