Did you know that sitting too much is a new disease!
- Did you know that people who sit for more than 23 hours/week are at an increased risk of heart disease?
- Did you know that when your body is sedentary for very long, the brain slows down because of lesser supply of fresh blood and oxygen?
- Take a few minutes and analyse how much time in your waking hours do you spend sitting? It is a lot isn’t it, especially now that we are most of time in front of our screens – mobile, laptop or television!
- Also this is very important – Did you know that an hour of daily exercise is not enough to fight the ill-effects of sitting all day?
Did you finish your stretches? Then let’s do some back strengthening exercises today.
So apart from our exercise routine, how else can we get moving on a regular basis? Get some tips from Madhura.
Jot down ideas of how you plan to get more movement into your day. We love the idea of setting an hourly alarm to remind you that you need to move! Take a break for ten minutes and do some stretches or some star jumps and get back to your work.
