Is it worth it to break up the sitting table

In addition to breaking up sitting! And increasing high-intensity physical activity may be the easiest way to keep our hearts alive. If you really don't want to exercise, that's fine, just move your chair! After sitting for 40 minutes to an hour, get up and move your body. Get a glass of water, go to the bathroom, do some muscle stretching, etc. In addition, if you have enough time, you can also run, ride a bike. According to your own physical condition, each time can be controlled in 30 minutes -- 1 hour, 2-3 times a week, to increase the body's aerobic exercise capacity.

In a word, only good health leads to lasting productivity. Conditional friends can according to their own needs, choose the right table, ergonomic chair, cushion, lifting support and so on, of course, these are just tools, the most important thing is to change the bad habits of sitting for a long time. If you're planning on getting a lift desk, focus on the following:

The benefits of an elevated desk are:
You need to sit down less, stand up more, move more!
Your Angle is right, your height is right, your posture is right;
Finally, you can do both without a lift desk. Great!

Small details habit, often can decide big health! To learn more about the effects of sitting more often on chronic diseases, please pay attention to the latest courses on hyperglycemia and hyperuric acid by teacher Feng Xue from Fuwai Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.

Wen/Li Jing

Center for Healthy Lifestyle Medicine

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