Live Dangerously: Sit
Live Dangerously: Sit. Sitting is risky business for your muscles. It’s no newsflash that sedentary behavior is unhealthy, but as a posture, sitting is detrimental in ways many people don’t consider. We think of sitting as a relaxing pose and it certainly doesn’t require much energy expenditure. But prolonged sitting is not natural for human beings whose evolutionary claim to fame is the upright position and flowing symphony of movement known as walking. Only in recent times are people more likely to sit for long periods while working, traveling and playing. This aberrant behavior is fatiguing...