March 17, 2016
Yes, I know chairs are inanimate objects. You can’t blame them. Wrong! It’s all in how you sit. Wrong! Even perfect sitting is still sitting. I’m gonna blame them. Your body is designed for regular movement, but most people spend the better part of their day sitting still instead. The average US adult spends nine to 10 hours each day sitting. Damn! Your ass is gonna fall fast asleep.
The body isn’t designed for sitting in an implosion pattern. The easier life gets the more we sit. Doing 9-10 hours of any activity (even sex) will wear you down. Although it would be nice to prove the sex theory. I’m up for the challenge.
My friend Katy Bowman, and frequent guest on the Stop Chasing Pain podcast (Click here for all SCP Episodes) says,
“Actively sedentary is a new category of people who are fit for one hour but sitting around the rest of the day… You can’t offset 10 hours of stillness with one hour of exercise.”
So let’s look at a few things…
The list could go on and on.
So what can you do?
Well, not sitting as much is a good start. Stand up and move more. One little trick is to stand up with a slight bend in your knees and rotate from side to side twenty times several times a day. Tapping into the transverse plane will skyrocket your movement patterning. When people get serious about movement they get twisted. Parts talk to each other. That’s a good thing.