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Are you sitting down? It's slowly killing you. Regular workouts don't decrease death risk.
MSNBC ^
| July 23, 2010
| Live Science staff
Posted on 07/23/2010 10:25:43 PM PDT by SmartInsight
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Is the message that you need to spend all your time "outside work" running, or that if you can't do that, don't bother getting regular exercise, because it won't make any difference?
Also -- this comparison "ouside work", not taking into account work, is ridiculous -- some people have office jobs, where they sit all day, other people do physical work all day.
I personally think this is a flawed study and the results are meaningless.
To: SmartInsight
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posted on
07/23/2010 10:28:38 PM PDT
by
SmartInsight
(Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote. ~ G. J. Nathan)
To: SmartInsight
I guess I could build a standing desk, but then I’d probably die of sore feet.
Oh well, everyone has to die of something, eventually...
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posted on
07/23/2010 10:29:20 PM PDT
by
Ronin
To: SmartInsight
I don’t exercise for longevity. I exercise in order to be strong and healthy enough to enjoy whatever scope of life is granted me.
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posted on
07/23/2010 10:29:33 PM PDT
by
Mr Ramsbotham
("O nation miserable . . . when shalt thou see thy wholesome days again . . . .?")
To: SmartInsight
Jim Fixx...my work is done here.
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posted on
07/23/2010 10:31:24 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(Never buy a putter until you first get a chance to throw it)
To: SmartInsight
MSNBC... an organization who's brilliant scientific acumen is exhibited in their continual attempts to revive the disgraced anthropomorphic global warming scam.
They should stick to reporting about Miley Ray Cyrus and Lidsay Lohan - that is more their area of expertise.
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posted on
07/23/2010 10:33:10 PM PDT
by
MrEdd
(Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
To: SmartInsight
My ultimate dream ... to die sitting in front of my computer. As much time as I spend in this chair, my dream has a good chance of happening.
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posted on
07/23/2010 10:35:15 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Martyrdom is a great thing, until it is your turn.)
To: SmartInsight
Extended sitting carries its own risks, in extreme cases resulting in embolisms. I wonder if periodic freeping breaks are benefic
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posted on
07/23/2010 10:43:33 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: SmartInsight
I personally think this is a flawed study and the results are meaningless. You're correct in thinking such.
The article is such a steaming heap of horses**t that it's not worth taking the time to refute it.
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posted on
07/23/2010 10:44:23 PM PDT
by
AAABEST
(Et lux in tenebris lucet: et tenebrae eam non comprehenderunt)
To: SmartInsight
Whether I die tomorrow or in 40 years, I feel much better when I get some exercise and spend time outside. ...and I have to figure that losing 25lbs from the exercise and diet has made SOME difference.
At least I’ll die healthy and won’t require a forklift to get my body out of the house.
To: AAABEST
It does seem hard to believe that a sedentary pursuit would so completely negate the effect of periodic exercise. Otherwise we’d have schoolchildren dying off in droves.
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posted on
07/23/2010 10:55:51 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: Ronin
Oh well, everyone has to die of something, eventually...Time is killing us all ... just look at those guys!
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posted on
07/23/2010 10:56:22 PM PDT
by
dr_lew
To: SmartInsight
Except for workouts, I try to spend as much time as possible lying down.
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posted on
07/23/2010 10:59:15 PM PDT
by
Arthur McGowan
(In Edward Kennedy's America, federal funding of brothels is a right, not a privilege.)
To: Ronin
Imagine the back problems you’d have it you were standing most of every day. Especially if you are over 30.
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posted on
07/23/2010 11:01:42 PM PDT
by
Persevero
(Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
To: stylin19a
To 5 - Witty post, though he was an anomaly.
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posted on
07/23/2010 11:10:44 PM PDT
by
jla
To: SmartInsight
We were created to be gardeners. ;)
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posted on
07/23/2010 11:33:55 PM PDT
by
RobRoy
(The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
To: SmartInsight
It sounds like the occupation media mouthpiece is pushing pol pot style shovel ready jobs.
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posted on
07/23/2010 11:37:18 PM PDT
by
PA Engineer
(Liberate America from the occupation media.)
To: SmartInsight
Another study concluded that 96% of dead people end up laying down
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posted on
07/23/2010 11:42:07 PM PDT
by
woofie
To: SmartInsight
Men who sat more than six hours a day (also outside of work) were 18 percent more likely to die than those who sat fewer than three hours per day.
Looks like I'm screwed. I'm not on my butt more than 2 hours and usually not on my back more than 6-7.
Always figured I had a 100% chance to die.
Also figured I have a 100% chance of being accountable directly thereafter.
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posted on
07/23/2010 11:49:12 PM PDT
by
Gun142
(Where Will You Be When You Get Where You're Going? -- Jerry Clower)
To: stylin19a
Jim Fixx...my work is done here.Yeah, he ran more than Forest Gump and died in his forties. He was a vegetarian too if I remember correctly. When they opened him up, they said his arteries were as clear as a newborn's.
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posted on
07/24/2010 12:16:41 AM PDT
by
TheThinker
(Communists: taking over the world one kooky doomsday scenerio at a time.)
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