Sitting

“Stop for a second and notice the way you are sitting. Back curved, shoulders slumped, maybe legs crossed?” Yes. “For people who spend the day staring at a computer screen, this position is fairly typical. But what is it doing to your spine, if anything?” Personalizing it??

Pickup Lines If Sitting Is the New Smoking

“Sitting Is the Smoking of Our Generation”
 — Harvard Business Review

We all know that sitting will kill you, but the sad news is that standing will kill you, too, and the best way to stay alive is to move around at regular intervals. Related: What’s a good way to start liking cigarettes? [Via]

“Go into cubeland in a tightly controlled corporate environment and you immediately sense that there is a malaise about being tied behind a computer screen seated all day. The soul of the nation is sapped, and now it’s time for the soul of the nation to rise.” — Dr. James Levine is on a…