{"id":1100,"date":"2013-08-27T19:28:23","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T02:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.28.65.156\/~avcelitetraining\/?p=1100"},"modified":"2016-02-01T10:17:46","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T17:17:46","slug":"how-much-do-you-move-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.avcelitetraining.com\/newsite\/how-much-do-you-move-daily\/","title":{"rendered":"How much do you move daily?"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, you do a great job training and working out consistently<\/a>, but what about the rest of your day?<\/p>\n

\"Working<\/a>How much of the remainder of your day is spent sitting? Whether it is due to a desk job, a long commute to and from work, or sitting in front of a computer, it is important to take a look at your daily physical activity<\/strong> as well.<\/p>\n

A growing body of research is showing how hours of prolonged sitting is shortening our life span significantly and that\u2019s even if one is very active and exercises on a consistent basis!\u00a0 One study revealed that uninterrupted sitting for 6 hours a day can shave as much as 5 years off of one\u2019s life!<\/p>\n

Exercise is critical to our physical well-being which is a given, but exercise alone does not counter the damaging effects of remaining motionless for hours on end<\/strong>. According to Marc Hamilton, an inactivity researcher at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center,<\/a> \u201cexcessive sitting causes electrical activity in the muscles to drop which in turn can cause a cascade of harmful metabolic effects\u201d including:<\/p>\n