“Standing for 3 hours a day, 5 days a week, burns 8lbs of fat per year.”
Source: BBC NewsSitting & Premature Death
As compared to people who sit for less than 4 hours per day
Sitting more than 11 hours a day increases your risk of dying prematurely by 40%
Sitting 8-11 hours increases your risk by 15%
Source: Archives of Medicine
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Your heart beats 10 times per minute higher when standing. Over a year, that adds up to 30,000+ calories burned, or the equivalent of running 10 marathons.
Source: BBC News
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Sitting more than 9 hours a day is a lethal activity. Each additional hour beyond that threshold cuts your life expectancy by 22 minutes. That’s equivalent to smoking 2 cigarettes.
Source: Circulation/University of Queensland/Huff Post
Reducing inactivity by increasing the time spent walking/standing every day is more effective than one hour of physical exercise.
Source: PLOS ONE
After 1 hour of sitting, the production of Lipoprotein Lipase, the enzyme that burns fat, decreases by as much as 90%
Source: Harvard Business Review
Take the easiest first step.
Standing more is a clinically proven way to improve your health. You don’t need to spend money on a gym membership you’ll barely use or follow some strict diet. By simply standing a few more hours a day at work, you’ll jump-start your path to a happier, healthier and more productive life. Isn’t it time you took the first step?
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