January 17, 2023
Every Bit of Exercise Counts
A paper recently published in the prestigious journal Nature Medicine will revolutionize our approach to…
December 2, 2022
Do I need a Standing Desk?
Standing vs. Sitting I talk to lots of people about their office setups, but one…
November 19, 2022
Can Fidgeting Help You Live Longer?
The health benefits of fidgeting Likely you know someone who is a natural-born fidgeter; you…
August 15, 2022
Can how you sit help lower your cancer risk?
We know not only that moving is good for us but also that sedentary behavior…
July 9, 2022
Are 10,000 steps too many?
Are 10,000 steps too many? “Ten thousand steps” is now a well-ingrained idea that even…
June 6, 2022
Staying Awake at Work
Staying Awake at Work Staying awake at work has been a problem since the beginning…
March 9, 2022
Active Sitting: Can it keep you young?
It is a personal failing of mine that I don’t monitor my phone very carefully,…
February 20, 2022
Are You Sitting Too Much? Here are the symptoms of “sitting disease”
What is sitting disease? “Sitting disease” is not a specific disease recognized by doctors. Rather,…
November 2, 2021
Mindful Sitting
Sometime ago I introduced a statistician programmer friend, Ramiro, to active sitting, and his eyes…
September 21, 2021
What “Big Chair” Doesn’t Want You to Know
As with many other industries, a handful of companies make almost all of the “ergonomic”…
May 20, 2021
Effortless Fitness: Why there are no gyms in Japan
Japanese people embrace walking as regular exercise. As a result, few people use gyms, but…
March 26, 2021
Sitting for Sport
Every year, millions of people spend money on products that claim to improve their sports…
