ByDavid DiSalvo,
Senior Contributor.
Sitting is the new smoking, or so many headlines have told us. While that’s largely an exaggeration (smoking is dangerous in ways sitting can’t hope to imitate) it’s true that being sedentary is plenty bad for both body and mind. And the solution really can be as straightforward as putting one foot in front of the other – walking can take us from stationary peril to improved physical and mental health.
But how much do we need to walk? Can it be in increments, getting up from the computer and logging a few minutes here and there throughout the day? Or is trekking for longer spates of time the way to improved health?
I was wondering about this recently when I decided to buy a treadmill – not just as another thing to toss clothes on (I’ve done that before) but to really make a dent in what is otherwise hours upon hours of sitting in front of a computer alternating between zoom calls and typing.
