It’s trendy to talk about the dangers of sitting and brilliant videos like this one from Ted.com do a great job of showing why sitting for long periods at a time is risky.
The damage is real and you need to be aware of it.
However, I feel that we miss the most important part.
In the video, pay special attention to how you were born to move.
Every tool in your body — muscles, tissues, skin, bones — is structured for movement.
Even if sitting wasn’t bad for you… do you want to spend your life not exploring what it can do?
That’s the real question.
Not “how can I remind myself to keep moving every 30 minutes?” but:
“Can I learn to do handstands?”
“What are the martial arts?”
“What’s it like to do a backflip?”
“What if I learned to dance?”
“What does surfing feel like?”
Avoiding the dangers of sitting is important. But it becomes a moot point when you become curious about how your body can move and what you can do.
The antidote to desk-life isn’t a reminder app. It’s curiosity.
The more curious you become about different movement — martial arts, dance, parkour, capoeira, yoga, gymnastics, calisthenics, the more the worry of “sitting too long” becomes irrelevant.
What types of movement dhave you built into your life?
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