As
a writer you know that it takes long hours at your computer or at your
writing desk to complete your master piece. Whether you’re a New York
Times bestselling author or a first time novelist your chair and you
have probably become very well acquainted. Of course these days it’s not
just writers who spend a lot of time in the seated position.
The
desk job has become the norm in America and across most of the Western
world. Many of us are virtually chained to our desks, working on our
computers, answering emails, teleconferencing and doing Skype meetings.
For most, the only reason to get up out of our chairs is to take a quick
bathroom break, and then it’s back to the desk to type up that report
or send out that follow-up e-mail. According to a poll of 6,300 people
by the Institute for Medicine and Public Health, Americans spend an
average of 56 hours each week just sitting. That’s up by eight percent
in the last twenty years. We are also contending with longer commutes to
work, leaving us sitting in our car fighting traffic for longer periods
of time each day, and causing us to be more sedentary than ever
before. But it’s not just our jobs that encourage all this sedentary
behavior; it’s also what we do when we are off work.
If
you’re a writer working on that breakout novel that will get you out of
that dead end job, coming home after a hard day’s work often means
sitting back down in front of your computer for three or four more
hours. While this is clearly admirable and absolutely necessary to bring
your dreams to life it may be playing havoc with your health.
Even
if you’re not working on that novel your down time may be problematic
to your activity levels. Television, or as my father so fondly called
it, the “boob tube,” has been a favorite after-work pastime since the
1950s. Today, Americans spend 151 hours every month watching television,
and most of that time is spent sitting down. Each year the
entertainment industry is coming up with more and more reasons for us to
have a seat and enjoy an ever-widening variety of entertainment
options. My satellite provider boasts more than 250 channels including
music, sports and movies along with all the network and cable offerings.
That’s more than enough to keep the average American glued to the couch
almost every night of the week. With websites like Hulu you can stream
current and past TV shows at your convenience; add to that video games,
social networking sites like Facebook, My Space, Twitter and LinkedIn,
and you can see why many of us seem to be growing roots from our butts
deep into the couch.
What’s
the big deal you say? So we spend a little more time sitting around. It
can’t be that bad for us can it? The answer to that question is yes it can.
Is your chair killing you? All the latest research says yes. According
new studies from places like the Mayo clinic, Harvard University,
Louisiana State Universities Pennington Biomedical research Center,
University of Sydney in Australia and the University of Hong Kong in
China point to increased health risks to people who sit for extended
periods of time. By simply sitting too much you significantly raise your
risk of getting lifestyle diseases like diabetes, heart disease, kidney
disease, stroke, obesity and certain forms of cancer. Even worse doing
30-60 minutes of exercise a day won’t undo the damage that too much
sitting causes.
All
this might seem like very bad news. I mean, if sitting for long periods
of time is deadly and exercise won’t save us then we’re doomed, doomed I tell you!
Whoa…dial
it back my pessimistic friend, because the solution is actually
incredibly simple. In my book Is Your Chair Killing You? I show you just
how to combat sitting disease and improve your health and help you lose
weight. Best of all the cure is actually super easy, can be done almost
anywhere and takes as little as 8 minutes a day. In this ground
breaking book you will learn how to stay active all day long and still
be productive and actually improve creativity. So buy Is Your Chair
Killing You? and you can finish that novel and still live long enough to
enjoy the fruits of your labors.
Sitting
for extended periods of time is as bad for your health as smoking
cigarettes. And exercising for 30-60 minutes a day isn’t enough to undo
the damage from extended periods of sitting. Is Your Chair Killing You
reveals shocking new research showing that sitting for long periods
greatly increases your risk of developing obesity, heart disease,
diabetes, stroke and cancer. Our bodies were designed to move constantly
over the course of the day, but most of us sit for hours a day at work
and at home! Fitness and wellness expert and award-winning author Kent
Burden has created brief, simple movements you can incorporate into your
daily life to combat the damaging effects of sitting. These simple
movements, done standing for 1-5 minutes each hour will burn calories,
energize and refresh you, and you won’t even break a sweat; you’ll even
improve your back pain. This book is a how-to for weight loss and
disease prevention. Read this book–you’ll be healthier in as little as 8
minutes a day.
Nominated for the Dan Poynter Global Ebook Awards and won honorable mention at the Los Angeles Book Festival
Buy Now @ Amazon
Genre – Non-Fiction
Rating – G
More details about the author
Website http://www.kentburden.com/
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