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janincoAug 9, 2010
So going to the gym in the morning, doesn't make up for being on Digg the rest of the day?
Shoot...
geogeerAug 9, 2010
I'm screwed.
ltpenguinAug 10, 2010
What if you don't go to the gym at all?
norman619Aug 10, 2010
Then you're good.
werfwerAug 10, 2010
Digg is saved !
riverstyxAug 10, 2010
What if, hypothetically, I dont do "Too Much" sitting. Say I just sit once and dont get up?
numbskiAug 10, 2010
Then you lose. :P
Seriously, I know it sucks. I life pretty much every day, and it is next to impossible to manage cholesterol and body fat. I eat relatively clean too.
proficientAug 10, 2010
I am fully justified in staying at home all day now.
sd70macmanAug 10, 2010
I already knew work was boring, but I never though it was out to kill me.
Closed AccountAug 10, 2010
This account has been closed by the user
evildeadashAug 10, 2010
Nah, just until V4 comes out.
norman619Aug 10, 2010
LOL!!! Everyone has a 100% risk of death. Death is the only thing we know with 100% certainty will come for all of us. You should workout because it makes you healthier. Because it makes you feel good. If you are worried about death then you have other issues you need to deal with.
denebgarzaAug 10, 2010
Being healthy is just a slow way to die :)
But yeah I doubt anyone goes to the gym thinking about death. They just want to be healthy... so they won't die as fast. So being healthy is still indirectly (or subconsciously?) thinking about death.
norman619Aug 10, 2010
Nothing wrong with being aware of your mortality. That is healthy. When you worry about the inevitable and let it run your life then it becomes a problem. I know a few people like that and it's sad.
anothersoldierAug 10, 2010
actually I enjoy going to the gym. If I don't to the gym I feel like I havn't accomplished anything today. So by going to the gym I get satisfaction out of life. I may not live longer according to this article, but atleast I'll be happy and satisifed doing so.
norman619Aug 10, 2010
Another:
Same here. I go to the gym because I love the high you get from a workout. I get the side effects of being in shape and good cardiovascular health which are great! If I didn't enjoy the gym I wouldn't go. To me quality of life is far more important than the quantity.
denebgarzaAug 10, 2010
Well put guys. A round of applause for us wise, healthy people! Hahah.
covertbadgerAug 10, 2010
"They just want to be healthy... so they won't die as fast"
Er, no. I want to be healthy because I don't want to gas in the first round of a fight. I want to be healthy because I like the way my clothes fit. I want to be healthy because my girlfriend loves my flat stomach. I want to be healthy so that I can outrun you when the zombie apocalypse comes.
denebgarzaAug 10, 2010
Not gassing isn't being healthy. It's having good cardio. I know people with good cardio who aren't healthy because of all their other lifestyle habits.
Being skinny isn't synonymous with being healthy either... at all.
Zombie part, again, cardio.
covertbadgerAug 10, 2010
Having good cardio is part of being healthy. And who said anything about being skinny? Flat stomach != 'skinny'. All the things I listed are things that I get by being healthy. I'm not sure why you decided to dissect my list and then try to argue that the dissected pieces in isolation aren't 'healthy', but whatever.
breauxnaAug 10, 2010
If I never sit I will LIVE FOREVER!
michaelgurbiszAug 10, 2010
*best voice from "the ring"*
*She never seeeeats!*
argentothe1stAug 10, 2010
The absolute best thing that can be said, people need to start loving life now.
goweigusAug 10, 2010
burgers taste better than exercise
covertbadgerAug 10, 2010
They really don't. You're doing the wrong type of exercise. If you are bored by the treadmill, climb a wall or row a boat or left heavy things or spar with someone. When you find an exercise you enjoy, burgers will be a very distant second.
kwcarpenterAug 10, 2010
@covertbadger
Pretty sure I've never eaten delicious exercise. Burgers are far more delicious.
wrath017Aug 10, 2010
Well good thing I don't go to the gym then.
chuckles08Aug 10, 2010
this is bad news for people in wheelchairs
denebgarzaAug 10, 2010
Way to kill my motivation to exercise ;(
Closed AccountAug 10, 2010
I hope the annoying lady in the office next to me whose uses an exercise ball instead of a chair doesn't read this or else she'll never shut up about it.
anothersoldierAug 10, 2010
I read an article in the paper that said you burn on average 55 calories per hour sitting in a chair at a desk, and 59 calories per hour sitting on an exercise ball.... u might as well just use a chair and spin in circles a few times, you'll burn more calories!
shadicAug 10, 2010
I don't think the exercise ball is about burning calories - it's a posture thing.
numbskiAug 10, 2010
That, and core strength. It's a change I keep putting off making, mainly because I've not figured out a good way to measure and get the right size.
ravagedsoulAug 10, 2010
The article carefully says more than once "outside of work" ... did they adjust for the type of jobs the individuals had? A person who is on their feet moving for eight hours and then watches some tv in the evening is very different from someone who sits in an office and does the same. With all the links in the article, couldn't really find the study they were talking about.
davidsloanAug 10, 2010
My first appointment with my physical therapist starts tomorrow. I had hoped this would lead to me hitting the gym on a daily basis or at least a few times a week. However, I'm a film editor which translates to my ass sitting down quite often :(
usefulidiot127Aug 10, 2010
"Alpa Patel, a researcher at the American Cancer Society (ACS), and his colleagues analyzed survey responses from 123,216 individuals"
We all know that survey responses about yourself are soo accurate. Sounds like an unsurprising survey summarized in a trivial manner. Just get to the f'ing gym and stay active as much as possible, and you'll be healthier /end
nmanguyAug 10, 2010
Uhhh... I don't think weighing less, having more muscle mass than a 12-year old girl, and being able to run more than 2 minutes without passing get canceled out.
riverstyxAug 10, 2010
A few days ago, I was walking through a mini mall, saw a guy pull into the handicapped spot. Then he gets out with a gym bag and run into a fitness center, just some meathead. I wonder what his physical disability was that gave him the privilege to park 20 feet from an entrance while everyone else has to fight for a nosebleed spot. By the looks of that guy and "handicapped" he was, compared to me, I might as well be a paraplegic.
diggbotnessAug 10, 2010
Maybe he was an on-call doctor and there was an emergency in the fitness center. But most likely just an ass.
s0nicfreakAug 10, 2010
Emergency lanes are separate from handicapped parking spots.
catvllvsAug 10, 2010
No little cripple sticker... that's a keying.
barbizonAug 10, 2010
You just can't win!
anothersoldierAug 10, 2010
if you workout while sitting down you die instantly.
barbizonAug 10, 2010
Everything except weight.
michaelgurbiszAug 10, 2010
wait no more
phylaxerAug 10, 2010
Now if I can only find someone to pay me $100k for hunter-gatherer work.
ltpenguinAug 10, 2010
Unionize.
kolop1Aug 10, 2010
I love these articles that appear on digg. They have little evidence of anything and claim to be fact.
andrewdbAug 10, 2010
This is news?.. I thought this was obvious.
UltimateSpeedAug 10, 2010
Especially when you are sitting in your car waiting for your double burger, fries and shake at McDonald's.
bovilexiaAug 10, 2010
Whatever! I always get a diet soda with my double burger and extra big ass fries.
anothersoldierAug 10, 2010
If you workout while sitting down you die instantly.
asym79Aug 10, 2010
The visual of a dude sitting down, then picking up a dumbbell and then keeling over made me laugh for some reason. Thanks!
anothersoldierAug 11, 2010
You're welcome.
zpdrummerAug 10, 2010
"Men who sat more than six hours a day (also outside of work) were 18 percent more likely to die than those who sat fewer than three hours per day."
So, if I sit for less than three hours a day, I might have a chance of never dying?
darkphenoxAug 10, 2010
Theoretically yes, you might live long enough to see them invent a way for humans to become immortal.
Closed AccountAug 10, 2010
I didn't see this.
btw f**k You "LiveScience"
catvllvsAug 10, 2010
So what the f**k are we supposed to do? Walk around the living room all night?
evildeadashAug 10, 2010
Apparently.
s0nicfreakAug 10, 2010
Because walking around outside would just be crazy.
Closed AccountAug 10, 2010
I clicked the livescience article. Where exactly is the proof that going to the gym is off-set by sitting? In fact, the notion that sitting directly increases death by X seems like a weak correlation.
mweatherAug 10, 2010
I run a quarter mile every two hours to get out of the building, smoke and get back to my desk before my break is over. Does that count?
fluidambientAug 10, 2010
On a long enough time line, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero.
nameivomAug 10, 2010
Lifeforms have sat and rested since the dawn of time. Spare me these ridiculous studies that do nothing but waste money and keep scientists employed.
(Sent from iDigg)
rcollamoreAug 10, 2010
The article is talking about people who spend too much time sitting on the couch. I sit on a chair all day, so I'm safe.
nitrojunky24Aug 10, 2010
well you can't really avoid death good luck with that. I guess thats one of the few upshot to my job. I'm pretty much on my feet close to 40 hours a week
wassim2kAug 13, 2010
Idiots. I've lost weight, feel great, and have more energy from going to the gym. Sitting at the computer for the majority of my day (software engineer) becomes better. I take a walk over lunch and don't feel a big bulge of stomach fat on the front of my shirt when sitting (well, at least not as much as before).
Whatever study, you can suck it.