A Virgin Active Study

Standing up is something that we have been doing since we were kids it is something that most of us would take for granted. Since, our bodies automatically adjust to the pull of gravity by increasing vascular tone, heart rate and cardiac output, blood vessels contract, heart rates increase and our systolic blood pressure which is the blood pressure when the heart is contracting. It is specifically the maximum arterial pressure during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart, remains the same or decreases slightly while diastolic pressure which is the minimum arterial pressure during relaxation and dilatation of the ventricles of the heart when the ventricles fill with blood increases slightly (Brunner & Suddarth, 2000, p. 546). Our bodies operate in perfect homeostasis and we stand up with little effort. Yet, the

In Sumathi Reddy’s article “The Price We Pay for Sitting Too Much”, Reddy briefly examines the harms of sedentary behaviour. She suggests that in order to avoid them, one must do no more then increase the time they spend standing throughout the day. The article is aimed at working adults and suggest multiple schedules for increasing time on your feet and consequently, reducing sedentary behaviour. Some of the routines suggested are unrealistic for a busy person, such as the one preposed by Dr. Allan Hedge and Nasa. Hedge suggests that every thirty minutes, one should spend 20 minutes seated, 8 minutes standing and 2 minutes walking or stretching. Nasa’s recommended routine is simpler, but still slightly impractical. They suggest that one should

A study done by the American Public Transit Association reports that for each year per person, riding light rail transit versus an automobile reduced hydrocarbon emissions by nine pounds and CO2 emissions by 62.5 pounds; per mile, this is 99 percent fewer emissions than one automobile. Long term environmental concerns are also addressed with LRT, as this form of transit lasts upwards of 30 years, whereas buses last only 15. The combined effect of taking cars and buses off the streets will be very beneficial to the environment, and will also benefit the residents of Elkhead by lowering travel

World War 1 changed the world around it. More men fought than one could comprehend. World War 1 almost destroyed an entire generation of men. The battlefield for Australians were lined with trenches filled with disease, pests and the fallen where they had medical aid. They experienced traumas not yet known commonly at all. The war was not embellished for its inhumanity in its time but as we see now the men and women who helped with the war effort lived with fear of death, disease and infection.

“During one week, the most metabolically active male burned an average of 3,450 calories per day, while the least metabolically active female expended 1,475 calories per day. It was rare for a woman on crew to burn 2,000 calories in a day, and common for male crew members to exceed 3,000,” Greene said.

The World Health Organization (2018) estimates that 1 in 4 adults are putting themselves at risk of heart disease, cancer, dementia, depression and premature death. Tremblay et al. (2017) defines sedentary behaviour as activities with a very low energy expenditure such as sitting, sleeping and watching TV.

New evidence today suggest that the more hours that you sit, the greater likelihood of dying an earlier death regardless of how much you exercise, or how lean you are ( Masters, 2010). The fact is that millions of Americans think they are being healthy by working out at the gym on a daily basis. These people do not realize that the exercise they are doing in the gym is not able to counteract the effects of the “desk job.” These same people think they are living an active life by working out on almost a daily basis. The truth is that this is considered to be living an inactive lifestyle. The red flag is now raised. These same people that work out at the gym daily are now grouped into the dreaded sedentary lifestyle. Being a member of this group increases your chances of diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, and coronary artery disease. On top of all this, it increases the chances of obesity. Obesity notably increases when a person is living a sedentary lifestyle.

Cardiometabolic risk has been shown to increase in relation to increased sedentary time, but decrease with breaks in sedentary time. Cooper et al. found that increased sedentary time was positively associated with increased cardiometabolic risk. Another study discovered that metabolic markers such as insulin sensitivity, triglyceride levels, and glucose tolerance were found to improve with increased physical activity breaks [27]. Another benefit of physical activity breaks in sedentary time is the lowering of postprandial

Diseases and conditions associated with physical inactivity include heart disease, diabetes, stroke, cancer, and obesity, among others (Global Health Risks, 2009). Researchers have reported that, after excluding pregnant individuals and

A study from the Netherlands suggests, "that even an extra 40 minutes of couch potato behavior will dramatically increase your risk of getting type 2 diabetes." Scientist gather 2,497 participants who sat for at least nine hours and strapped motion monitors to participants' thighs for eight days and testing the glucose levels in their blood.

The sit-to-stand exercise (also known as the chair stand or chair rise exercise) strengthens your lower body, which is an important step in helping you avoid backward falls. The goal is to do the sit-to-stand exercise without using your hands. This will be easier as you become stronger. You should always talk to your health care provider before starting any exercise program, especially if you have had back or hip surgery.

A medical problem a person may develop due to their inactivity and poor diet is a hypokinetic disease. According to the Oxford Dictionary of Sports and Medicine, the definition of hypokinetic disease is “a disease brought on, at least in part, by insufficient movement and exercise. Hypo kinesis has been identified as an independent risk factor for the origin and progression of several widespread chronic diseases, including coronary heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and lower back pain.” In other words, hypokinetic disease can also be referred to as obesity. Other risk factors they may evolve in this disease is cancer in the gastric, breast, and renal area.

2. Cycling is a good way to lose those unwanted pounds. Steady cycling burns approximately 300 calories per hour. If you cycle for 30 minutes every day you would burn 11 pounds of fat in a year. Since it

Merely not using a person’s body is harmful. Not being active results in a person’s muscles becoming weak and out of condition. The effectiveness of a person’s heart and lungs will decrease. A person’s joints will become stiff and can be injured easily. Inactivity can be as much of a health risk as smoking. In addition children have become extremely lazy with all the

Very few studies have been conducted on the differences in the amount of sedentary hours spent per individual in urban versus rural environments. The small amount of research that has been conducted on urban environments was largely concentrated on the sedentary lifestyles in urban areas, but have not gathered comparable statistics from rural environments. These studies have allowed the scientific community to have a better understanding of the sedentary lifestyles in urban environments, but little evidence has been gathered from rural areas showing a distinct difference in hours spent sedentary. According to Tanaka’s (2015) research article, the average individual in today’s urban and rural environments spends an average of 10 hours a day performing sedentary tasks. Comparing this to Levine’s (2015) article, the average time spent sedentary in the world’s population has doubled since the Industrial Revolution. Levine’s