How Sitting For Long Periods Affects Your Metabolism

In a new study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology, researchers at the University of Texas show that four days of prolonged sitting induces a state that they call “exercise resistance.” Whether you’d see the same exercise resistance after a single day of sitting isn’t yet clear, says Dr. Edward Coyle, director of the University of Texas’s Human Performance Laboratory and senior author of the study. Earlier results from Coyle’s lab suggest that getting 8,000 to 10,000 steps throughout the day is enough to ward off exercise resistance and ensure that you get metabolic benefits from whatever exercise you do.

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