Why sitting is bad for you - Murat Dalkilinç

Sitting down for brief periods can help us recover from stress or recuperate from exercise. But nowadays, our lifestyles make us sit much more than we move around. Are our bodies built for such a sedentary existence? Murat Dalkilinç investigates the hidden risks of sitting down.

Lesson by Murat Dalkilinç, animation by Oxbow Creative.

[agnosticii]

I feel bad for the animators who had to sit there and illustrate what this job is doing to them.

[klutzIDV]

The way I counter this is drinking a lot of water so it's physically impossible for me to sit for more than a few hours before I have to pee.

[isergey]

By the way, a few months ago I took up the habit to stretch or to do some exercises after sitting up for a long time. And I literally started feeling myself much better and active, and as a bonus, I lost 6 kg :)

[TanJRHeaux]

As someone with ADHD, it's incredibly validating to hear/know that part of the problem is not with me; it's with the way our society is structured-- humans just aren't built to sit still for long periods of time.

[ford]

*"SITTING FOR TOO LONG IS BAD FOR YOU"*

schools: _sweating intensifies_

[shahrazade]

I suspected sitting is bad for us so I lie down all day.

[JaredFrontman]

This gives me feeling that my body is a different individual and I must give it love and respect

[INSIGHT]

4:50 "Since the video is over why not stand up and stretch right now, treat your body with a walk it will thank you later" This quote affected me so much, thank you my body I'm sorry for using you in a wrong way.

[watvid]

Fun fact:

If you walk every half hour you will have a lot more time to walk once you get fired.

[aesthetuna]

jokes on you, I stand up every ten minutes to get food from the fridge

[handshans]

My family often scold me for moving around too much even though "i'm not doing anything." But actually, when I move around too much, it's those times I think too deeply.

[CharanKumarChavata]

This video should be shown to all Software employees who works infront of the system for half the day. Ted-ed always delivers solid content with so much information useful to people. Kudos to your content.

[skylark]

“Right now you’re probably sitting down to watch this video”
me laying on the bed*: *HA*

[darrenmurianto]

Video: why sitting is bad


Online school: allow me to introduce myself

[Pixiesweet]

I stopped sitting for a full year due to a back injury and honestly it was so good for me to eliminate that position and compression on my body. I’m healed now and still sit only if I’m in a car or I have to for short periods of time.

[dzakirin]

Alhamdulillah, now I know more benefits of 5 times solat. Not only we pray to Allah, but we also will move and the movement in solat stretch back our muscle. Allahuakbar :)

[miguelvidal]

School system: *I'm gonna pretend I didn't see that*

[peachy]

"The human body is made to move"

*Starts shaking the whole body like a washing machine while sitting *

[SevenEllen]

I was so gutted that I only found out about this last month. This is one of those things where, if you exercise regularly, you're lured into the false sense of security by thinking your health is fine, but that alone can't counteract hours of pressure on your spine, vital organs, etc. You HAVE to MOVE. I will share that, after just one week of cutting back my sedentary hours to less than four a day, my poor circulation has improved dramatically, I've lost nine pounds in a month and an inch of my waist (excellent when you're 40! I'm telling you), and I have no back pain any more. 🙂

[pranjalm]

Damn shown this to schools and colleges, it makes us sit for longer periods and we cant even move in between