ONLY EXERCISE YOU NEED IF YOU SIT ALL DAY
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You can change the trajectory of your
life by doing
every hour on the hour.
>> According to the World Health
Organization, we're getting increasingly
more sedentary. We're moving less and
less in part because of technology, but
also there was this really interesting
study done by the Cleveland Clinic. They
talk about people who are active
sedentary. And this
This felt a little bit personal, if I'm
honest. It says a major finding in 2025
found a danger of being active
sedentary, which is people who exercise
for like 30 to 60 minutes, but sit for
the remaining 10 hours a day.
If you sit for more than 10 hours a day,
your risk of cardiovascular disease
increases even if you meet weekly
exercise goals because prolonged sitting
shuts down lipoprotein lipase, an enzyme
essential for burning fat and cleaning
glucose from the blood. That's annoying
to read because I feel like that's me.
>> Unfortunately, this is the life we're
living in. We're becoming more sedentary
in our day-to-day lives. We're sitting
more. We're not going out as much. There
is younger kids on video games. They're
scrolling. They're increasing our risk
of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular
disease. We're not getting our 10,000
steps per day.
Increasing our risk of all of these
diseases, but how can we tackle that?
Well, we can tackle that with what we
call exercise snacks. And there was this
study that was done that showed that
just doing 10 air squats every hour on
the hour.
>> Like this.
>> There you go. 10 of those. If you do 10
of those,
you can outweigh the benefits of a
30-minute power walk.
>> Every hour?
>> Yeah.
>> For how many hours?
>> Eight. This is primarily because when
you eat, you get a massive spike of
glucose. And the best way to bring that
glucose spike back down is by doing any
form of exercise. Go out, go for a fast
run, do an air squat, bring that glucose
level back to baseline.
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The video highlights the health risks associated with being 'active sedentary,' where individuals exercise for a short period but spend the rest of the day sitting, which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease. To combat this, the video introduces 'exercise snacks'—specifically doing 10 air squats every hour—as a highly effective strategy to mitigate the negative effects of prolonged sitting and manage glucose spikes.
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