That’s why I challenge myself, my clients, and now all of you to get at least 10,000 steps a day. Levine, MD, PhD, a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona. On average obese people sit for two and a half hours more each day than lean people and lean people stand and walk an average of more than two additional hours a day than obese people, according to research by James A. There’s also evidence that how active you are over the course of a day can impact your weight. ” Why? Because my health depends on it and so does yours: I n 2016 the American Heart Association published a research-based advisory warning that even vigorous exercise do esn’t seem to erase the damage that multiple hours of sitting does-namely increasing your risk of heart disease and diabetes.

I do this despite getting regular “ exercise. By doing things less efficiently (walking to the coffee shop instead of brewing a cup at home, pacing inside while talking on the phone, choosing the stairs) I’m able to build more organic movement into my day and reach at least 10,000 steps. I know that sounds crazy-especially since my book is all about getting more out of doing less-but hear me out.

When it comes to movement, I try to make my days as inefficient as possible.

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