However, the study emphasises the balance of long periods of sitting with other exercises for healthy living.

Increase the time as you get stronger, or to progress further, open the raised leg to the side. For example, lift your left leg, open it to the left side as far as your hip will allow, pause, then ...

The movement to reduce sitting time is driven by evidence suggesting that prolonged sitting is linked to health risks similar ...

Resistance exercise consisted of 45 minutes of lifting three sets of 10 repetitions at 75% of an individual's one repetition maximum. Quiet rest consisted of sitting quietly in a room free from ...

In the UK, we spend roughly nine hours a day sitting. When work, life, ageing or mobility issues get in the way of us standing up to do aerobic exercise, it’s a relief to know that chair-based ...

Switch on the TV, take a seat and choose from our selection box of seated, expert-approved exercises from yoga stretches and dumbbell moves to breathwork and an eye reviver. Sit on your heels with ...

A new study from the University of Turku in Finland showed that reducing daily sitting prevented back pain from worsening ...

Most people tend to target the stomach and waistline when it comes to losing fat in the midsection, but back fat is another frustrating part of the body to deal with. This part of fat can still linger ...

Standing during phone calls and taking walks during lunch hours can also help decrease the amount of time spent sitting, they advised. Following a general exercise routine that incorporates ...

After my wife and I sat for a while, we checked with the hostess and were informed that our dinner companions were already seated. When we located them in the dining room, they had already ordered ...

A new outdoor art installation, "Seated Little Cloud," was unveiled last week at the Navy Yard — and at a towering 35 feet tall, the cherub-like inflatable character lounging near the main ...