5 Chair Exercises That Undo 10 Years of Sitting Faster Than Yoga After 55

Prolonged sitting has been called “the new smoking” because of its independent impact on health. A large meta-analysis published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that extended sedentary time is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all-cause mortality, even in people who exercise regularly. You can work out for an hour, but if you sit the rest of the day, your health risk still goes up. Research from the American Journal of Epidemiology found that people who sit more than six hours per day have a significantly higher risk of early death compared to those who sit less than three hours per day. Some analyses suggest that excessive sitting can reduce life expectan...