Why Sitting Down Destroys You | Roger Frampton | TEDxLeamingtonSpa

Finally had the chance to sit down and watch this

I liked how this guy hacked his way to a guaranteed standing ovation.

I watched this video standing on my couch.

Graffiti on a wall in town: "First they teach us to walk and talk. Then they teach us to sit down and shut up."

I was told I sit too much. Now when I feel like I am sitting for too long a period of time, I lay down.

The video title being read by literally everyone sitting down right now...

I was a nurse for over 40 years Very little sitting! Now in retirement I walk 4-5 miles a day

“Sitting down destroys”, *talks to a crowd full of sitting people

I did just as he said and fixed 20 years of back pain. Yoga every day, not a class but just mindful movement.

This TED Talk is actually good because it comes up with a solution! Many TED TALKS just leave you a question with no solution, it's sad.

I'm gonna sound like an old lady but this young man is quite articulate and really made his point. I'm going to try and move my body as he said. It was very educational.

I remember hearing somewhere decades ago about the importance of this "childlike" sitting posture, the ability to do it or not being an important measure of flexibility. In my career as a firefighter, it was one of the first physical tests we had to do during recruitment. Later, as an instructor with the Fire Service, I was amazed to find how small a percentage of young and otherwise fit young people were capable of sustaining this posture. This is an important reflection of how the modern world has taken away something important from us; our ability to move freely and easily through our world.

Fuck, I'm in a wheelchair. I can't stand up!

I can see through his ruse. He's just trying to get people to have better butts

I have a theory sleeping on a bed is an issue too. I'm in my 20's and had back pain from working at a desk most days. I thought it was sitting down but once I started sleeping on the hard floor my back pains and insomnia went away. Interestingly it's common in asian cultures to both squat and sleep on hard surfaces.

What he talks about is basically movement with awareness ... taught as part of The Alexander Technique and Feldenkrais for most of the 20th Century. The principles I learned from practitioners of those disciplines enabled me to walk again and live without pain even when my body was damaged. Anyone interested would be wise to google these terms.

So this means L's sitting position in Death Note is actually healthy?

Dangit,so L was right after all I need to follow his example but people look at me weird when I sit that way in a chair

As a ballet enthusiast I find this very interesting - the most important aspect of ballet technique is posture and turnout, where our core has to stay activated, shoulders back and pelvis tucked in. Turnout consists of pushing the heels forward by activating our glutes. If you don't get the foundations right, it will mess up your technique when you do more complicated moves and lead to serious injuries - this is actually the biggest factor for injuries in the dance industry; professional dancers often forget their basic technique due to the pressure of having to do bigger jumps, more turns, better turnout ect.

When I had my own children I saw this, and implemented fixing my own movements. It has been amazing!