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“If you can stand up every 20 minutes — even if you do nothing else — you change how your body responds physiologically.” — Gretchen Reynolds [more exercise and fitness tips here]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3rlq1Qj5s1qd9dz2o1_250.gif)
“If you can stand up every 20 minutes — even if you do nothing else — you change how your body responds physiologically.” — Gretchen Reynolds [more exercise and fitness tips here]
Sitting for long periods of time — when you don’t stand up, don’t move at all — tends to cause changes physiologically within your muscles. You stop breaking up fat in your blood stream, you start getting accumulations of fat … in your liver, your heart and your brain. You get sleepy. You gain weight. You basically are much less healthy than if you’re moving.
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| — | If you’re reading this Tumblr post while sitting down, stand up! Here’s more reasons why. (via nprfreshair) |
