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Why Sitting All The Time Is Harmful To The Body
Get up and do something!
Before the reality of a global pandemic dominated our lives, most of us were juggling schedules that allowed us to be reasonably active; a regimen we never imagined would be challenged or indefinitely halted.
Living in New York City trained my ability to turn the concrete jungle into my very own workout space, which is the habitual tendency that’s unavoidable, when you surrender to the mainstays of city living, with daily commutes that force you up and down those damn stairs, leading in and out of train stations — and the guarantee that you will have to stand for the duration of trips.
Walking fast was also practiced to the level of expertise to the infuriation of visiting relatives and friends from slower placed regions who could’t keep up, and would relentlessly beg me to slow down.
They would always remark about how fit I looked with my toned legs, enviable calves and the gliding motion that showed off passionate familiarity with my adopted home city.
Walking everywhere for blocks and blocks with the contest of seeing how long it takes to reach your Upper East Side apartment from your corporate office in Midtown was the irresistible treat that added to my stealth aerobics.
