Today Donald discusses the importance of STANDING TALL!

So what does he mean by that?

He is referring to the importance of getting our BUTTS out of sitting in chairs at our offices and even home!

I had learned about the Stand Up desk and decided to order one that I can both stand up and sit down at. It came from Walmart and was priced at under $60!

So are they a new trend?

Far from it! Thomas Jefferson made his own stand up desk! Here is a list of famous people who used them: Napoleon, Hemingway, Churchill, Virginia Woolf, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr, Michael Dell and Jimmy Kimmel!

Why are they using them today?

James Levine MD has written a book entitled Get Up! Why Your Chair Is Killing You and What You Can Do About It. He is not just a physician but the Director of the Mayo Clinic-Arizona State University Obesity Solutions Initiative.

Here is what he says: “Sitting is more dangerous than smoking, kills more people than HIV and is more treacherous than parachuting. We are sitting ourselves to death…Sitting is the new smoking.”

I definitely will be using my stand up desk more!

Hugh Simpson

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