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I wish these articles tried to look for a solution. Would standing and waking every 45 mins be good enough? Would standing and then moderate intensity at 45 mins be good enough etc.

What about eating less and more fasting to combat sedentary.

What about a balance board while standing?

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I wonder if your time would be better spent progressive-overload deadlifting 2x a week?

I don't think you can undo sitting 50-100 hours a week with a few hours of walking any more than fasting a few hours would make up overeating for a month. I'm thinking we need a BIG acute stimulus to counteract a sustained chronic stimulus of inactivity. The dead lift is a VERY BIG stimulus.

Similarly, if you are cycling, rowing, running, cross-country skiing, etc., with high intensity, you need to recover. You can recover while sitting at your desk working on your computer. How much recovery can be estimated with TRIMP, and TSS if you have measured your power output.

12,000 steps is about 2 hours of walking, though that is tracked throughout the entire day and not in a single walk. Most pedometer apps I've seen tell you to shoot for 10,000. If you have an Android phone, there is a FOSS app on Fdroid simply called Pedometer.

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