Person sitting at work

You might have heard that sitting all day “is the new smoking”.

This, the American Journal of Public Health says, is an unfair comparison; they “are not comparable,” and the “misleading” line “may serve to distort and trivialise the ongoing and serious risks of smoking”.

This is not, however, to say that staying inactive is good for us. A sedentary lifestyle, including lots of sitting, is linked to type 2 diabetes, certain cancers, and even early death.

So when Joanna Dase, a global fitness expert at Curves, shared how she’d reccomend undoing the damage from not moving much in the day, we listened.

Here are her top tips:

1) Stretch your hip flexors

Get knee and ankle aches? The issue may actually come from weak or misaligned hips, which can be worsened by sitting all day.

“To avoid this, incorporate gentle hip........

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