Originally Posted by
Olden Crow
Well, some startling new research says: standing up and exercising lightly will burn calories nicely, whereas sitting down with same exercises not so much.
"We're talking probably 20 pounds of muscle in each leg. That's a lot of muscle that can be engaged in routine activities," including burning fat. But they can't do that without the enzyme that is suppressed while seated."
Don't know what all this means for cyclists, stand while pedaling(?), further studies said to be forthcoming...
http://www.abcnews.go.com/Technology...3922069&page=1
Hi,
That's the only statement in the whole article that implies that the enzyme is inhibited while seated
and exercising. I read the article to say that a lot of people are gaining weight because many of us (including me) spend most of our day sitting.
I don't see anything in the article that explicitly states that exercising while in a sitting position has the same deficit with respect to enzyme levels.
I'm sure there's more to come, but I think the key message is that you need to get up out of your seat at work as much as possible to keep your enzymes levels as close to "normal" as possible.