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  2. Sitting all day increases risk of death. These exercises can ...

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    Taking breaks from sitting every 30 to 60 minutes and moving throughout the day is recommended for everyone, including those who exercise regularly. Sitting still for more than an hour to 90 ...

  3. Why is sitting for too long bad for your health? What new ...

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    Young adults in the U.S. reportedly sit about nine to 10 hours a day, compared to older adults, who sit up to 13 hours a day. And a lot of us know that sitting for long periods of time can be harmful.

  4. Sit a lot? The 1 stretch you should be doing every day - AOL

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    4 other exercises that will stretch the hips The pigeon pose stretches many different areas of the body at once, making it more challenging than the average stretch.

  5. Benefits of physical activity - Wikipedia

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    In this review, we will discuss the mechanisms through which exercise promotes cardiovascular health. Regular physical exercise has several beneficial effects on overall health. While decreasing body mass and adiposity are not the primary outcomes of exercise, exercise can mediate several diseases that accompany obesity, including T2D and CVD.

  6. Neurobiological effects of physical exercise - Wikipedia

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    Neuroplasticity is the process by which neurons adapt to a disturbance over time, and most often occurs in response to repeated exposure to stimuli. [27] Aerobic exercise increases the production of neurotrophic factors [note 1] (e.g., BDNF, IGF-1, VEGF) which mediate improvements in cognitive functions and various forms of memory by promoting blood vessel formation in the brain, adult ...

  7. Stretch reflex - Wikipedia

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    The stretch reflex (myotatic reflex), or more accurately "muscle stretch reflex", is a muscle contraction in response to stretching a muscle. The function of the reflex is generally thought to be maintaining the muscle at a constant length but the response is often coordinated across multiple muscles and even joints. [ 1 ]

  8. 22 cool-down stretches that will help prevent soreness after ...

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    Standing or sitting, drop your right ear toward your right shoulder and feel a stretch in the left side of the neck. Hold for 2-4 breaths, and then release and switch sides. Chin to chest stretch

  9. Sedentary lifestyle - Wikipedia

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    In the US population, prevalence of sitting watching television or videos at least 2 h/d was high in 2015-2016 (ranging from 59% to 65%); the estimated prevalence of computer use outside school or work for at least 1 h/d increased from 2001 to 2016 (from 43% to 56% for children, from 53% to 57% among adolescents, and from 29% to 50% for adults ...