More evidence of the dangers of sitting–click on the link below to read a summary of recent research that indicates that sitting more than 3 hours/day is on par with smoking and obesity as a major cause of premature mortality!

I myself recently engineered a shift to a standing workstation for my laptop at home. After one of the first days of using it for a few hours, I couldn’t believe how much my thigh muscles burned! The deconditioning of sitting is so insidious, we don’t notice it until we change it…

http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/07/09/12647448-sit-fewer-than-3-hours-a-day-add-2-years-to-your-life-study-says