By ParticipACTION

Sneak it in Week

Mar 9, 2017 | 12:36 PM

To encourage Canadians to break up sedentary behaviour and fit physical activity into their long workdays, ParticipACTION presents Sneak It In Week. 

In Canadian workplaces, it’s normal to eat lunch at our desks and spend all day sitting in front of a computer. But these social norms are keeping us from living healthy lives.  The average Canadian spends 36.6 hours a week at work—60 % of us spend the entire workday seated.  

You need to increase the time spent in heart-pumping activity AND reduce the time you sit for your health and for productivity. Adults need 150 minutes of heart-pumping physical activity each week—and this can be done in bouts of as little as 10 minutes at a time.

So, sneak it in, and break up sitting time with regular bouts of exercise. 

ParticipACTION’s fifth annual Sneak It In Week (April 4 to 8) inspires Canadians to make small changes to their work routine and “sneak in” movement breaks throughout the day. 

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