We’re Not Made To Sit For A Living

I finally figured out where this cough comes from.

I have spent much of my adult life sitting. I sit for a couple hours each day at this computer at home. I sit for work. I sit to drive to work. I sit for my meals. I probably spend more time sitting than sleeping. But it wasn’t always this way.

I walked to school as a kid, 5 days a week, from kindergarten to high school. I walked most of the time out of school, and when I had a bike, I rode my bike to get to where I wanted to go. I rode my bike for hours then, cruising and coasting wherever I…