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Get fit while you sit. Balanced active sitting chair
SitTight is a balancing chair to keep you fit and active while at your desk
Sitting all day, everyday at work behind a desk has been proven to be as detrimental to your health as smoking cigarettes. So how do we get around it then if that’s where we need to be during the day? What if there was a way to keep active while still at your desk? Well, a new Kickstarter funded project, the SitTight balance chair, was created with just that in mind. It works by transforming sitting into an activity that improves your health, instead of just damaging it.
Sitting all day, everyday at work behind a desk has been proven to be as detrimental to your health as smoking cigarettes. So how do we get around it then if that’s where we need to be during the day? What if there was a way to keep active while still at your desk? Well, a new Kickstarter funded project, the SitTight balance chair, was created with just that in mind. It works by transforming sitting into an activity that improves your health, instead of just damaging it.
One of the key components to reversing the effects of sitting can be found in the body’s natural ability to balance. Most fitness experts have learned that balancing while exercising increases the desired results of working out. Balancing has been proven to cause an increase in heart rate from the activation of core muscles and even promoting better posture. You can also expect an increase in brain activity as the central nervous system controls those muscles and you have a sensation similar to riding a bicycle.
The creators of SitTight chair believe that their product delivers on the fundamental 3-F’s: “Fitness for your body, Focus for your mind and Fun for your spirit.” For most, you will actually have to build up your core fitness and balance to fully gain from SitTight. For beginners, you’ll need to start with your feet on the ground and then, in small increments, move your feet onto the base to begin in “Balance Active Sitting.”
SitTight Improves Health for People Who Sit for Long Hours
Most people are aware of the potential health detriments that come with sitting for long hours at a time, but the SitTight chair lets people stay seated without having to deal with those issues as acutely. The chair encourages active sitting by engaging the body’s natural ability to balance while in a constant state of motion.
From top to bottom, the SitTight chair is ergonomically designed. The seat is made of mesh, and it has a slight curve along two axes. This design lets workers sit in the chair either traditionally or saddle-style, thus exercising different muscles throughout the day.
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SitTight Active Sitting Chair
Here is another chair that helps you become more active at work and engage your muscles. The SitTight Active Sitting Chair features a minimalist design, comfortable seat, stable base, adjustable air bladder, and customizable height. The chair not only activates your core muscles, it also can help you become more focused at work.
The SitTight chair weighs 39 lb. Its height can be adjusted from 21 to 26 inches. It has a weight rating of 320 lbs.
SitTight – Sitting Disease Fitness Chair For Pain Relief & Weight Loss?
Many studies have shown that due to the sedentary nature of many jobs these days, people have started to develop a host of issues like back problems, unregulated weight increase/ obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure. Thus, in order to curb the development of such issues, many experts recommend that people incorporate at least 45 minutes of regular exercise into their daily routines.
However, that is easier said than done as these days most jobs require people to work for at least 10-12 hours a day. Thus, in such scenarios it can be increasingly difficult to carve out time for a daily exercise regime.
To counter these problems, many innovative products have been released into the market. For example, stationary bikes which can be placed under one’s work desks are now available. These seating solutions allow users to keep pedalling and burning away calories as one does their regular office work.
Similarly, there are specialised dumbbells which users can use from time to time during coffee, work breaks that can help them stay in optimal physical shape.
About SitTight
SitTight is an all new seating platform that literally ‘transforms sitting into an activity that improves our health instead of damaging it.’ In its essence, the seat features a weight system that is attached to a comfortable sitting platform. Users are required to balance their weight and realign their ‘centre of gravity’ while on the SitTight so that they are constantly engaged in physical activity.
