Video games are one of the biggest enablers of a sedentary lifestyle; especially if you regularly indulge in marathon gaming sessions while slumped on a couch. If you’re concerned about your overall health but don’t want to hang up your joypad, the simplest solution is to play standing. In addition to improving your posture, this can provide a swathe of side-benefits, including tempered play sessions, improved sleeping habits and sexily muscled calves.
Like many gamers, I spent the better part of the Christmas holidays obsessively playing Dragon Age: Inquisition. This left very little room for exercise and other healthy pursuits.
To help mitigate the damage, I forced myself to play the game while standing up. This proved to be less hassle than I was expecting: as creature comforts go, a couch isn’t particularly essential. So long as you’re engrossed in the game at hand, you barely even notice you’re standing.
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