“The first thing a good trainer will do when they know their client has been sitting for copious amounts of time, is actively engage the core and glutes before a workout because they’ve been switched off,” Kelly said. It turns out parking our bums in a chair for forty hours a week means we’re not engaging our glutes, so in turn the muscles are weakening and our booties are losing some of their all-important perk.ĭamien Kelly, an exercise scientist who runs Sydney’s Damien Kelly Fitness, told that while ‘office ass’ is a cool new term, trainers and exercise scientists have known about it as a functional issue for a long time. The New York Post this week cautioned that “office ass is running your hard work at the gym”. Which technically means your derriere is s-p-r-e-a-d-i-n-g - isn’t that a terrifying thought. Just when you thought hypertension, bad posture and weight gain weren’t enough for our desk dwelling selves to worry about, fitness experts have now warned office workers that their butts are also slowly and continually flattening. It’s called the “office ass” and it’s a real thing. ![]() ![]() ![]() We all know that sitting down at our desks for eight hours a day can have a negative impact on our health, but now there’s a new victim that’s come to our attention.
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