I didn't even mention manual desks because you have to move your chair to the way and then start cranking a desk to raise it up.

Ain't nobody got time for them. I was going to be cranking.

I'm Christine Cyr Clissette. I'm Kyra Blackwell.

I'm Rosie Garron. And you're listening to The Wirecutter Show.

Hello, my friends.

I was thinking about this the other day as I got buzzes on buzzes on buzzes from my new Apple Watch telling me to stand up that in this new work from home life and, you know, we're in the studio together right now, but we're often at home talking to each other via computer.

I realize I sit so much more than I ever used to.

Ugh, I know. It is so annoying. Is that the deal for you guys? It's like the gift and evil part of modern life is that we can have so much flexibility where we work. And it's a privilege for sure.

It is a total privilege. But I also find that I end up getting kind of sucked into a vortex of work for hours and hours and hours where I'm like, did I move? Have I moved? Yeah. And yeah, then I find that I have been sitting for hours and hours and hours. I actually don't feel this way, you guys. What's your mindset about getting up and out? I mean, I don't even have a choice.

My body won't let me sit for that long.

So whenever I have a break between meetings or if I'm, you know, jumping from one article to another, I will take a walk or go drop off my laundry or literally do anything but sit down because I can't do that.

Well, I think you're practicing good daily movement.

But, you know, I think all of us have heard this term,

sitting is the new smoking, which I'm not actually sure if that's true or not, but...

It can't be.

But there is a lot of evidence that sitting too much is not great for us.

Today we're going to tackle this too much sitting issues straight on. First, we're going to talk with Molly Mirisham. She is a senior staff editor at the New York Times on the well desk. And we're going to get into what exactly happens to our bodies when we sit all day long. I suspect it's not going to be good. No, I don't think so. And Molly's also going to help us answer this burning question.

Is sitting the new smoking?

How bad is it for us?

Because this is Wirecutter, of course we have to talk about the best gear to help you move more at home.

So we're also talking with Ariana Vasquez, Wirecutter's Home Office, to kind of walk us through some home office gear

that you can invest in to hit that goal. Plus, some of our fitness team's best tips for

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