Get Up!

Why Your Chair Is Killing You and What You Can Do About It

By: James A. Levine

Narrated by: Gildart Jackson, Paul Boehmer, Gabrielle De Cuir, Harlan Ellison, Richard Gilliland, Leigh Roche, Stefan Rudnicki

From the codirector of the Mayo Clinic/Arizona State University Obesity Solutions Initiative and inventor of the treadmill desk comes a fascinating wake-up call about our sedentary lifestyle.

That the average adult spends 50 to 70 percent of their day sitting is no surprise to anyone who works in an office environment. But few realize the health consequences they are suffering as a result of modernity's increasingly sedentary lifestyle, or the effects it has had on society at large. In Get Up!, health expert James A. Levine's original scientific research shows that today's chair-based world, where we no longer use our bodies as they evolved to be used, is having negativeconsequences on our health, and is a leading cause of diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. Over the decades, humans have moved from a primarily active lifestyle to one that is largely sedentary, and this change has reshaped every facet of our lives - from social interaction to classroom design. Levine shows how to throw off the shackles of inertia and reverse these negative trends through simple changes in our daily lives.

©2014 James A. Levine (P)2014 Blackstone Audio

Entertaining and informative, sometimes meandering

The information presented was very interesting and relevant, but the interspersed personal stories sometimes didn't seem to have any connection to the main point of a given section.

Good Motivation to Move More

Levine provides a compelling argument to increase non-exercise movement throughout your day. Though I probably won't get a treadmill desk, I am definitely spending more time on my feet and out of my chair!

Very informative and great voice.

Had to listen in sections as I stopped to contemplate what I was hearing.

Succinct, Inspirational and Awkward Cadence

I liked the story and the message and the data very much. To reduce the awkwardness of the halting cadence of the performer, I listened at 1.3x playback speed.

Easy, actionable advice!

I'm already using a free activity monitor on my smart phone, and ordered an inexpensive laptop tray for my desk so I can get up!