Researcher discovers a muscle that can promote glucose and fat burning to fuel metabolism for hours while sitting (Best exercise?)

Medical Xpress / University of Houston / iScience ^ | Sept. 21, 2022 | Laurie Fickman / Marc T. Hamilton et al

[ConservativeMind]

This is a pretty wild exercise opportunity. We can be doing this at our desks.

It doubles fat burning between meals and greatly reduces glucose, insulin, and VLDL triglycerides.

[ConservativeMind]

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[TexasFreeper2009]

soooo.. basically shaking your leg? lol No wonder I have always had a fast metabolism and no problem losing weight? I have done that naturally while sitting most of my life.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

BFL

[SuperLuminal]

In the distant past, during 30 years of bodybuilding, did a zillion calf raises... Both seated & standing...
Never thought of them as pushups...

[C210N]

should be some effort..

[TXBlair]

BTTT

[Openurmind]

Yep... Same here. Keeps my legs in shape for the kick drum and highhat pedals. Do it with the music...

[steve86]

It’s funny, I spontaneously started doing that a few months ago while sitting thinking that this “exercise” is better than nothing.

[rfp1234]

Finally, we chess players will be athletes...

[steve86]

It quite obviously pumps your blood.

[DannyTN]

[DannyTN]

[steve86]

The video shows a frequency of only about 1/second but is there any reason to believe that faster doesn’t work also?

[Dogbert41]

Omgosh I’m going to be a hero at work for sharing this!!!

[steve86]

Quit doing it when I had covid in August ... Forgot about it.

[steve86]

Been doing it for five minutes ... My thighs feel slimmer already lol

[DannyTN]

These show doing both legs at the same time. But I doubt it matters much if you choose one leg at a time.

Heel raises while sitting- video

[Yardstick]

Oddly enough, that muscle does have a role in pumping your blood IIRC. Apparently there’s a major vein that runs right down the middle of it, and when it contracts, it works with the vein’s valves to move blood in the legs upward towards the heart. In fact it’s sometimes called the “second heart.”

[TexasFreeper2009]

my leg/s have sort of shaken involuntarily while sitting most of my life. (like.. neverous energy type thing)