While working, you’ll find that most time spent sitting is performed while at a desk. In fact, according to research, the average office worker spends an average of 5 hours and 41 minutes per day sitting at their desk. The same study also found that those who sit longer at work are more likely to sit more outside of work.

Overall, sedentary jobs have increased 83% since 1950 and physically active jobs now make up only about 25% of our workforce, which is 50% less than in 1950. Additionally, our average work week is longer. Americans now work 47 hours a week–164 more hours a year than 20 years ago. On top of time spent sitting in the workplace, on average, we spend 7 hours sleeping and 4.3 hours of watching tv a day.