One of the biggest health stories of the 2010s was the idea that “sitting is the new smoking”—that is, that too much sedentary time throughout the day is bad for your health no matter how much you exercise. The epidemiological evidence was clear, but figuring out what to do about it—how often to stand up, for how long, whether you need to move around, and so on—turned out to be trickier. Even now, there’s no consensus about the best anti-sitting protocol. But research continues, and a new study from researchers at the University of Turku in Finland offers some insights that intersect with a topic that’s of growing interest to endurance athletes these days: metabolic flexibility, which is the ability to switch seamlessly between burning carbohydrate and fats in different contexts. Tap the link in our bio for the research. ✍️ : sweat_science #getoutside #sweatscience #metabolicflexibility