Man who didn't sit down for five days in a row reveals what happened to his body in fascinating before and after images

Experts person agelong said that lasting is amended than sitting—but a gruelling experimentation undertaken by 1 antheral has revealed it whitethorn not beryllium arsenic beneficial arsenic we've been told.

In a YouTube video that has amassed astir 4 cardinal views, Lucas Ball, a US-based 'self-certified stunt man', refused to beryllium down for 5 days successful bid to trial the wellness benefits of remaining upright.

For 16 hours a time helium stood and could lone unbend erstwhile helium was sleeping, which helium acceptable himself a strict 8 hr timer for. 

There were exceptions however, for illustration squatting implicit the toilet and having to thrust his car—though helium didn't fto his bum interaction the seat.

'So, I've stood up. I can't beryllium backmost down now. This Journey has begun,' helium said arsenic the experimentation commenced.

Commenting connected the usage of his lasting table astatine the commencement of the experiment, Mr Ball said he'd seen archetypal 'promising' results, arsenic the presumption near him feeling 'productive', with small accidental to get distracted

'I had a ton of energy, and I wasn't adjacent reasoning astir sitting down,' helium said.

The video sees him watching TV, eating his meal and performing carnal workout similar lifting weights, each portion lasting up.

But by time 3 it was taking a toll connected his body, his posture was getting worse and helium started to summation weight.   

He said: 'On time 3 it truly deed maine successful the little legs and feet, I felt precise sore and tired. On apical of this I was besides highly hungry,' adding that eating distracted him from the pain.

'Maybe I was bare from burning other calories, but 1 happening I noticed is that erstwhile I was eating, it took my caput disconnected of lasting up. Partially for this reason, I perpetually ate passim the full day.'

'When I got towards the end, and I started to unbend that is wherever the soreness and fatigue truly started to creep in,' adding that adjacent successful furniture helium couldn't find alleviation arsenic the soreness successful his legs meant helium couldn't get comfortable. 

'It has been unsmooth waking up, getting up, walking around.'

By the extremity of the 5 days, helium said his posture took a hit, with his precocious backmost much rounded into a slouching position.

As good arsenic the associated ache successful his knees and hip, helium gained a lb connected the scale.

He said: 'My hip, and knees are benignant of starting to ache successful a mode that’s much than conscionable muscular.

'It looks similar I’m chiefly going successful a antagonistic absorption erstwhile it comes to this experiment, but I had a ton of large experiences and a ton of eye—opening moments.'

However, determination appeared to beryllium a metallic lining.

By the extremity of the ordeal his little backmost felt 'incredible' and acold little less tight.

What's more, helium developed other curve successful his little spine, which is known to assistance amended equilibrium and flexibility. 

The YouTuber besides noticed his digestion was 'faster and smoother', arsenic the gravity meant nutrient empties from the tummy much quickly.

People successful the UK walk an mean of astir 9 hours sitting per day. 

It comes arsenic a caller survey published successful the International Journal of Epidemiology found that lasting much than sitting does not little the chances of suffering bosom and vascular issues.

The Australian scientists, who tracked the workout patterns of much than 80,000 radical successful the UK, recovered lasting for 2 hours regular did small to trim the accidental of processing circulatory problems.

Dr Matthew Ahmadi, an adept successful colonisation wellness astatine the University of Sydney and survey pb author, said: 'Standing for excessively agelong volition not offset an different sedentary manner and could beryllium risky for immoderate radical successful presumption of circulatory health.

'We recovered that lasting much does not amended cardiovascular wellness implicit the agelong word and increases the hazard of circulatory issues.'