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Fit & Well
Fit & Well
Health
Ruth Gaukrodger

"This one exercise will make the next 30 years of your life better than you think it could be"—an expert trainer on the best move for longevity

Two seniors in a gym holding kettlebells.

Sitting dominates my day—I sit at work, during my commute and in the evenings watching TV. Unfortunately, all that sitting isn’t doing my body any favours.

"Your body is an incredibly adaptive machine," says Steve Stonehouse, an expert trainer with 25 years of experience. "If it feels like, 'Hey, I’m gonna be seated for a long time', it’s going to adjust and adapt to that."

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