Exercise While You Sit

The human body is built to move. Yet, says Kokuyo, Singapore’s office workers spend an average of seven hours sitting at their workstations every working day, and 56 per cent of them do not take breaks while sitting. This can lead to a variety of health problems. Kokuyo’s latest suite of office chairs is the result of four years of research into how to address the problem of ‘oversitting’. The

Ing 360°Gliding Chair is a family of office chairs equipped with an innovative gliding technology that moves 360 degrees in response to our body’s movement to maintain the correct sitting posture.

This technology keeps the muscles in the sitter’s hips, waist and back active. Its movement disperses up to 75 per cent of the sitter’s body weight (especially when one is leaning sideways to check one’s smartphone), providing superior support that reduces the strain on the pelvic region. The gliding technology also enables a ‘swing’ movement in the chair, so tension doesn’t build up in the shoulders. The effect of the movement is akin to sitting on a balance ball – with more comfort of course.