“Sitting is the new smoking”. Two recent studies show the ill effects of lack of movement. In January 2014, a Kaiser Permanente study of over 82,000 age 45+ men found that men who sat 5+ hours beyond their regular workday were two times more likely to have heart failure than those who sat for 2 hours or less and were more physically active. And in February 2014 a study of about 2,300 age 60+ people published on February 19 in the Journal of Physical Activity & Health, and reported in numerous periodicals such as the Los Angeles Times showed that even people who get regular moderate exercise need to avoid spending too much of the rest of their time sitting. According to the study you are likely to be more sedentary if you are older, male, more educated, less wealthy, being a smoker, and having a chronic illness. Scarily, the study found that the odds of disability were 1.52 times greater for every one hour increase in sedentary time. It’s too bad that men have a harder time learning to dance than women, but guys you have to “man up”, take more lessons, and get out on the dance floor. And if you want to replace your current moderate (or heavy) exercise regimen with one that is more fun, be aware that dancing can be very hearty exercise (have a look at the “Physical demands” section of the Dancesport topic at Wikipedia).