Nicole HollarIntegrative Life Coach | Behavior Change Expert | Author | Speaker - Helping high-functioning people and organizations uncover blind spots so they can get out of their own way.

Hips Don't Lie, Sitting is Killing You

6 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this health‑focused monologue, Nicole Hollar warns that prolonged sitting—common in office work and driving—poses serious risks to the body. She urges viewers to use smartwatch move reminders to stand up every 30–50 minutes, emphasizing that the body isn’t built for continuous static posture. The core physiological issue she highlights is the iliopsoas muscle, the only muscle that spans both the lower and upper body, which becomes shortened and weakened by anterior pelvic tilt from sitting. Hollar stresses that strong, mobile hips are essential for both dynamic and static movement, framing the hips as the body’s powerhouse for athletic performance and overall health.

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If you are working in an office, you drive a lot for a living, you are sitting too much. I often remind people, if you've got a smartwatch, set that move reminder and you have to get up every 50 minutes. I try to get up every half hour, at most 50 minutes. I'm currently writing and I still need to get myself up. I mean, I remember being in college and you'd sit there not eating, drinking, going to the bathroom for hours at a time, powering through that research paper, but you really can't do that. The body is not adapted for that. And the The muscle groups that are primarily affected when we sit all day in this anterior tilt is the iliopsoas. The iliopsoas is a really important muscle. In fact, it is the only one that crosses the lower and the upper plane of the body. And any athlete will tell you, you've got to have your hips capable of moving both dynamically, statically. It's the powerhouse of your body.