Toyota's Revolutionary Seat Exercise While Sitting

TapTechNews July 16th news, Toyota is developing a disruptive seat that allows you to exercise while sitting.

This is not a fantasy. According to Toyota, this specially designed seat has three support columns, one of which is shorter, so the whole seat will tilt slightly when in use. Even cooler, these three support columns will rotate, causing the tilting direction of the seat to change continuously in 360 degrees.

Toyota says this tilt is almost imperceptible, and it also takes more than a minute for the seat to complete a tilt cycle. It may sound not so special, but Toyota explains that humans have an inherent postural reflex and can unconsciously maintain body balance. So, even if you sit still, your head will remain stationary and your pelvis will move naturally with the slight tilt of the seat. That is to say, even if you keep sitting, the related muscles will continuously contract and relax, achieving an effect similar to exercising the core muscle group with a fitness ball, but the process is much easier.

However, Toyota also mentioned that after sitting on this kind of chair for about 20 minutes, you may feel slight fatigue. Although comfort is more important for most people, Toyota says this sense of fatigue is a signal that the muscles are being mobilized, indicating that important muscles that usually don't get exercised are being activated.

It is known that this kind of seat can exercise the pelvic area and the deep muscles of the whole body, thereby improving muscle coordination, allowing you to achieve the exercise effect without intense exercise. In addition, TapTechNews noticed that since the seat is always in a slightly shaky state, it is also difficult for the user to maintain a fixed posture for a long time. The company says this is also helpful for relieving back pain.