Saturday, January 16, 2021 - 5:18 pm POTSDAM — The early months of the COVID-19 pandemic saw stay at home orders issued across the United States. Millions of people’s lives and routines were completely changed, claims a press release from Clarkson University. For many, that meant their lifestyle changed too, the press release said. A new study by researchers at several universities, including Clarkson, found that during COVID-19 people across the country are sitting longer -- but they’re also exercising more. Ali Boolani, an Associate Professor of Physical Therapy at Clarkson University, and Jacob Meyer, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology at Iowa State University, and their fellow researchers conducted a study in April during the initial COVID-19 lockdown phase, according to the press release.