Standing desks may improve your Sifting (and your health)
There's been a few articles on the perils of sitting down for extended periods of time and how standing is much healthier for you.
I really want to raise my desk but it seems like a hack your own solution at this point in time given the prices of custom made standing desks.
Thus I've decided to build the last desk featured in this article and chuck my old one out. Ikea delivery next Friday! I've got to chop a few bits off to make it fit but it looks like a sweet design.
http://priceonomics.com/desks/ikea/#standing-desk
Anyone else feel like standing?
Some links:
http://lifehacker.com/5482856/exercise-or-not-sitting-at-a-desk-all-day-is-bad-for-you
http://kotaku.com/5933758/another-gamer-testifies-to-the-awesome-calorie+burning-power-of-his-standing-desk
http://blogs.hbr.org/your-health-at-work/2010/08/the-many-benefits-of-standing.html
And there's a ton of others, just google for more!
I really want to raise my desk but it seems like a hack your own solution at this point in time given the prices of custom made standing desks.
Thus I've decided to build the last desk featured in this article and chuck my old one out. Ikea delivery next Friday! I've got to chop a few bits off to make it fit but it looks like a sweet design.
http://priceonomics.com/desks/ikea/#standing-desk
Anyone else feel like standing?
Some links:
http://lifehacker.com/5482856/exercise-or-not-sitting-at-a-desk-all-day-is-bad-for-you
http://kotaku.com/5933758/another-gamer-testifies-to-the-awesome-calorie+burning-power-of-his-standing-desk
http://blogs.hbr.org/your-health-at-work/2010/08/the-many-benefits-of-standing.html
And there's a ton of others, just google for more!
8 Comments
chingaleraI'm about half standing and half sitting most of the time i spend at the puter....Definately a great calorie-burner for those so inclined to widen ~
probieVery cool idea that I just might pursue, thanks for the great link. Definitely going to throw an anti-fatigue mat under mine if I do it.
BoneRemakeNOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
not at all interested, I find it hard to masturbate when standing.
dystopianfuturetodayI like it.
antIsn't it bad to stand all the time?
Deano>> ^ant:
Isn't it bad to stand all the time?
Definitely. You should sit every so often or have a lie down. But sitting all the time is the worst pattern you can adopt.
gwiz665We have desks that go up and down at work. It's great to be able to stand up once in a while and work still.
ZappaDanManHere's my setup: http://www.users.on.net/~jamesrod/standup.jpg
The mouse and keyboard tray is sitting on some yellow pages (who knew they would come in handy some day. I always laughed at them and said "oh look, someone has printed out a very small portion of the internet for me to throw away").
I did it because i've got bad posture and lower/upper back spasms; it appears to be helping. I do find you are constantly moving, swaying about shifting weight of your feet. Every 30 minutes or so you walk away and have a bit of a stretch or sit down for a minute.
Well see if I keep it like this in the long term.
Regards,
ZDM
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