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Stand More at Work, Sit More at Home
- dkarapetyan 11y agoDidn't recent study show that sitting or standing doesn't matter if you're stationary?
- 0942v8653 11y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10388815 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10388815
- anon010101 11y agoonly 40 participants took part in this study
- yodsanklai 11y agoI'm wondering, is lying down a good position for working on a computer?
- jessaustin 11y agoIt seems inevitable that inversion boots will be required ergonomic accessories within a few years.
- nsm 11y agoIt is: http://www.theonion.com/video/more-office-workers-switching-to-fetal-position-de-36240 http://www.theonion.com/video/more-office-workers-switching-...
- city41 11y agoI have an adjustable desk at work so I put it in the standing position often. Standing for hours really hurts your feet. I don't find it surprising at all that people sit more at home if they have a standing desk.
- SirensOfTitan 11y ago> Standing for hours really hurts your feet. You should be alternating more than this. Standing for hours can be just as detrimental to your health as sitting for hours. I try to alternate standing and sitting every hour or so (but have a mechanical standing desk that I can adjust with ease). I usually dance in place to music while standing (as statically standing isn't very healthy either). It's gotten quite enjoyable, but it took a while for my body to get used to standing without discomfort.
- renata 11y agoOne of my coworkers used to work in food service and showed me the glory of good mats. I have a treadmill desk and walk most of the day, but when I'm standing, having a good floor mat makes it much easier.
- wyclif 11y agoYou're right, and I'll give an example of what I try to do (but don't always succeed because of time contraints, interruptions, etc). I have a standing desk and a comfy leather chair in my office. I alternate between standing and sitting about every hour or so, but I also sometimes switch in under an hour, especially if I need to take a break. I have a desktop on the standing desk, and I use the laptop while sitting. I also have one of those laptop-style desks that is really just a flat piece of wood that lies across your lap as a surface for writing on paper (rare) and reading books (I use the Kindle a lot, though). On the Kindle I have lots of tech books, and sometimes I'll read a chapter, see something I want to implement, stand up, and start coding again.
- aaronbrethorst 11y agoYou may want to investigate better shoes. I stand for hours at a time at work, and have no trouble with this at all when I wear my running shoes. Other shoes: not so much.
- HeyLaughingBoy 11y agoAnti-fatigue mats can me a big difference.
- pinkunicorn 11y agoI work from home. What do I do..?
- lgas 11y agoDance like no one is watching.
- methodover 11y agoI have one of those automatic sit stand desks. The Jarvis. Only for home though. I relish my work from home days. They're glorious. I don't want every day to be a work from home day, but when it works out, I love it. I don't even care about the health benefits. I just like standing sometimes, without having to stop working.
- stephengillie 11y agoNone of these changes are actually what makes a difference. The difference is made by having a workplace where you are enabled to request/make these changes. It's a type of Hawthorne effect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect