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Are you sure a standing desk helps at all? Is standing enough to negate the negative effects or is movement required

NickBusey 10y ago
I've been using a standing desk for years now, and while you're not exactly doing jumping jacks the whole time, I certainly move a lot more than I do when I sit down. Just shifting weight from leg to leg, changing standing position, occasionally stretching/touching my toes. You end up making many more small movements than when you're just plopped in a chair.
- Apocryphon 10y ago
  I wonder if it's micro-movements, or if people who are already standing are more likely to walk around more often.
reneherse 10y ago
I found the adjustable stand up desk to be really only part of the ideal solution. Standing all the time aggravated circulation problems, so I added a treadmill specifically designed to be used at a desk. Now it's easy to walk miles a day, at whatever pace fits with the task at hand. The desk is on wheels, so I roll it away from the treadmill when I want to sit. I vary between sitting, perched sitting, standing, walking, and reclining while on the computer. (Working at home.) I also just ordered a Cubii under-desk elliptical, for use at the office where a treadmill and moving around would be intrusive. Like many here, my job and several hobby projects involve working on computers, and all that sedentary time adds up if you don't combat it.
geoka9 10y ago
I think a standing/adjustable desk is a good solution, but you should be able to sit down and, more importantly, put your feet above your waist for a while, occasionally. Otherwise you may ruin the veins in your legs in the long run. (I'm not a doctor.)
- wyclif 10y ago
  If you use a standing desk, I'd recommend also getting a thick rubber mat for the floor (the industrial kind line chefs and people who stand for hours use, you can easily find these on Amazon).
zeamaize 10y ago
It's the other way: standing is necessary but not sufficient. Exercise doesn't cancel out sitting and blood pooling in your legs.
agumonkey 10y ago
Any comparison with these big sitting rubber balls we see from time to time ?

I've been using a standing desk for years now, and while you're not exactly doing jumping jacks the whole time, I certainly move a lot more than I do when I sit down. Just shifting weight from leg to leg, changing standing position, occasionally stretching/touching my toes. You end up making many more small movements than when you're just plopped in a chair.

Apocryphon 10y ago
I wonder if it's micro-movements, or if people who are already standing are more likely to walk around more often.

reneherse 10y ago

I found the adjustable stand up desk to be really only part of the ideal solution. Standing all the time aggravated circulation problems, so I added a treadmill specifically designed to be used at a desk. Now it's easy to walk miles a day, at whatever pace fits with the task at hand. The desk is on wheels, so I roll it away from the treadmill when I want to sit. I vary between sitting, perched sitting, standing, walking, and reclining while on the computer. (Working at home.) I also just ordered a Cubii under-desk elliptical, for use at the office where a treadmill and moving around would be intrusive. Like many here, my job and several hobby projects involve working on computers, and all that sedentary time adds up if you don't combat it.

geoka9 10y ago

I think a standing/adjustable desk is a good solution, but you should be able to sit down and, more importantly, put your feet above your waist for a while, occasionally. Otherwise you may ruin the veins in your legs in the long run. (I'm not a doctor.)

wyclif 10y ago
If you use a standing desk, I'd recommend also getting a thick rubber mat for the floor (the industrial kind line chefs and people who stand for hours use, you can easily find these on Amazon).

zeamaize 10y ago

It's the other way: standing is necessary but not sufficient. Exercise doesn't cancel out sitting and blood pooling in your legs.

agumonkey 10y ago

Any comparison with these big sitting rubber balls we see from time to time ?