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"We need better-quality studies to really determine if sitting makes people sick" This. A thousand times this. I ask because as a programmer I spend roughly 10
by maskedinvader 10y ago
"We need better-quality studies to really determine if sitting makes people sick"
This. A thousand times this. I ask because as a programmer I spend roughly 10-12 hours sitting at work and roughly 3 hours at home, with maybe an hour of walking each day, and I would like to know if I am prone to aging and being sick more due to my sitting habit or its just wrong interpretation of data and there is no significant correlation.
- bogomipz 10y agoI think if you are walking a solid hour a day every day you are getting your exercise just fine. Even half an hour a day of walking is good.
- antirez 10y agoThere are studies suggesting that exercise does not totally cancel out the damage caused by long hours of sitting.
- vog 10y agoAlternatively, you can use a standing desk, or switch between a sitting and a standing desk. That way you have an additional litte exercise during the working hours.
- scrollaway 10y agoI've read so many (anecdotal) stories about standing desks doing a number on knees and ankles that I think I'd rather go in a tanning bed than get one.
- ekianjo 10y agothe pain on ankles is real if your floor tends to be hard. Using a soft mattress helps somewhat.
- vog 10y agoDo these issues also occur when you switch between standing and sitting? (I suspect that the real issue is neither sitting nor standing, but monotonicity.)
- scrollaway 10y agoIn my experience -- again, completely anecdotal --, investing in a high quality office chair, mattress and set of pillows goes a long way towards less joint pain/damage. Standing desks just move the damage lower down.
- bjelkeman-again 10y agoI have used a standing desk for several years now. Probably standing/sitting 60/40. For a few years it was 80/20. Any issues I had where primarily related to my feet. Some good supporting sandals fixed that. Other than that I practice martial arts 2x1.5 hour a week quite intensively. Walk to work and back 40 min/day. I now control my weight easily and am much healthier and alert. Sleep one hour less per day, and still feel great.
- noir_lord 10y agoModeration in all things, I built my own standing desk because I wanted a huge work space and it to be higher than the usual. I sit/stand about 50/50 (30 minutes before switching), I use a panel timer (xfce) to remind me to switch and it works great.
- jclardy 10y agoEveryone seems to think going all-in is the only option...I have a standing desk and stand maybe 33% of the day at most. The real issue is likely just taking a break from sitting and walking around the office every hour or so. When standing I am much more likely to walk around in the first place.
- stinos 10y agoYeah that's what I recall aas well, even think I saw it here on HN. Consensus was along the lines of 'an hour of exercise every night cannot cancel out the damage done by sitting down continuously for 8 hours' and the remedy 'interrupt sitting evrey hour or so, e.g. by a breif walk'.
- brlewis 10y ago"Conclusion: Prolonged sedentary time was independently associated with deleterious health outcomes regardless of physical activity." http://annals.org/aim/article/2091327/sedentary-time-its-association-risk-disease-incidence-mortality-hospitalization-adults http://annals.org/aim/article/2091327/sedentary-time-its-ass... Found via https://blog.fitbit.com/sitting-hurts-fitbit-data-suggests-you-should-move-more-often/ https://blog.fitbit.com/sitting-hurts-fitbit-data-suggests-y...