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Has there been any study about whether standing desks are actually any better? I can easily imagine that sitting motionless for 6 hours and standing motionless
by powrtoch 15y ago
Has there been any study about whether standing desks are actually any better? I can easily imagine that sitting motionless for 6 hours and standing motionless for 6 hours have virtually the same effect on the body.
That is, let's not be so quick to patch the problem with the first thing that isn't a chair.
- jarek 15y agoFrom my brief experience, it's quite difficult to stand motionless for 6 hours - that alone might be an advantage as you keep on shifting.
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- msluyter 15y agoI recently got a combination sit/stand desk and I feel that when I stand I tend to move more overall, however, so "motionless" might be less of a factor. I sway back and forth a lot, or rock on my heels slightly, etc... I've found that breaking my day into about half sitting / half standing has been roughly optimal. I've been unable to stand for the entire day without a fair amount of ankle/foot pain.
- gvb 15y agoSee lkrubner post http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2702904 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2702904 for a link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Morris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Morris which clearly indicates standing is not sufficient, exercise is necessary. (Please give lkrubner the karma points for posting the link first.) From Wikipedia, "[...] sedentary drivers of London's double-decker buses had higher rates of cardiovascular disease than the conductors who climbed the stairs" and "[Jerry Morris] performed further studies that showed slow movements such as gardening helped very little and exercise had to be more vigorous to help."