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“ standing for long periods of time might not be much better than sitting after all” Well duh, if you trade one sedentary all-day posture for another sedentary

“ standing for long periods of time might not be much better than sitting after all” Well duh, if you trade one sedentary all-day posture for another sedentary all-day posture it’s not likely to be of much benefit. The point of standing desks is to vary posture during the day and being able to choose to stand or sit while continuing to work gives you one more way to achieve this. Mix with breaks and walks and it’s starting to look better than sitting on your ass all day anyway. I try to stand for calls/remote meetings, I have a couple every day and it adds up to about 1h of standing / shifting my weight around and helps me stay focused. But not overdoing it is key - on days where I have more than a couple of meetings I’ll totally be sitting for some of them.

invalidname 2y ago
Exactly. I mostly sit. When I move the desk to a standing position it lets me walk around a bit while working. Press compile and then walk a bit back while thinking. It is a wonderful tool. Static standing all day is horrible, that isn't news.
turbojet1321 2y ago
I'm sure this is very variable person-to-person. I stand 98% of the time, not for any theoretical health reason, but because I find it far more comfortable. I have terrible posture when sitting and made little progress in trying to correct it. Switching to standing all-but eliminated my lower back pain and most of my neck pain. The only time I sit these days is if I'm extremely tired for some reason. I have been doing this for more than 10 years now though, and it took a while until it became easy.
dagmx 2y ago
Yes, this, I stand during meetings and sit while working. It helps a ton.
kyriakos 2y ago
Not requiring camera on during calls proved very good for my health. During calls I get up and walk around the house. Bluetooth works quite well if you don't go too far. As a bonus I keep better concentration in the call than just sitting in front of the screens which are a source of distraction.

invalidname 2y ago

Exactly. I mostly sit. When I move the desk to a standing position it lets me walk around a bit while working. Press compile and then walk a bit back while thinking. It is a wonderful tool. Static standing all day is horrible, that isn't news.

turbojet1321 2y ago

I'm sure this is very variable person-to-person. I stand 98% of the time, not for any theoretical health reason, but because I find it far more comfortable. I have terrible posture when sitting and made little progress in trying to correct it. Switching to standing all-but eliminated my lower back pain and most of my neck pain. The only time I sit these days is if I'm extremely tired for some reason. I have been doing this for more than 10 years now though, and it took a while until it became easy.

dagmx 2y ago

Yes, this, I stand during meetings and sit while working. It helps a ton.

kyriakos 2y ago

Not requiring camera on during calls proved very good for my health. During calls I get up and walk around the house. Bluetooth works quite well if you don't go too far. As a bonus I keep better concentration in the call than just sitting in front of the screens which are a source of distraction.