"Sitting is bad for you" is one of the hottest topics in popular health right now. Standing isn't so much a panacea as an alternative to the aforementioned sit

"Sitting is bad for you" is one of the hottest topics in popular health right now. Standing isn't so much a panacea as an alternative to the aforementioned sitting. Our forefathers didn't formally "exercise" in a gym - they moved around. As a practical matter, standing allows desk workers more movement than sitting does.