These three things have something in common.
* dvorak keyboards
* recumbent bicycles
* standing desks
One thing they have in common is me; I am an advocate for all three and I am committed to them because of the other thing I blief they all have in common.
They are all easier on your body.
Avoidable repetitive stress is something I have actively avoided for most/all of my adult life. It might have been related to any one of those PBS specials about coal miners that spend 14 hour days hunched over at the waist.
I TOTALLY would have invented a lay-down walker thing if I were in that environment.
Anyway, all three of these things also represent a little bit of investment in either time or ingenuity because they aren’t standard. Not too many stand-up desks being sold at Paikea.
They should be.
Most of you work at a desk so…for anyone interested but finding themselves unable to overcome some of the hurdles of a standing desk here is a resource for review.
I haven’t dived in yet, but I will.
One thing I did see was that standing burns about 360 more calories per day than sitting.
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Good topic…you probably heard recent reports of how sitting is statistically bad for your health. Could something as simple as standing (at least part of the work day) help avoid those pitfalls?
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Is standing (or walking!) on two feet/legs good for a human’s health? I think I would get fatigued if I stood on my feet for even a significant part of an 8-hour day. [NOTE: is an 8-hour day good for one’s health? Is an 8-hour day necessary — except in the minds of slave-driver minded bosses, that is?]
However, I admit that in my later years on the job at the kite factory, I spent most of my time walking around coordinating with my colleagues — nowadays. with e-mail and such, that might not have been as necessary!
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