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Ask HN: How is your standing desk working for you?
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Re: Ask HN: How is your standing desk working for you?
#162Standing hurts my feet within 10-20 minutes, but I found a treadmill/walking desk to be something I could do all day long. It helped a lot with back pain, and as a side-effect it cured post-lunch sleepiness. Coding while walking was never a concentration problem for me, so I can only offer that as an anecdotal data point. It might be me, but maybe walking rather than standing makes it easier to concentrate? There wer…
Do you have collapsed arches, and if you do have you looked into rebuilding them? Assuming you look into it i know Kelly Starrett has discussed it so he probably has good resources (e.g. in Ready to Run, no running required) and there are likely other good sources as well. My feet have "much" more of an arch in my feet than two years ago and the difference is noticeable.
I have collapsed arches. Do you mean that you can rebuild them by standing barefoot?
Re: Ask HN: How is your standing desk working for you?
#163A couple years ago my co-worker and I each built the $22 IKEA standing desk from iamnotaprogrammer.com[1]. We also each got a nice standing mat and stool (about $100 each), and I got a monitor mount (about $50). It's been excellent. I'd say I spend about half my time standing and half sitting on the stool. For me, rather than losing focus when I'm standing, sometimes I'll just pace around my office a bit, which I've…
Many folks mention standing on a mat. Anybody care to give specific advice on what to buy (brand, material, thickness, link, whatever)?
How does a mat help? O__o
Re: Ask HN: How is your standing desk working for you?
#164I use mine at my workplace to make my desk slightly higher and that's it. Standing hurts my back wayyyy too much.
Re: Ask HN: How is your standing desk working for you?
#165Can't beat this drum enough. Consider using a treadmill desk. Alternate between sitting and walking. Moving is better than standing still. See my setup. https://www.dropbox.com/s/089qqvaa7j5ob77/office_setup.jpg I've lost a lot of weight with this setup. Still have a long way to go. I've found the key to concentration is walking slow. It has a max speed of 4MPH (which is way too fast). I walk at a pace of 1.2 - 1.4 m…
Similar, but I went a bit overboard with my setup and created a sliding platform for my chair: https://cl.ly/2e3q0B0f2O3o
This is amazing. Care to share more specifics? Eg. total cost, treadmill brand/model that allows for the platform, etc.
Re: Ask HN: How is your standing desk working for you?
#166Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you have collapsed arches, and if you do have you looked into rebuilding them? Assuming you look into it i know Kelly Starrett has discussed it so he probably has good resources (e.g. in Ready to Run, no running required) and there are likely other good sources as well. My feet have "much" more of an arch in my feet than two years ago and the difference is noticeable.
I have collapsed arches. Do you mean that you can rebuild them by standing barefoot?
I have definitely hear a PT use the phrase "rebuild your arches". I've just experimented a lot and done some reading. In addition do doing A LOT of your own research and experimentation, talking to someone who actually knows what they're doing would probably be helpful.
Re: Ask HN: How is your standing desk working for you?
#167Earlier quoted context omitted.
Do you have collapsed arches, and if you do have you looked into rebuilding them? Assuming you look into it i know Kelly Starrett has discussed it so he probably has good resources (e.g. in Ready to Run, no running required) and there are likely other good sources as well. My feet have "much" more of an arch in my feet than two years ago and the difference is noticeable.
Not that I know of, but I can't say I've ever had my arches evaluated. Maybe it's time! I do hike & run a lot and don't have any issues there. I used running shoes with good insoles & arch support when using the standing desk & treadmill desk. Would there be other symptoms that indicate collapsed arches?
You'd have to do some research (and maybe involve a doctor). If you do have collapsed arches, or just really weak arches, your reasons are likely different than other peoples reasons.
Re: Ask HN: How is your standing desk working for you?
#168Standing hurts my feet within 10-20 minutes, but I found a treadmill/walking desk to be something I could do all day long. It helped a lot with back pain, and as a side-effect it cured post-lunch sleepiness. Coding while walking was never a concentration problem for me, so I can only offer that as an anecdotal data point. It might be me, but maybe walking rather than standing makes it easier to concentrate? There wer…
Did you lose weight with a walking desk? 8 hours at 2mph is 16 miles per day!
Re: Ask HN: How is your standing desk working for you?
#169Earlier quoted context omitted.
At work I've used an Imprint CumulusPRO mat and it was very comfortable and took a lot of abuse like using my chair on top of it half the time.
i would definitely recommend an anti-fatigue mat if you're using a standing desk. our mats are sold at $39 to compliment our SmartDesk. https://www.autonomous.ai/anti-fatigue-mat-standing-desk-acc...
Your site doesn't display on iPhone, most probably you have an overlay darker gray pop-up that blocks from viewing anything on the site. I can see just the outline of something in background
Re: Ask HN: How is your standing desk working for you?
#170I purchased a standing desk about a year ago. I've found that I use it a lot less than I thought I would. On average, I spend about 1 hour a day standing. Why? - I find it difficult to stand for long periods of time, much more difficult than walking or running for the same duration of time. I tend to get tired of standing after about 40 minutes, and just want to sit down. I can run for hours. - I find it more difficu…
Not just you. A few years back, I served as a docent for a week-long introductory course in bioinformatics tooling - almost all of which time I spent standing, and very little of it moving around. It was exhausting, and it hurt . I can do ten miles on foot in a day, up and down hills, through streams, and generally all over creation - and even so feel better the next morning than if I spent the same time standing sti…
Your posture might be the problem.