Live data from Hacker News

Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart

nytimes.com

11–20 of 124 posts

Re: Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart

#11
Went to an orthopedic doc for an achy leg/back/knee.

Gave me the usual prescription: strengthen some core muscles, physical therapy, anti inflammatory meds for a couple weeks, and should be good to go.

Also, however, he prescribed that I read the book Deskbound, by Kelly Starrett.

Reading that book will definitely give you an incentive to not sit for long periods of time.

Re: Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart

#12

I hope this study don't revive the trend of standing desks again. Look I know being sedentary will rob me a few years of life, but going full opposite and being stand 9 to 5 it's Dante inferno at work. Probably the best balance will be having a routine with exercise present, and small breaks to stand and walk a little bit at X minutes sitting.

revive the trend? its still in full force so far as I can tell.

One of our offices just moved to a new building and got (small) motorized standing desks for everyone. I thought I would hate it, but honestly having the option is nice. Plus, its a lot easier to look at something with a coworker standing for some reason. Sadly I'm almost never in that office, I kind of wish I had it all the time.

Re: Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart

#13

I hope this study don't revive the trend of standing desks again. Look I know being sedentary will rob me a few years of life, but going full opposite and being stand 9 to 5 it's Dante inferno at work. Probably the best balance will be having a routine with exercise present, and small breaks to stand and walk a little bit at X minutes sitting.

What do you mean by "Dante inferno"? Are you saying it's torture? I stand my entire work day and I'm not going back. But no one is forcing anyone to stand all the time.

Cardiovascular exercise is torture for me. But that has no bearing on the utility of it.

Re: Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart

#14

I hope this study don't revive the trend of standing desks again. Look I know being sedentary will rob me a few years of life, but going full opposite and being stand 9 to 5 it's Dante inferno at work. Probably the best balance will be having a routine with exercise present, and small breaks to stand and walk a little bit at X minutes sitting.

What's wrong with a trend in standing desks? Nobody is forcing you to use one.

Re: Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart

#15

I hope this study don't revive the trend of standing desks again. Look I know being sedentary will rob me a few years of life, but going full opposite and being stand 9 to 5 it's Dante inferno at work. Probably the best balance will be having a routine with exercise present, and small breaks to stand and walk a little bit at X minutes sitting.

What's wrong with a trend in standing desks? Nobody is forcing you to use one.

There probably are some employers that mandate sending desks.

Re: Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart

#16
post #8
post #5

I dunno if sitting is bad or not -- but ever since I got a fitted desk and put a Deskcycle under it I've felt super great. It's a bit awkward always being a little bit sweaty though (I put in ~50 miles a day). https://deskcycle.com/

Does it have inertia as well as resistance? I bought one several years ago that had absolutely no inertia and it was just horrible to use.

From the main page:

> The precision machined flywheel silently spins at 14 times your pedal speed. The high inertia of the flywheel helps keep the pedals moving at a smooth pace, sort of like a mini spin bike.

Re: Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart

#17

I hope this study don't revive the trend of standing desks again. Look I know being sedentary will rob me a few years of life, but going full opposite and being stand 9 to 5 it's Dante inferno at work. Probably the best balance will be having a routine with exercise present, and small breaks to stand and walk a little bit at X minutes sitting.

I got a VersaDesk because of some pain issues I was having (which have since been resolved).

I would absolutely not want to be standing for 10 hours a day. But it is nice to be able to stand up for my usual 3-5 hours per day.

Re: Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart

#18

I hope this study don't revive the trend of standing desks again. Look I know being sedentary will rob me a few years of life, but going full opposite and being stand 9 to 5 it's Dante inferno at work. Probably the best balance will be having a routine with exercise present, and small breaks to stand and walk a little bit at X minutes sitting.

I had to stand for 9 hours every day at one job. It was a horrible experience. A lot of foot pain and sore foot arches.

Re: Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart

#19

I hope this study don't revive the trend of standing desks again. Look I know being sedentary will rob me a few years of life, but going full opposite and being stand 9 to 5 it's Dante inferno at work. Probably the best balance will be having a routine with exercise present, and small breaks to stand and walk a little bit at X minutes sitting.

They have adjustable sit-stand desks these days.

Re: Sitting May Be Bad for Your Heart

#20

I hope this study don't revive the trend of standing desks again. Look I know being sedentary will rob me a few years of life, but going full opposite and being stand 9 to 5 it's Dante inferno at work. Probably the best balance will be having a routine with exercise present, and small breaks to stand and walk a little bit at X minutes sitting.

[deleted]
Post reply on HN