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Re: Show HN: A 15 min daily stretch routine for desk workers

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Post by polishdude20 »

dogma1138 wrote: post #48
TomK32 wrote: post #45

Faaaaar tooooo maaaaany bits in that routine, I can't even bother counting beyond ten. How about just six and repeat then two or three times? I won't need it myself as I have a standing desk with a bar stool if I need some rest and go to the gym during winter and roadbike in summer, but at the gym I have a muscle routine (turns out cyclists only have muscles in their legs) that is just eight stations with the classic…

Standing desk doesn’t do squat for your flexibility. You should be able using both hands to reach every spot on your back or there about. You should be able to sit down on the floor with your hips bent at 90 degrees whilst both your legs are straight and your knees pointing upwards and unbent. You should be able to sit at 90 degrees to the floor straight on your ass whilst having your legs inter locked (“Indian sitti…

What you "should" be able to do when it comes to flexibility is highly subjective and relative to each person and their needs.

Lack of flexibility is touted as this bogeyman that needs to be fixed. Saying people "should" be able to touch their toes without bending their knees has no basis in science and unless your job or daily life requires that kind of flexibility, you don't need it.

If anything, strength training should be what a person spends their times doing to increase quality of life.

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Post by tokyolights2 »

Slightly non-sequitur. The best thing that I ever did for my body wrt/ having a desk job is making sure that wherever I am my monitor is at eye level and at least 2ft away from my face. I always found that at the end of the work day I had so much tightness in my neck and temples, but once I started using a portable laptop stand [1] that all went away.

[1] such as https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0192/8184/products/RoostSt...

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Post by nanidin »

jascii wrote: post #33
yakubin wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Correcting someone’s language is not putting them down.

It certainly tends to be perceived that way by the person corrected. It's also debatable whether nitpicking on someone's grammar is "correcting their language", linguists tend to think it's not: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...

That's not my experience when interacting with people communicating in a second language. They generally appreciate the opportunity to learn and improve their (in most cases) English. They also usually love to be taught idioms so that they don't stick out like a sore thumb!

Re: Show HN: A 15 min daily stretch routine for desk workers

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Post by throwaway292939 »

almara wrote: post #2

I created this side project for my partner, who is constantly complaining about how stiff his body is. Hopefully it’ll help other tech workers stretch out and feel better! (PS: this is my first project launch so any feedback would be greatly appreciated).

Neat! How did you make the graphics for these poses? Love them!

Re: Show HN: A 15 min daily stretch routine for desk workers

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Post by throwaway45467 »

almara wrote: post #71
throwaway45467 wrote: post #62

Thanks! FYI, on 2016 iPhone SE Safari, the pause button/counter/progress bar cover the text and make it unreadable. Will likely be using your app daily, though. The images clearly show what to do.

(Should be fixed now!)

Thanks!
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