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Standing desk might be as bad as sitting all day

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Re: Standing desk might be as bad as sitting all day

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Post by stocknoob »

carlgreene wrote: post #20
0xEF wrote: post #6

Maybe we need to, I dunno, rethink the way we work in general. Stop chasing silver bullets and admit that movement is medicine. Reading articles like this reminds me of the people I've watched exhaust every possible option for weight loss save for mindful eating and exercise.

Completely agree with you. However, what does this mean for a software engineer or anyone who must be in front of a computer for extended periods of time? I’ve moved to biking everywhere and daily walks with the dogs, but still have 8 hours where I’m mostly sedentary

My 2c if helpful: the solution was to question deeper assumptions.

Why are you at a desk? Because you have to work 8 hours.

Why? Because your job requires it.

Why do you have that job? Because you need income to live.

Is a job the only way to have income to live? (See: FI).

Ultimately the root cause is not being in control of your time. It takes time, but once solved the downstream problems solve themselves. You can work (exert effort on goals you care about) in a way that prioritizes your health.

Re: Standing desk might be as bad as sitting all day

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Post by hombre_fatal »

Standing at a desk makes incidental movement possible, especially for someone like me who can't sit still much less stand still. I pace, use my pull-up bar, and use my dip bars when I'm working at my stand-up desk. I never did those things when forced to sit down even in my own home.

Re: Standing desk might be as bad as sitting all day

#43

Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

dmead wrote: post #32
notepad0x90 wrote: post #30

My idea to solve all this would be to change how computing is done. We don't talk about radical disruptive ideas enough these days. What if we don't have to interact with computers from a stationary position at all? VR headsets are one direction that might help with this, but in my view there is another way. Decouple peripherals and computing units fully. You'd carry around with you a battery unit that will charge di…

Lol did you just invent a terminal from the 1970s, but a cell phone?

We reinvent thin clients every few years; aren't we due for the latest take on it?

Re: Standing desk might be as bad as sitting all day

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Post by anonu »

The article is a bit shortsighted as it seems to only measure the benefits of standing through cardiovascular risk outcomes. As someone with recent lower back issues - a musculoskeletal issue - I can tell you I would prefer to stand for most of the day.

Re: Standing desk might be as bad as sitting all day

#47

Post by rdtsc »

I have an adjustable standing desk and I keep switching between standing and sitting. Then I try to find reasons to walk around to think, make tea, coffee (use a small cup so I have to get up more often).

I was debating getting a treadmill of some sort but I think I am doing ok for now as I don’t stand much in one place anyway.

Re: Standing desk might be as bad as sitting all day

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Post by [deleted] »

stocknoob wrote: post #41
carlgreene wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Completely agree with you. However, what does this mean for a software engineer or anyone who must be in front of a computer for extended periods of time? I’ve moved to biking everywhere and daily walks with the dogs, but still have 8 hours where I’m mostly sedentary

My 2c if helpful: the solution was to question deeper assumptions. Why are you at a desk? Because you have to work 8 hours. Why? Because your job requires it. Why do you have that job? Because you need income to live. Is a job the only way to have income to live? (See: FI). Ultimately the root cause is not being in control of your time. It takes time, but once solved the downstream problems solve themselves. You can…

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Re: Standing desk might be as bad as sitting all day

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Post by grues-dinner »

dmead wrote: post #32
notepad0x90 wrote: post #30

My idea to solve all this would be to change how computing is done. We don't talk about radical disruptive ideas enough these days. What if we don't have to interact with computers from a stationary position at all? VR headsets are one direction that might help with this, but in my view there is another way. Decouple peripherals and computing units fully. You'd carry around with you a battery unit that will charge di…

Lol did you just invent a terminal from the 1970s, but a cell phone?

Sounds like the hand terminals from The Expanse which you can flick onto any nearby display.

Which I dearly would like to see, but the protocol and security implications make my head hurt.

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