Screw your standing desk. How about squatting?

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Post by freshfey » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 3:22 PM UTC

Screw your standing desk. How about squatting?
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Post by falcolas » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 3:38 PM UTC

Interesting idea, but like all positions, staying in it too long can be a painful affair. A work station that supports moving to a good squatting height (along with standing and sitting) would seem like the ideal compromise.

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Post by bmj » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 3:39 PM UTC

Interesting. I've been a desk squatter for years--I've never wanted a dedicated stand desk, but I've been able to configure my set-up to allow good posture while squatting. It certainly provides a nice break from sitting.

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Post by quarterto » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 3:44 PM UTC

After wading through the article's obnoxious style, we see it provides no tangible arguments against standing, nor for squatting. In fact, the only argument against standing is that it's uncomfortable, and then the rest of the article is spent explaining how to make squatting less uncomfortable. Squatting for more than 5 minutes would probably make my knees explode.

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Post by dagw » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 3:46 PM UTC

Arguing standing vs sitting (vs squatting) is missing the point. It's not an either or proposition. Holding any one position for a long time is bad. A good desk should be quick and easy to move from sitting height to standing height, and you switch between them regularly.

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Post by emiljbs » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 3:50 PM UTC

It's not about standing vs squatting, it's sitting down vs squatting (especially on the toilet) that's the big point.

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Post by dabernathy89 » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 3:57 PM UTC

This sounds like it would cause my kneecaps to explode.

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Post by xutopia » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 3:57 PM UTC

Except some of us are morphologically incapable of squatting the restful way: http://themovementfix.com/the-best-kept-secret-why-people-ha...

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Post by chadwickthebold » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 3:58 PM UTC

Going out on a limb here - I think this is satire.

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Post by Glide » Thu, Jan 30, 2014, 3:58 PM UTC

bmj wrote: post #3

Interesting. I've been a desk squatter for years--I've never wanted a dedicated stand desk, but I've been able to configure my set-up to allow good posture while squatting. It certainly provides a nice break from sitting.

I'm curious on how your desk would be arranged for squatting. This is the first I've even heard of desk squatting so I am struggling with how it would be set up.