I can't help but be reminded of John Kilduff from Let's Paint TV.
Why Every Office Should Switch To Walking Desks
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#32What about the postman syndrome?
Relying on the results of the first week and presenting them as some misleading charts, are not the best way to encourage people to buy these desks. It is obvious this is an advertising article. In next few months your body will consider this as a habit, adapt to the situation, hit a plateau, stop burning extra calories and you start gaining weight despite the fact you are walking everyday (The postman syndrome !!). unless you change the intensity of your exercise, which is not possible at all while you are working. I am sure there are plenty of researches on postman syndrome that you could include.
So why don't you just talk about the actual benefits for body, and skip the weight loss part?
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#33Walking desks are inefficient and overkill for the ergonomic concerns of desk work. The practical solution is to have a properly adjusted [1] workstation and get up to walk around for ~5 minutes every hour. On a treadmill, you will lose more than 5 minutes due to inefficiency anyway. And the 5 minute break you take can be used productively (meet with a co-worker, make a phone call). Having a standing desk in addition…
>The key is movement: there is no active blood flow to your spinal disks, they need movement or microtrauma will accumulate. There are also no nerve endings in your discs, so you don't feel anything until there is already serious damage.
That's why a walking desk is preferable. I can walk at a slow pace for hours but standing in one place becomes tiresome after 15 minutes.
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#34What about just exercising and going to gym? Standing to be fit is like staring to scientific papers to be smart.
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#35I'm confused, and a little depressed, that anyone would describe four miles per hour as "a light run." Maybe, if you're four feet tall? Also, I agree with the "April Fools" question but I'm afraid the answer is "no, it's just TechCrunch."
I walk at a little over 4mph (never really lost the military 120 paces/minute cadence, but my stride is naturally longer than the regulation 30 inches), and I regularly catch and pass full-sized people who are dressed for a run and act as if they're jogging. I can't see the point of breathing harder and getting there later, let alone putting on special clothing to do so, but yes, for some people at least, 4mph is a l…
It's kind of annoying to read comments like this if you run regularly. If you run intervals, you periodically take breaks where you jog very slowly. It's super awkward moving slowly, but sweating to death and breathing heavy from your last interval. Also, if you get started running long-distance (half or full marathon), 4-5mph seems to be a reasonable beginner pace. Not everyone is always doing speed work.
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#36Why is it that when something works for someone they immediately feel the need to force it on everybody else?
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm skinny, and other than the weight of the food I eat / defecate, my weight will not fluctuate at all. I can eat whatever I want, however much I want, and not gain weight. I was able to gain 5 or so pounds, but only after I ate whey everyday and did a lot of lifting. I might be able to gain if I tried some ridiculous whey / protein diet and workout regimen, but I don't care that much. However, for the past 5 years,…
Let me guess, you're in or around your mid-twenties now? Don't be surprised to find yourself waking up one day only to notice that your metabolic rate has dropped to zero. I used to be exactly like you, then I hit 30..
Correct! I expect to start being able to gain weight around 30-35, when my father did.
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#38What about the postman syndrome? Relying on the results of the first week and presenting them as some misleading charts, are not the best way to encourage people to buy these desks. It is obvious this is an advertising article. In next few months your body will consider this as a habit, adapt to the situation, hit a plateau, stop burning extra calories and you start gaining weight despite the fact you are walking eve…
What is exactly the postman syndrome? I can't find anything about it, except for the band "The Postman Syndrome" (which is great, by the way)
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#39Why is it that when something works for someone they immediately feel the need to force it on everybody else?
In a similar vein, I'm trying to figure out why tech types keep thinking that their experiences are comparable to everyone else's.
Hint: not every office desk job just involves sitting and typing on a computer all day. I'm sure some jobs (perhaps even many) might be suitable, but certainly not all desk jobs at "every" office.
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#40Good God that first graph is so misleading.