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Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body than you can imagine

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Re: Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body than you can imagine

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Post by noir_lord »

aswanson wrote: post #68
shadowmint wrote: post #53

> When you need to ask a colleague something, walk up to his/her desk instead of dropping a message 'Did you get that email I sent you?' Ahhhhhh~ No. Please don't. There's plenty of good advice on this article, but be careful that the things that you do for yourself don't negatively impact other people ; that's not be healthy, its being thoughtless and selfish.

It never ceases to amaze me how much others think they entitled to your time while working. They'll start conversations when all nonverbal signals show you are trying to get something done. Im at the point where I am going to be forced to be outright rude, which is not easy for me, just to be able to work undisturbed.

I moved office to the other side of the site, up some stairs an into a (admittedly vast) office with no windows in part because of this, people don't get programmers, your 5 minute non-important (to either of us) interruption costs me 15-20 minutes of lost productivity after you walk away from my desk.

I have a phone on my desk that is set to flash, not ring and only then if it's the boss, everyone else just silently rings (and then I get an email a few minutes later "tried ringing, anyway about ".

Re: Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body than you can imagine

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Post by noir_lord »

laythea wrote: post #76
aswanson wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It never ceases to amaze me how much others think they entitled to your time while working. They'll start conversations when all nonverbal signals show you are trying to get something done. Im at the point where I am going to be forced to be outright rude, which is not easy for me, just to be able to work undisturbed.

This holds up to a point, but if your role is so demanding that you cannot hold a conversation (presuming a work conversation but also applies to social - up to a point obviously), then your either not very good at your job or your employer sets unrealistic expectations, or your good and the employer is realistic but you just want to get ahead. I've worked with people that are a clamshell. It's not a very nice enviro…

None of those, I simply don't like getting dropped out the zone for things that aren't immediately important or can't be done over email.

For what it's worth I'm good at my job and my employer doesn't set unrealistic expectations, work time is work time, home time is home time. I don't blur the boundaries, if you want a social chat that's what lunch times are for.

I've worked with Germans in the past, they are much more like me (I'm English) in that regard.

Re: Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body than you can imagine

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Post by cm2012 »

raamdev wrote: post #56

I’ve posted this elsewhere, but it feels relevant here so I’ll share it again. I work remotely 80-90 hours a week using my laptop (this is important: your screen needs to be mobile). Here's how I currently try to keep my body moving: - I don't have a desk or chair. I have a bar table and a stool. This makes a huge difference. I get uncomfortable sitting on the stool after about 30 minutes, so I get off. Then I'll sta…

Why work so many hours?

Re: Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body than you can imagine

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Post by lifeisstillgood »

aswanson wrote: post #68
shadowmint wrote: post #53

> When you need to ask a colleague something, walk up to his/her desk instead of dropping a message 'Did you get that email I sent you?' Ahhhhhh~ No. Please don't. There's plenty of good advice on this article, but be careful that the things that you do for yourself don't negatively impact other people ; that's not be healthy, its being thoughtless and selfish.

It never ceases to amaze me how much others think they entitled to your time while working. They'll start conversations when all nonverbal signals show you are trying to get something done. Im at the point where I am going to be forced to be outright rude, which is not easy for me, just to be able to work undisturbed.

That is the main advantage of individual or small offices to work in.

Re: Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body than you can imagine

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Post by resoluteteeth »

netsec_burn wrote: post #82

Stopped reading on the first graph. "Relative Death Risk" is presented as numbers without units. Everyone knows exercise is beneficial, this article shouldn't introduce you to anything new.

Isn't relative risk unitless?

Re: Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body than you can imagine

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Post by pmarreck »

erl wrote: post #75
eugeneionesco wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes but how many places have the infrastucture to do HIIT? Come on, let's be serious here...

You can easily do HIIT with minimal infrastructure. Burpees and jumping squats for example will get your pulse up in no time. It will likely require a shower afterwards though which might pose a problem.

ok so to make this happen in an office setting, we'd perhaps need

1) A 60 degree F room to stave off sweating

2) Enough exercise to be healthy but that stops just short of making you sweat

3) (2) is variable based on body weight of course

Re: Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body than you can imagine

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Post by dominotw »

modernerd wrote: post #12

I bought a speed rope and started skipping for 20 minutes every morning while listening to audiobooks. https://rpmtraining.com It’s cheaper than a gym, needs little space, elevates my heart rate more than running ever did, and there are tricks to learn to keep it fresh and progressively raise the difficulty (double-unders, cross-overs etc.).

This looks so much fun. I want one, wish I didn't live in an apartment with neighbors downstairs.

Re: Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body than you can imagine

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Post by asddddd »

gaius wrote: post #39
snarfy wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have about 5 seconds before your brain shuts up those ideas like "I'll definitely exercise more...". It's an awesome idea, life changing even. 5 seconds later your rational self catches up with the idea and starts to counter with 'but I don't have enough time', 'it's too hard', 'maybe tomorrow', etc. The next time you get the idea to exercise more you need to stop what you are doing right then and there and do so…

you need to stop what you are doing right then and there and do something about it If you're at home, there's no reason not to just do 10 pressups right there and then (and as you get better, 20, 30 and so on). Or dips with your chair if you can't do pressups yet.

I wouldn't recommend focusing on push-ups, they are counterproductive if you have the typical "computer posture" with hunched/forward shoulders. Chin-ups, rows, and similar are likely to be a better idea.

Re: Sitting down too much is doing more harm to your body than you can imagine

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Post by feral »

I've seen a lot of articles about sitting but always have some questions:

- I work with computers so sitting or standing a large portion of time is inevitable.

- Is the real problem sitting/standing, or being unfit? If I don't get fat and if I keep fit, will I be ok? Or will sitting still harm me?

- If the claim is that sitting still harms me, how robust is the science here? Do they control for the above? If sitting, as opposed to poor fitness is the problem, does regular movement help? or are we just doomed to this if we use computers?

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