Ask HN: If sitting is a lethal activity, what are some practical alternatives?
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Ha, what a timing.
Couple days before, I saw MTV's Facebook Diary. In it, there was Pedram, a Facebook engineer who uses a standing desk. At first I thought "he must be crazy" etc. Just yesterday though, I got the "trend" and converted my computer workspace from a "normal desk" to a standing desk.
Other cool people who use a standing desk (and swear by its name): Gina Trapani, Marco Arment—even form US gov member Rumsfeld.
See more info re: standing desks here http://apas.gr/desk/
Couple days before, I saw MTV's Facebook Diary. In it, there was Pedram, a Facebook engineer who uses a standing desk. At first I thought "he must be crazy" etc. Just yesterday though, I got the "trend" and converted my computer workspace from a "normal desk" to a standing desk.
Other cool people who use a standing desk (and swear by its name): Gina Trapani, Marco Arment—even form US gov member Rumsfeld.
See more info re: standing desks here http://apas.gr/desk/
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I've worked at a few companies and seen many people use standing desks as an alternative. I prefer sitting when working, but I take breaks after a set amount of time (i.e this part is going to take an hour, so I'll break in an hour).
Outside of that I try to take have separate time for real exercise. I don't like to mix the two up (treadmill desk).
Outside of that I try to take have separate time for real exercise. I don't like to mix the two up (treadmill desk).
standing desks:
http://www.google.com/search?q=Standing+desks
Does anyone have any innovative, and preferably inexpensive, ways to achieve this? Solutions like a treadmill desk seem a bit overkill, expensive, and I would imagine might make it hard to concentrate.
link to NYT article: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/magazine/mag-17sitting-t.html?_r=1&src=me&ref=homepage