Reply to: Deadly IT

[KentPhilip]

Become a rent boy.
Then you can bend over rather than sitting down all day..

[d000hg]

You'll still be sitting down.

So yuo think pro cyclists have the same problem?

[cojak]

no we need you to annoy you

No, you don't.

Really you don't.

[stevejohnson]

(Psst. Let's all leave this thread and leave louie and stevejohnson to it...)

no we need you to annoy you

[Mich the Tester]

If you work in IT you are probably chained to a desk most of the day? Sitting down all day is bad for you even if you go to the Gym at in the evening. BBC News - Sitting for long periods 'is bad for your health'

Anyone thought of changing careers? Something where you are on your feet more and moving around? Less money is OK.

Britain has now reached the point that it dominates the Olympic sitting down sports, from cycling through rowing to sailing and horse riding, and now along come these pesky doctors telling people they should walk around more! No, no and no again, not now we've found something we can win!

[cojak]

(Psst. Let's all leave this thread and leave louie and stevejohnson to it...)

[stevejohnson]

We're all going to

DIE

wrong.

[BlasterBates]

We're all going to

DIE

[louie]

Better suited to those contractors working from home, I'd suggest. The treadmill thing seems a bit much, IMO.

I'm a leg bouncer, wonder if that does any good.

[GreenLabel]

I think the folks using the standing workstations are a bit delusional, standing in once place isn't much better than sitting, I think being able to move around, walking running, lifting things, is going to make a difference.

Plus as a contractor you are changing environments a lot, are you going to drag around one of these or a treadmill, if they will even allow them?

Better suited to those contractors working from home, I'd suggest. The treadmill thing seems a bit much, IMO.

[Mich the Tester]

They should make network cards pedal powered. No pedalling, no internet.

You'll still be sitting down.

[doomage]

They should make network cards pedal powered. No pedalling, no internet.

[louie]

Several folks at my previous client had bought stand-up workstations for this reason. They looked a bit silly, but the staff using them swore by them.

I think the folks using the standing workstations are a bit delusional, standing in once place isn't much better than sitting, I think being able to move around, walking running, lifting things, is going to make a difference.

Plus as a contractor you are changing environments a lot, are you going to drag around one of these or a treadmill, if they will even allow them?

[minestrone]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/18/he...ness.html?_r=0

Every office should have some of these where you can hot desk onto for an hour or 2 a day.

[GreenLabel]

If you work in IT you are probably chained to a desk most of the day? Sitting down all day is bad for you even if you go to the Gym at in the evening. BBC News - Sitting for long periods 'is bad for your health'

Anyone thought of changing careers? Something where you are on your feet more and moving around? Less money is OK.

Several folks at my previous client had bought stand-up workstations for this reason. They looked a bit silly, but the staff using them swore by them.