Reply to: Standing desks

[SpontaneousOrder]

Don't know if it's an urban myth, but I read that you burn 50 calories an hour more when standing.

Extra?

[AtW]

That's only one step away from this....

[RSoles]

Go for the best of both worlds...



But a serious response to the OP I would (and did) get a Herman Miller Aeron or similar. Quality chair makes all the difference if you are struggling with seating position and back pains.

Complete with feeding tube and colostomy bag.
Hang on, that's a CRT monitor, which means that this has been thought out some time ago. It's a trap!!!!
and isn't that the ballthumper(TM) management 'motivation' tool sitting just below his knee height?

[greenlake]

Go for the best of both worlds...

That's only one step away from this....

[northernladuk]

Go for the best of both worlds...



But a serious response to the OP I would (and did) get a Herman Miller Aeron or similar. Quality chair makes all the difference if you are struggling with seating position and back pains.

[RSoles]

I raise you -

Not as much as she does........

[AtW]

I raise you -

[RSoles]

Great idea, but they must come with the right equipment.

[d000hg]

I quite like mine, standing all day is rather tiring though.

[northernladyuk]

WHS.

Jobs that require you to be on your feet are generally low paid:

McDonald's crewperson
Binman
Care assistant
sandwich board wearer.
Dog walker

There's a good reason we're paid a premium - it's danger money for our bad backs.

The old man has had a career on his knees, but funnily enough it's his ankles that went.

Mind you, who would have thought that a lifetime of working on his front would leave MF with a prolapsed how's-your-father.

[hyperD]

Mate of mine (working from home office) decided to do this. After a few days of painful legs and ankles said that this was actually quite good. Mind you his wife is into S&M so perhaps not an unbiased opinion.

Probably where that pikey airline CEO got his ideas from.

[anonymouse]

Link :-

http://forums.contractoruk.com/techn...ding-desk.html

I've got a 6 foot desk, half with laptop on a shelf above the desk, with chair for sitting down. The other side has a footstool on top of the desk, this gives a nice height for typing, the picture you showed has the keyboard too low for me. Windoze duplicated from laptop to monitor, so no messing about there either.

I've knackered knees, so it works well for me, I just use the half I feel like using, and move the keyboard from one side to the other.

[mudskipper]

I like to slouch.

WHS.

Jobs that require you to be on your feet are generally low paid:

McDonald's crewperson
Binman
Care assistant
sandwich board wearer.
Dog walker

There's a good reason we're paid a premium - it's danger money for our bad backs.

[Old Greg]

Anyone get any experience of extended working at a standing desk?

I like the idea of it as I find myself choosing the higher seats in coffee shops or meeting areas in the office. You can vary your setup, stand or sit on a higher chair etc. You also can't slouch as much if you are sat on a higher chair compared to a normal office chair.

I have also started to suffer a little with lower back pain so it helps me change position and manage it. Research into health impacts of sitting all day is pretty mature and the more vertical position helps me maintain a better posture.

Good reading on it here....


The Best Standing Desks | The Wirecutter

I like to slouch.

[MPwannadecentincome]

These are popular in Scandinavia - the office I worked at in Stockholm only about 10% of people would stand from what I could see. Those that did seemed to like it.