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Previously on "I think I'm going to [attempt to] build a standing desk"
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostAlso silly as it looks the bike thing's kind of interesting. You could pedal at a very leisurely rate and over a few hours you would be getting a lot of exercise. I won't be going that route but people have been having little mini-steppers and so on under their desks for years (decades?)
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Originally posted by eek View PostI know I'm bumping a very old thread. But Ikea now do one for £500
BEKANT Desk sit/stand - birch veneer/black - IKEA and its electric...
Standing Desk : The Big Jack Desk. The Height Adjustable Desk, Made In Britain. | iwantastandingdesk.com
More expensive than the ikea table. The quality is pretty spot on and I have 3x 24 inch monitors on it, two laptops and a soundbar. Still goes up and down
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I know I'm bumping a very old thread. But Ikea now do one for £500
BEKANT Desk sit/stand - birch veneer/black - IKEA and its electric...
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Just a quick update, I am currently trialling the idea of a standing desk in a more low-tech way before committing money and, more importantly, time to the project. It's embarrassingly crude but I found that 3 of those cardboard fruit boxes supermarkets have are a good height. More importantly, they are designed to stack stably and are remarkably strong - they lock together and there is no wobble as I type or anything like that.
I think I'll try this for the week and then decide if I want to make something better - other than aesthetics the main disadvantage is that this arrangement is not adjustable but realistically it's only 1-2min to go from sitting <--> standing configuration and as I WFH, nobody else is going to see it.
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Originally posted by russell View PostSo it says you will live 2 years longer, and burn 50 calories a day more and blood sugar is less.
This can easily be overcome by eating a healthier diet, low gi/carb and pot noodling.
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Originally posted by Contreras View PostThis from yesterday.... BBC News - How much better is standing up than sitting?
This can easily be overcome by eating a healthier diet, low gi/carb and pot noodling.
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Originally posted by russell View PostIs there any verifiable conclusive evidence that sitting down for long periods is fatal or bad for your health? (A daily mail story doesn't fullfill this).
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Also silly as it looks the bike thing's kind of interesting. You could pedal at a very leisurely rate and over a few hours you would be getting a lot of exercise. I won't be going that route but people have been having little mini-steppers and so on under their desks for years (decades?)
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Originally posted by russell View PostIs there any verifiable conclusive evidence that sitting down for long periods is fatal or bad for your health? (A daily mail story doesn't fullfill this).
Apart from risks associated purely with sitting, it is trivial to show that standing increases your metabolism and heart rate (a few bpm) which clearly burns calories. Sitting for 12+ hours and then doing 30min exercise is not a great solution.
I trust you can search for your own sources if you're genuinely interested - start a thread in General it would be interesting to see if any client offices in the UK have started doing trendy standing worstations yet
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Originally posted by cojak View PostThere's a man who's never heard of NEAT and that chairs will be the death of him...
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As an alternative what about a bike chair - I got this off linkedin but I can't find the actual bike (lots of crap ones but not this one) on the internet, anyone got the Google mojo to find it?
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostWhile I applaud the lateral thinking, I'm not on the ground floor.
Should open up a few more possibilities for at-the-desk entertainment.
Edit: Whoops, just noticed this isn't general so just a short edit to point out that I'm absolutely serious and typing this with a straight face.
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