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Originally Posted by Greenguy
Oh sure! NOW you tell me after I've fucked my back to the point where standing for 5 min tends to cause pain!  |
At some point you may want to try what most standup desk user are doing (me too), and that's to have a sit/stand combo desk. That way you can do 4-5 minutes standing then sit for awhile.
For me, just starting with standing, I can do about 20 minutes comfortably before my feet, back and legs start to ache and it's time to hit the chair for some work at the sitting desk. I'm thinking the 20 minute period will get longer.
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Originally Posted by ecchi
Yeah, but just standing don't help, you have to do exercise! Standing in front of the desk and doing a "standing still" job will kill you as fast as sitting!
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I agree. What I've noticed so far is that I move around a lot while I'm standing up. The only time I stand still is when I'm thinking and typing at the same time. Phone calls start on my feet so I walk and talk. Also, you can barely see it in the foreground of the photo, but that black diagonal is my treadmill's elevated track right next to the standup desk. I do a few minutes at a time all day long.
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Originally Posted by JustRobert
Wife picked up a padded floor mat from BB&B that goes in front of the sink for my feet when doing an hours worth of Sunday night dinner dishes that would probably work. Bar stool or similar height office chair works great with stand up desk. Makes it easy for a quick rest of the feet/break from standing so you can bounce back and forth.
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I did pull over a bar stool to give my feet, lower legs and back a short break when I don't want to sit down yet. And I'm now standing on a padded lounge pad (which pad I took off the shelf and put on the floor, I'm not standing on a padded lounge). A single layer is good for just standing there, and if I fold the pad in half to double it, it gets soft enough to walk into while standing there.
Okay, that's my "How's it going with that standing desk thing you were doing?" update for today.
