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This study says that standing for more than two hours increases risk of certain things like blood clots. It also says sitting for a whole shift is bad, and you should be moving every 30 minutes. This does not mean standing desks are useless; I’m not standing for my circulatory system, I’m standing for my back. I also don’t stand for an entire shift, that’s what’s great about the memory settings. I’ll switch back and forth depending on what I feel like doing. Sometimes I’ll have it on “sit” all day, other times I’m switching back and forth quite a bit. I don’t think they’re useless, nor do I think it’s some health miracle, but it does give me more flexibility and I don’t think I’d go without after having used one.

Time spent standing was not associated with CVD risk but was associated with higher orthostatic circulatory disease risk. Time spent sitting above 10 h/day was associated with both higher orthostatic circulatory disease and major CVD risk. The deleterious associations of overall stationary time were primarily driven by sitting. Collectively, our findings indicate increasing standing time as a prescription may not lower major CVD risk and may lead to higher orthostatic circulatory disease risk.

Of course they don't do squat, they do stand.

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Your description doesn't match your title or the study at all. This is a terrible YSK. At best it's a YSK these studies are ongoing.

I took a standing desk and placed it over a treadmill. Lost 40 lbs in the first year and have stayed at my target weight for 3 years, mainly because of the walking exercise. There's a sling chair that I hang from the ceiling for when I prefer to sit. But a slow walk is how I spend most of the workday.

I will never go back to an office desk. No more back pain or stiff neck. No danger of blood clots or sore feet from just standing. The health benefits have been amazing.

I don't personally like standing desks, but I do know that some people do prefer them. I think that from an employer standpoint, providing the option is probably a good idea anyway. It's not terribly expensive to provide as an option, and if you're going to be working at a desk all day, it's gonna impact your experience at work a fair bit; probably a lot more than whatever the cost of having a different desk option is. If it makes an employee happier to be standing...shrugs

I have a standing desk.

Some days I'm just too freaking tired. If I sit another minute in this chair - an Aeron, which sucks to sleep in - I will absolutely fall unconscious, and I need to function.

It's an old army trick that you stand up. So I raise the desk, stand, move about, mark a little time, sway a bit, get a Cuban with the hips, etc -- humans were made for motion.

And I'm no longer sleepy. Typically this is during a meeting, and we are cameras-optional so it's all good. Oh. If you have a meeting that is longer than 30 minutes, kinda fuck you just a bit.

Best posture is your next posture

Ysk it all depends on who's funding the study.

This is the nature of things in my experience. Next they'll declare it actually more helpful than they previously thought. Back and forth, like a pendulum.

Time to get a treadmill desk

Most of the time I just prefer to work standing.