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by abcd_f 4672 days ago
It's better to be rich and healthy than sick and poor.

Obviously if you exercise it doesn't really matter if you sit or stand at work. The question is how to handle the case when you can't/won't exercise and still need to work.
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heepler 4672 days ago
https://www.google.com/search?q=sitting+harmful+even+if+you+...

Sitting for long periods tightens the hamstrings and cuts off circulation to your legs. Even if you exercise. Standing for long periods may give you varicose veins. Not sure there's a real solution here, other than to periodically disrupt any form of immobility.

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icelancer 4672 days ago
The best posture is a varied one.
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droopyEyelids 4672 days ago
This may be my own pessimistic take, but something about the simplicity and obvious-correctness of that advice makes me think it'll never be as blogworthy as a less realistic goal that you'd have to buy something new to try.

Or, it's like the idea doesn't have the magic of an idea that you can't do right now but won't require any effort when the time is right- like "I could get up every few minutes and stretch and walk around already! That can't be it... I need to buy a standing desk and that'll make me stand all day so I'm healthy."

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julius 4672 days ago
You could easily combine the boring idea with something new and shiny (that makes the idea work in real life^^).

Like a device giving you electric shocks every 10 minutes to make you remember to change your posture.

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icelancer 4672 days ago
>This may be my own pessimistic take, but something about the simplicity and obvious-correctness of that advice makes me think it'll never be as blogworthy as a less realistic goal that you'd have to buy something new to try.

And maybe I am a pessimist as well, but I see your statement as simply a realistic one. :)

Plenty of very experienced and intelligent PTs have repeated the statement I simply regurgitated as well.

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eru 4672 days ago
A standing desk made me more likely to run around in short mini-breaks. The hump you have to get over is smaller for that than getting out of your chair.

So a standing desk helped me have a more varied posture.

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