Stand Up Table
All this sitting is devastating our health, creating disease and shortening lives. Sitting is the new smoking.
There’s a persistent myth about ergonomics, which is that sitting pain and injury comes from bad posture. You’ve seen the workplace safety diagrams. The screen should be at eye level. Forearms and wrists should be horizontal. Feet should be elevated. Back should be straight.
The truth is that there is no correct sitting position. Sitting injuries are mostly “repetitive stress injuries” or caused by the atrophy of muscles needed to support the skeleton. Always sitting in the so-called “correct” posture guarantees injury, because you’re always sitting in the same position, and therefore not moving.
That’s why a standing desk is so good for you. Our bodies are designed to stand for long periods of time. And we automatically shift our weight and move around while standing. Standing prevents both the repetitive stress and muscle atrophy that caused by sitting.
Our own homes are part of the problem. They’re often designed around the assumption that we want to sit all the time. Comfy couches. Padded bar stools. Lounge and lawn chairs in the backyard. Porch swings. Home office and desk chairs. Vanity stools in the bedroom. You’d think our homes were furnished by a bunch of rear ends.
Conventional interior decorating makes sitting almost a necessity. If we want to eat, watch TV, work or do any number of other activities in the home, sitting down is the only reasonable way to do it.
furniture is part of the problem. But furniture can also be the solution.
As computers and the Internet become more important, people are spending more time online and less time doing other things. By harnessing this one thing and transforming it into a standing activity, instead of a sitting one, you can reverse the trend of sitting too much.
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Focal Locus chair and Desk – $1,450.00 »
Almost-Standing Desks
If standing for hours on end sounds like a pain in the … well, in the feet, then consider a compromise. Some desks are designed to put more weight onto your feet — but not all of it. For example, the Focal Locus chair and desk setup puts you in a position that’s more standing than sitting, with a forward-leaning chair. You still get many of the benefits of a standing desk without having to stand all day. You can also opt for a real standing desk, but add a Wilkhahn chair called the Stitz. The chair provides support, but it’s deliberately unstable, forcing you to move and flex during your workday. |
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