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Millions upon millions of workers are on their feet for 8+ hours a day. Imagine that!

Guy can't stand up for more than 4 hours, writes complaints on Medium. Articles like this are why the tech industry gets a bad name.

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Generally those workers are also moving around, not standing absolutely still with their arms held out in front of them. Standing desks don't insulate you from the need for frequent breaks.

If you're standing absolutely still at your standing desk, you're kind of crazy. I'm constantly moving; right now I'm sort of idly shifting back and forth from left foot to right. And my arms aren't held out in front of me, they're at my sides and bent loosely at the elbow to reach my keyboard and mouse. When I'm not typing and just thinking a bit, I stick my hands in my pockets, too--I don't leave them sitting on the desk.)

I often find myself with my arms behind my back while I wait for my script/application/web page to finish/load

I think it's why Medium is getting a bad name. I used to associate it with high-quality articles, seems they just let anyone in nowadays.

I think it's just making me turn against blogging rather than Medium in particular. It's as if the world collectively decided in January of 2015 to start every article with "Why I took a bath" or "How standing became sitting". Not every little thing in the universe needs an article written about it. But I'm a hypocrite, I just read that entire post and now I have sour grapes about it. That's more of a lesson for me about wasting my time more than anything.

You should write a blog post! :)

Yeah. I've been standing about 8 hours every day for over a year now, taking short breaks on a "saddle seat". I dread sitting in an office chair now. I also do weighted squats regularly which probably helps. It takes a long time to adjust, but it was worth it.

I've been meaning to try out a balance board for some extra variation too - something like FluidStance or Wurf Board.

I really like throwing in a balance board for variation!

I made a 3d-printable balance board dome, you can use it to build something much like a FluidStance!

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1197183

He also misread the NYT story about the study showing "the death rate was higher in people that sat more than six hours per day."

No, that was for people who sat for more than six hours of their leisure time per day. Not the same thing.

I'm using a standing desk, but I'm sitting on it, cross-legged, with my monitor in my lap. Am I doing it wrong?

They don't stand still though. That's not a comparison.

When I worked one of those jobs, I would make sure to pop some ibuprofen before every shift, because it's hell on the feet.

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