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Easiest solution for an office worker is to just run up and own the stairwell a few times a day. I don't know how so many people just sit still all day, with a big lunch too, then wonder why they feel tired in the afternoons. Their only solution seems to be more garbage Keurig coffee!

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One of the most frustrating things about working in New York is the ample amount of potential stairs to climb with almost every door locked from the stairwell.

Hah, same issue in my building in NYC.

The epidemic has long since spread to the west coast. The Seattle building I currently work in has some limited, well-defined accessible stairwells, but AFAICT the majority are one-way, emergency-only. I've worked in buildings as you describe: one-way, down-only. Sucks when you don't know this yet, think you'll take the stairs to the fourth floor only to discover that you need to climb all the way to the bottom then take an elevator up. Security? Yeah, maybe, but that's bare-minimum-to-meet-the-spec lazy security.

I can confirm that the Royal Bank building in Toronto is the same, so I wouldn't doubt that this is a malaise in much of this city's office space.

>I don't know how so many people just sit still all day, with a big lunch too, then wonder why they feel tired in the afternoons.

One of the best periods I had in college was when I used to wake up around 0430, work out at home, take a shower, have breakfast (oeufs au plat, escalope/steak, and half a liter of milk).

I'd spend the day feeling great even though I didn't have lunch hour, just four 1h30 lectures from 0800 to 1430 as opposed to 1st and 2nd years 0800-1120, 1300-1630, with 10 minute pauses between each two lectures.

Full of energy and feeling great the whole day.

We had a physical therapist come by the office and adjust everybodies chairs - the result was that sitting down hurt so badly I ended up standing all the time, that should be better than sitting down, and the best possible position for my back other than lying down.

My feet wanted to murder me the first week, and especially the first 3 days, but once you get over it I highly recommend doing so - I actually don't have a chair at my desk anymore.

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