Comment by nkangoh | Hacker News Reader

Comment by nkangoh | Hacker News Reader

I've read quite a bit on standing desks and I'm curious if there is any study/research that shows, experimentally, that it's actually [standing] that leads to some of the proposed benefits. I only ask because I wonder if simply exercising while sitting [1] or in general [2] lead to the same benefits or if the very sedentary nature of the circumstances surrounding sitting that lead to these poor outcomes (which then are solved by standing).

[1] http://www.amazon.com/FitDesk-v2-0-Desk-Exercise-Massage/dp/...

[2] http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00B1VDNQA/ref=psdc_3407781_t3_B00C...

EDIT: Forgot to mention, when I say exercising, I mean during the same time where you would be sitting (e.g. during work, continuously)

I find that since I stopped sitting, I walk around much more. There may well be few benefits to standing per se, but it's certainly an excellent catalyst for movement and exercise.

I waste a lot less time at my desk when I'm standing. I've also experienced a reduction of neck and upper body issues.

But I definitely have to wear more comfortable shoes.

Get a standing mat off of Amazon. You will thank me.

Using a standing desk drastically decreased ambient pain in my hands, neck and shoulders. Highly recommend.

Definitely. If it's to be taken at face value, where is one dead person? "Died from sitting." Seriously?

I haven't seen a single shred of hard evidence of these FUD claims by the standing desk "cool kids" that are telling us "you're holding it wrong" and that we should do it their way "or it will kill you." C'mon. Trendiness maximus.

> Definitely. If it's to be taken at face value, where is one dead person? "Died from sitting." Seriously?

People don't die from any single cigarette, either.

(Your point might be true, but your argument doesn't pass muster.)

More people die in their beds than in their chairs, so clearly lying down is more dangerous than sitting.

People don't die from a single nights sleep either but in the long run it gets them.

Yes, exactly the point I was trying to make. Reductio ad absurdum.

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