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Sitting, standing or in the room — how to combine physical activity and work with the laptop
We have long been worried about the question of whether attention to the newfangled trend of standing jobs. And came across an interesting post on the work behind such a high Desk: Mikael Cho, ooomf cofounder, took the challenge and decided to see how easy and useful to work standing up.
Is it possible to work standing up?After reading a bunch of articles and different studies on stagnant jobs, he decided to try himself this kind of workplace organization. Besides, the American society for cancer control found that among 123 thousand people observed over 18 years of age the mortality was higher in those who spent sitting more than 6 hours per day. Another study with 200 thousand participants showed that even those who are at least 5 hours per week spends on physical exercise and moderate physical activity, higher risk of death and disease if prolonged time in a sitting position. It was even an experiment that showed that when you work at a standing Desk increases productivity by 10%.
And now Michael has collected. Pleased with himself, worked for a while and decided tomorrow morning to work all day for such a "standing" Desk. The next day he found that after an hour his feet began to tire, and the back start to "pull". To stay in the upright position, I had to make the effort, moreover, started to go numb shoulders.
Initially, a small muscle pain was perceived by our experimenter-startups as a nice normal pain from workouts. After 2 hours he decided to take a break and the opportunity to finally sit down seemed the greatest invention of mankind.
After the break, he continued — but 20 minutes later was forced to stretch, then change a leg, transferring her entire weight to give the other leg a break. In General, the end of such working day, still behind the usual "sedentary" table, Michael felt a small hatred towards their new workplace. It is not simply inspired him and didn't do productive, and Vice versa — from distracting and wildly annoying.
But he decided not to give up and get used to the new way of working. On average, feet he spent 4 hours at his new Desk, but he had to do multiple breaks. In the end, instead of productive work he was forced to constantly be distracted by the rest that led to the decline in total productivity during the working day.
Yes, a standing workplace helps to focus during tasks such as writing letters and checking email, but when reading or thinking about ideas when I needed more time, productivity decreased because the fatigue in the legs and back distracted from those ideas and tasks that had to be assessed and addressed. Instead of wasting time on the work, ideas and analysis of information, Michael began to spend it to fight fatigue. In the end, from his new trendy standing Desk he refused.
Work sitting as a bad habit of our premininary experiment with standing work space does not negate the other side of the problem: we have little work sitting will start to kill less people than Smoking or other bad habits. In fact, today behind the screens of laptops and computers we spend sitting significantly longer than conducted the previous generation.
In itself stay in a sitting position no harm. Harmful only to sit, without changing his position too long. Such prolonged immobility leads to muscle oslavany, heart disease and blood vessels, increasing the risk of stroke and infraction. One of the ways a passive solution to this problem is a special table for working while standing. But the issue of physical inactivity among startups and office workers, he does not solve. Prolonged standing in one place — not much better than sitting. For example, such a long period of stay on the legs leads to venous diseases in the legs, varicose veins, increased pressure on knee joints and the increased risk of damage to the knees.
Standing or sitting to be in the same position — is extremely harmful. Does this mean that we should spend a couple of hours a day at the gym and drive myself to sweat in the gym, moving the rod or jumping rope? Rather no than Yes.
National Geographic researcher Dan Buettner notes that there is no need to run marathons or become a ringer to prolong your life and improve your fitness. Dan with his team has created special zones called Blue Zones, where people live and work according to special rules, while not engaging in training in the gym in the normal sense of the word. They adhere to a plant-based diet and perform a set of simple but intense exercise every day, without the risk of overloading your body with excess workouts.
Japanese residents of Okinawa live an average of 7 years longer than people in the States, and the level of risk of cancer of the stomach and intestines at them in times less in comparison with Western civilization. The secret is simple: the Japanese sit on the hard floor. Every 20-30 minutes I have to get up and move. The villagers on the Italian of Sardinia live in houses which are vertical ladders. On the day they are dozens of times up and down walk these stairs. Life expectancy is high, and the number of those who lived more than 100 years, ten times higher than in the States.
Walking as the traditional way of movement — one of the simple keys to a healthier body. Walking is not just strengthens the muscles, heart, back and lungs. It improves memory, brain function and overall health.
Some useful tips for those who work сидя1. Walk at least an hour a day.
2. Work standing up all day, but at least some time during the day, alternate between working sitting and standing.
3. Work, placing under the feet of the couch and leaning back at an angle of about 135 degrees. A sedentary job in a chair that angle will allow you to relieve back and ensure the normal functioning of blood vessels.
4. Get a comfortable office chair adjustable height and tilt back.
5. Practice warm-up exercises, intense flight exercises arms and legs at least twice a day.
6. Workout for thighs and calf muscles, stretching — all this is well suited for those who work sitting, and for those who have a standing workstation.
7. If you decided to work at a special high table, perhaps you will like a table, similar to that at the time appeared in the office of the former financial Director of Vkontakte. In this table the height is adjusted by means of a special actuator so that in the morning he can work sitting, and in the evening — standing (or Vice versa):
As you can see, the problem is not what the table you are working with. It is important not to forget that walking is healthier than driving a car and constantly lying on the couch.
источник:siliconrus.com
P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©
Source: /users/1077
Is it possible to work standing up?After reading a bunch of articles and different studies on stagnant jobs, he decided to try himself this kind of workplace organization. Besides, the American society for cancer control found that among 123 thousand people observed over 18 years of age the mortality was higher in those who spent sitting more than 6 hours per day. Another study with 200 thousand participants showed that even those who are at least 5 hours per week spends on physical exercise and moderate physical activity, higher risk of death and disease if prolonged time in a sitting position. It was even an experiment that showed that when you work at a standing Desk increases productivity by 10%.
And now Michael has collected. Pleased with himself, worked for a while and decided tomorrow morning to work all day for such a "standing" Desk. The next day he found that after an hour his feet began to tire, and the back start to "pull". To stay in the upright position, I had to make the effort, moreover, started to go numb shoulders.
Initially, a small muscle pain was perceived by our experimenter-startups as a nice normal pain from workouts. After 2 hours he decided to take a break and the opportunity to finally sit down seemed the greatest invention of mankind.
After the break, he continued — but 20 minutes later was forced to stretch, then change a leg, transferring her entire weight to give the other leg a break. In General, the end of such working day, still behind the usual "sedentary" table, Michael felt a small hatred towards their new workplace. It is not simply inspired him and didn't do productive, and Vice versa — from distracting and wildly annoying.
But he decided not to give up and get used to the new way of working. On average, feet he spent 4 hours at his new Desk, but he had to do multiple breaks. In the end, instead of productive work he was forced to constantly be distracted by the rest that led to the decline in total productivity during the working day.
Yes, a standing workplace helps to focus during tasks such as writing letters and checking email, but when reading or thinking about ideas when I needed more time, productivity decreased because the fatigue in the legs and back distracted from those ideas and tasks that had to be assessed and addressed. Instead of wasting time on the work, ideas and analysis of information, Michael began to spend it to fight fatigue. In the end, from his new trendy standing Desk he refused.
Work sitting as a bad habit of our premininary experiment with standing work space does not negate the other side of the problem: we have little work sitting will start to kill less people than Smoking or other bad habits. In fact, today behind the screens of laptops and computers we spend sitting significantly longer than conducted the previous generation.
In itself stay in a sitting position no harm. Harmful only to sit, without changing his position too long. Such prolonged immobility leads to muscle oslavany, heart disease and blood vessels, increasing the risk of stroke and infraction. One of the ways a passive solution to this problem is a special table for working while standing. But the issue of physical inactivity among startups and office workers, he does not solve. Prolonged standing in one place — not much better than sitting. For example, such a long period of stay on the legs leads to venous diseases in the legs, varicose veins, increased pressure on knee joints and the increased risk of damage to the knees.
Standing or sitting to be in the same position — is extremely harmful. Does this mean that we should spend a couple of hours a day at the gym and drive myself to sweat in the gym, moving the rod or jumping rope? Rather no than Yes.
National Geographic researcher Dan Buettner notes that there is no need to run marathons or become a ringer to prolong your life and improve your fitness. Dan with his team has created special zones called Blue Zones, where people live and work according to special rules, while not engaging in training in the gym in the normal sense of the word. They adhere to a plant-based diet and perform a set of simple but intense exercise every day, without the risk of overloading your body with excess workouts.
Japanese residents of Okinawa live an average of 7 years longer than people in the States, and the level of risk of cancer of the stomach and intestines at them in times less in comparison with Western civilization. The secret is simple: the Japanese sit on the hard floor. Every 20-30 minutes I have to get up and move. The villagers on the Italian of Sardinia live in houses which are vertical ladders. On the day they are dozens of times up and down walk these stairs. Life expectancy is high, and the number of those who lived more than 100 years, ten times higher than in the States.
Walking as the traditional way of movement — one of the simple keys to a healthier body. Walking is not just strengthens the muscles, heart, back and lungs. It improves memory, brain function and overall health.
Some useful tips for those who work сидя1. Walk at least an hour a day.
2. Work standing up all day, but at least some time during the day, alternate between working sitting and standing.
3. Work, placing under the feet of the couch and leaning back at an angle of about 135 degrees. A sedentary job in a chair that angle will allow you to relieve back and ensure the normal functioning of blood vessels.
4. Get a comfortable office chair adjustable height and tilt back.
5. Practice warm-up exercises, intense flight exercises arms and legs at least twice a day.
6. Workout for thighs and calf muscles, stretching — all this is well suited for those who work sitting, and for those who have a standing workstation.
7. If you decided to work at a special high table, perhaps you will like a table, similar to that at the time appeared in the office of the former financial Director of Vkontakte. In this table the height is adjusted by means of a special actuator so that in the morning he can work sitting, and in the evening — standing (or Vice versa):
As you can see, the problem is not what the table you are working with. It is important not to forget that walking is healthier than driving a car and constantly lying on the couch.
источник:siliconrus.com
P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©
Source: /users/1077
