You're fidgeting, shifting, dancing, stretching, doing yoga poses, and you're switching from sitting to standing throughout the day. So if you're using a standing desk, you aren't standing immobile all day. Experts tell us that the human body is designed to move, we aren't designed to sit still. Whichever one you choose, the most important principle is that you need to move every 20 minutes. Option one is the recommended route, but we understand that many people may not have access to a standing desk or a sit-to-stand adjustable desk. You can alternate between the two options throughout the 30 days. If you're using a laptop and you put it up on a shelf of some kind of a stand to get the monitor eye-height, then use a USB or wireless keyboard that is close enough so your elbows are close to your body.Ĭheck out our Proper Workplace Infographics for more advice about proper posture and ergonomics while standing, seated, and on the phone. Your keyboard should be at hip level so you're not reaching up and out for the keyboard.If you have a 20-inch monitor, your face should be 20 inches away. Your monitor should be at eye-level when you're sitting and sitting, and your eyes should be the size of the screen's distance from the monitor.It's really important that you set your workspace up properly to help you keep good posture: If you're not sure you're doing this, have someone take a picture of you from the side. If someone looks at you from the side, your ears should be over your shoulders.
Your chin is up, and your head is not tilted forward.Your chest sticks out, and your shoulders are back.If you start standing more, but you do it with bad posture, you're not getting all of the benefits of standing. If you can't get others to compete with you, at least let colleagues and family know that you're doing it, and ask them to help you be accountable to them for staying with it. If you can make this a competition with other workmates about who is moving the most, the motivation to beat your colleagues can push you to stay with the challenge, and even excel. Though he had terrible leg cramps from standing all day (he later found out that stretching relieved the cramps), he lost 5 pounds and had the most productive month of his career.
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If you haven't read the article by Dan Fois of New Yorker Magazine about his 30-day experiment where he stood all day, every day (even at restaurants and movie theaters), check it out. Here's a list of tips we've gathered from people who have successfully made the transition from being sedentary to non-sedentary. Some find that they have more energy, while others find themselves more tired at the end of the day. We have found that everyone has a slightly different experience of starting to stand while they work.
For those who start standing and moving more, the most commonly reported benefits are:
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