Ask Lemmy

If you have back problems, get a wide desk, a smaller desk to place on one side, set up two workspaces for one computer, and place a treadmill under the one where you can stand.

Then alternate between sitting and walking with timers. I recommend 10 minutes of walking, 30 minutes of sitting, rince and repeat. Your back issues will be as much as cured, and you'll also not have to worry about heart problems because you'll essentially be walking a few kilometers every day.

If you can't sit for 30 minutes, 10 min walking and 5 minute sitting works just as well. Just don't walk for too long at a time. 10-20 minutes is a good amount. If you're fine with just standing, I still r ecommend alternating. Don't stand for more than 30 minutes at a time.

If I didn't have this setup I would have been without a job right now. Absolutely recommend it.

Standing a whole day usually doesn't make my body happy, but I regularly stand for like half a day. Sometimes I even switch multiple times. When I work from home I have a standing desk, hit unfortunately at work there are only a few. So sometimes I'm forced to sit all day which I hate.

Standing at home is also way nicer because I can move around without having to check whether someone walks behind me or something. It's nice to have some music playing and having the freedom to move with the rhythm. Or to just walk around a bit while thinking.

I recently got a huge standing desk at home, 2 meters wide, the computer sits in a holder on the side, it has excellent cable management, and is really durable.

I mostly sit at the desk, but being able to stand when I am tired is amazing.

Aslo, doing cable management under the desk is sooooooooo much easier when you can raise it up and roll in under it on your chair.

I got one of those balance boards that uplift sells, it's actually kind of fun

I had a standing desk at my old job and liked it a lot.

So when a desk riser came up at an op shop for $20, I snapped that up.

I tend to have the desk up when I'm gaming or studying, and lowered if I feel like I just want to chill and watch some YouTube.

However I wasn't aware of the sit-stand technique, so I may give this a go!

I got double hernia from working on the computer. I started doing exercises and got this chair called spinalis and was good ever since.

I used to sit at my job and got constant heart blockages and mini-strokes. My acne got so bad I couldn't see.

Then I started standing at work and now I have a huge dick and a big square lantern jaw like Captain America!