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Title: Standing Desk anyone?
Post by: Gunda on May 26, 2015, 01:32:18 PM
spent a couple of hours over the weekend building an addon to my pc desk.. just a temp setup until i decide if i want to stick with it for good.  Will give it a few months i think see how my back/legs/feet etc fair.

Anyone else using one at all?
Title: Standing Desk anyone?
Post by: Sn00ks on May 26, 2015, 02:30:33 PM
You may want to reassess your design?
http://dilbert.com/strip/2015-05-16
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Post by: SxtyFour on May 26, 2015, 03:19:31 PM
Quote from: Sn00ks;399578You may want to reassess your design?
http://dilbert.com/strip/2015-05-16

Slightly off topic. Is there an email subscription to dilbert. Love to get a daily email.
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Post by: smilodon on May 26, 2015, 03:58:53 PM
I get Dilbert via a Feedly RSS feed. Nice desk but I'm an old sit down and east pie while I work kind of guy. I also can't build stuff at all, two left hands.
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Post by: SxtyFour on May 26, 2015, 04:28:57 PM
Quote from: smilodon;399582I get Dilbert via a Feedly RSS feed. Nice desk but I'm an old sit down and east pie while I work kind of guy. I also can't build stuff at all, two left hands.


At work im in the process of getting my own desk that rises and lowers that way i can choose to stand up when im tired of sitting.
Title: Standing Desk anyone?
Post by: Gunda on May 26, 2015, 04:33:09 PM
yeah this is a trial run to see if i want to invest in a desk that can raise and lower.  I spend all day at work sitting down so figured it would do me good to stand in the evening when i game.
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Post by: JonnyAppleSeed on May 26, 2015, 06:24:10 PM
Leave the desk alone and dig a hole in the floor
Not for me tho ... I even had to invent a way to play the Wii from an armchair :doh:
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Post by: Jamoe on May 28, 2015, 07:02:50 AM
where's the treadmill?
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Post by: Gone_Away on May 28, 2015, 01:10:03 PM
We've got a trial running at work.


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Post by: BrotherTobious on May 28, 2015, 01:27:29 PM
Same here we all have people sitting on gym balls.
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Post by: Gorion on May 28, 2015, 03:29:53 PM
I tried the gym ball thing, and it didn't fly.  Sitting on it reduced its height by half.

Need one with much more pressure for my weight.  Any pointers?
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Post by: albert on May 28, 2015, 03:57:20 PM
Lose weight ;p. Seriously if you try and inflate one with your mouth so its high enough pressure to sit on you'll lose lbs in no time!

Our whole office has electrical desks for height adjustment. They're perfect for reacquainting ones ankle or knee with an old injury. Standing is not a good thing for hours on end. Go take a short walk and exercise your eyes as well to get rid of screen fatigue and sit up properly on a correctly adjusted chair with the desk at the right height and monitors at eye level.
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Post by: Blunt on May 29, 2015, 12:02:29 AM
I don't work in an office, but I swear by knee pads.
I'm sure that they will be of use in a sedentary environment.

On a serious note, I have a back injury which means that I have to change position fairly regularly, or I seize up, painfully.
My PC chair tips right back to an almost prone position and I find that this takes all the pressure off my spine.
I go sit in it a few times during the day just to get relief from standing or sitting.

Standing for long periods would not suit me, but I do advocate changing your position pretty often.
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Post by: albert on May 29, 2015, 08:12:33 AM
So knee pads to prevent carpet burns and a regular change of position right? [emoji41]
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Post by: Sn00ks on May 29, 2015, 02:49:01 PM
Quote from: Gorion;399670I tried the gym ball thing, and it didn't fly.  Sitting on it reduced its height by half.

Need one with much more pressure for my weight.  Any pointers?


We got a pump with our gym ball and it can be used to pump it up quite hard to deal with people with denser bones.
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Post by: Gorion on May 29, 2015, 03:30:21 PM
Well, pumping it up could be an idea.  Obligatory. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HtyF0jux2Q)

I'll give it a shot, the thing will probably explode though as the material feels like the stuff they make lilo's from.  Its this one. (http://www.sportsdirect.com/usa-pro-luxury-yoga-ball--761584?colcode=76158490)
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Post by: albert on May 29, 2015, 08:35:52 PM
Why not just get s stool and sit up straight?
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Post by: Gorion on May 30, 2015, 12:47:30 AM
Because I want to help my sciatica and not make it worse?
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Post by: Tutonic on May 31, 2015, 10:07:12 AM
Make sure you get some kind of padded mat to stand on - it will make all the difference to your feet.