It’s no secret that exercise can’t save you from the ill effects of prolonged sitting. But did you know that sitting actually damages your exercise? It’s true. Your butt isn’t designed to be a load-bearing surface. That prolonged pressure on your backside causes myofascial adhesion – tissue effects that damage…
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When your sleep is good, most everything just seems to work itself out. Waking up even a little groggy, on the other hand, just makes everything feel a little worse, all day long. So we’re big on improving sleep. That’s why we’ve written about how light affects your sleep (even…
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The standard advice for standing desk posture is to operate with your elbows at a right angle. We think that’s a bad idea, and we’re here today to explain why. Let’s start with why that bad advice is so common. It’s because desks are flat. If you assume the desk is…
Read More Why You Don’t Want Your Arms at 90 Degrees at a Standing Desk
Schools have changed some since we were kids, but you can bet teachers admonishing students, especially young ones, to “sit still” haven’t budged a bit. Out in the “wild”, I hear the same scolding from parents too. Setting strict boundaries for our children is a great idea. Telling them to…
Did you know that exercising willpower actually burns calories and lowers your blood sugar? Neither did we, until we came across a study showing just that. Even more, the research showed that using willpower decreases your ability to exercise willpower in the near future. So today we’ll cover that research, let…
Read More Willpower is a Finite Resource – Here’s a Simple Trick to Leverage Yours
If you’re reading this, you probably have internet access (or a very generous friend with a printer). And if you have internet access, you’ve likely worn shoes the majority of your life, at least outdoors. In the modern first world, shoes are so ubiquitous that the ability to tie one’s…
Read More The History of Shoes Will Make You Want to Go Barefoot
Providing the Standing Desk Transition Plan hasn’t just driven healthier standing – it’s also provided us with lots of feedback from real-world standers. And one thing we hear a lot is that people find themselves feeling distracted and restless while standing. We’ve come to call this distraction “positional standing fatigue”. Standing should make…
Read More Three Weird Ways to Beat Standing Desk Posture Fatigue
Want to feel alert and awake in the morning and sleepy at night? You should. And making that happen is as easy as 1, 2, 3, (4, 5). Your circadian rhythm is how your sleep and wake hormones (chiefly melatonin and cortisol) cycle throughout the day. Research shows that a…
Read More 5 Steps to Build an Invincible Circadian Rhythm for Health and Happiness
Ever wonder why so many people have knee and hip pain when the foot is obviously more fragile? Shoes can protect your feet, but they often cause more problems up the chain. Your feet form an intricate foundation for a complicated system – there’s a lot that can go wrong. The soles…
Read More How Shoes Hurt You & Why Standing Barefoot is Healthier
The table below lists every single standing desk on the market. New ones come out more and more often, so let us know in the comments if any aren’t listed. None of this is a recommendation from us. For that, go here. Prices may change, of course. The column headings…
