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stand up desk

ThickeningAgentThickeningAgent
edited May 2011
guys, i am writing this from my new stand-up-desk set up. it's the cool new thing down here at the boathouse.

has anyone done this? i am only 30 minutes in and my feet are already killing me! i do think this will help me cut down on my needless internet wandering, but not sure how it will work out the next time a big project lands on me.



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  • MatthewMatthew
    From what I hear it takes a little while to acclimate. But eventually your feet won't hurt. I've thought about doing this too! I'm interested in how it works out for you.
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    Friend of mine recently switched. He seems excited about it. I've known others who stuck with it.

    I love to recline.

    They say even if you go to the gym and try to stay fit, sitting for many hours a day will kill you in the end.

    Not sure if I care yet. Check back with me in 10.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    Big Maccy can you tell me where you got this desk?
    Gary has been searching and searching for one but all we can find are, like, draftsman tables that cost a million dollars.
    ???
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    p.s. I switched for awhile to full-time yoga-ball instead of desk chair and I bet this is similar. For like a week it was excruciating for my back but then I got in and then suddenly all my back pain, including the pains I'd been having that had led to me getting the ball in the first place, DISAPPEARED
  • 12341234
    Curt is doing this... I bet he'll chime in soon...
  • ThickeningAgentThickeningAgent
    my "stand up desk" is actually an old drafting table placed on cinder blocks.

    so far so good, but today will be the first real day. so far i am missing my usual cup of coffee and bowl of cereal while i read the nytimes online, but i am feeling more motivated to actually start working and not just read the internet all day.

    i'll report back soon!
  • flossy_log_ladyflossy_log_lady
    Here's my standup desk! My legs hurrrrrrt.

    image
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    that looks nice!
    what's that wee stool under the desk for?!
  • lml__0_0__lmllml__0_0__lml
    The IT manager is short
  • NickNick
    I try and stand a lot at work when I'm at the counter.
    Padding underneath your feet/shoes helps a lot!
    I have a thick rubber mat that cuts down on leg hurt.
  • flossy_log_ladyflossy_log_lady
    @teenwolf: I read in a few places that you're supposed to put one foot up on a little stool every once in a while, then switch.
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    whoa COOL
    still waiting for Curt to tell me where to buy a fancy one!!!

    Any ideas people? stand up desk stores?

  • MatthewMatthew
    In this podcast I listen to they spent a whole episode on it: http://5by5.tv/buildanalyze/21
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    I CAN'T LISTEN TO THAT!
    Some of us have jobs!
    Synthesize that information for me right away please
    have it on my desk by 5:00 sharp
    thx
  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    I know someone who has a desk that goes up and down because of a button
    it's cool
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    ???
  • MatthewMatthew
    presets
  • 12341234
    edited May 2011
    here: Sale Price: $1,059.00

    image
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    jeez louise
    that's not nearly handsome enough to cost so much!
    wtf
  • lml__0_0__lmllml__0_0__lml
    i would be interested in something like this
    http://robopony.com/blog/2011/ride-at-work/
    except i want a trainer/generator/rollers on the bike so i can ride and work.
  • curtcurt
    Wow. It's been a while since I've been on UHX, so I'm still getting caught up. My stand up desk is just a side table (IKEA Lack, specifically) on top of a regular desk (no brand).

    I have hardwood floors and find that I can stand longer if I wear shoes (even TOMS slip-ons which barely have a sole (but lots of soul)).

    I've heard about the foot rest thing, but haven't tried it. I think an important part is to have the monitor and eye-level, which is hard with a laptop because it's attached to the keyboard. Also, my table-on-desk setup is just a bit too high. I'm liking it though, and now voluntarily take a spot at the bar area of my local coffee shop so I can stand (if I'm by myself) instead of sitting at a table.
  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    My mouse arm hurts every day after work, from my hand to my shoulder.

    Will they hire an ergonomist for me?? But I'm just a **mp!!!
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    you doing yoga?
  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    edited May 2011
    Are you kidding me?
    ...I mean, No.
  • freddyfreddy
    Loose, I also used to have problems with my mousing forearm, so I switched to my non-dominant hand. It worked great - I've never had any problems since, *and* it has made me more ambidextrous. Try it!
  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    Yeah F! That's what I'm talking about.

    Doing it right now

    Whoa

    OK I'll start doing Yoga.
    thank you
  • swamp_knobbler_mahanswamp_knobbler_mahan
    I mouse with my right hand and I'm left handed! Have never had any mouse-related pain. Makes more sense to have my dominant hand on the keyboard too, perhaps?
  • UncleBoatShoes2011UncleBoatShoes2011
    What is mousing?
  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    A favorite sport of =^o_o^=
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    yoga helped a lot with my shoulders, which were always really sore from slouching over my computer. a common thread among all of the foxy older ladies I have known is yoga, so I believe in its magic.

    my yoga teacher just told me tonight that if you do planks with tented fingers it can strengthen your wrists.
  • UncleBoatShoes2011UncleBoatShoes2011
    planking with tented fingers?
  • MirandaJulyMirandaJuly
    Like being in push up position, but instead of having flat hands, you're up on your fingertips.
  • ThickeningAgentThickeningAgent
    i have tried mousing south paw and it completely messes me up. it's like my entire world shifts into some backwards confusion...
  • MatthewMatthew
    Is planking a sandwich?
  • lml__0_0__lmllml__0_0__lml
    watch for bump
  • freddyfreddy
    My recommendation when switching mouse hands is that you NOT change the buttons to the left-handed mouse button configuration. That way you can still easily use your right hand if you want. And I've never found that it's "inefficient."
  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    I totally switched to left-hand mousing and it helped A LOT. No longer the arm pain waking me up at night. I got used to the leftie mousing in about two days, I would say.

    Yoga has also helped with a lot of my shoulder/neck computer-related pain. I know everyone always tells you to do yoga when anything's wrong with you, but it really is just true, like 80% of the time at least. I resisted for years, then finally went, and within a month like 3 different chronic problems disappeared completely. It's boss.

  • YoursTrulyYoursTruly
    yes, I totally did what Freddy said. Did not change the buttons.

    Now I mouse just as fast with left hand as I do with right hand, and switching back to right hand is not hard at all.
  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    I switched since yesterday and now my left shoulder hurts.

    G--D---it, yoga.
  • curtcurt
    I'm trying to mouse with my left hand today and it's messing up my brain. Every action, not just mousing, is very deliberate now -- like I have to fight years of muscle memory, even though most things should be the same, like typing. Why is it weird to type? My keyboard is the same and I use the same fingers on the same keys, but it feels so different somehow. Not bad. Just different.
  • Loose_ThreadLoose_Thread
    edited June 2011
    I have the new Apple wireless setup, little flat keyboard and weird little flat mouse
    the other day I momentarily couldn't remember how to use either
    and I started "mousing" the keyboard, and when that didn't work
    I "moused" the table with my hand, where the trackpad of my laptop was.

    they should call a keyboard a "cat"
    because it is a catalog of glyphs
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