{"id":10043,"date":"2012-06-14T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T13:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musik.a-z-translation.com\/essential-office-equipment-sit-to-stand\/"},"modified":"2020-01-03T11:33:50","modified_gmt":"2020-01-03T11:33:50","slug":"essential-office-equipment-sit-to-stand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.a-z-translations.com\/en\/essential-office-equipment-sit-to-stand\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Office Equipment: Sit-to-Stand Desk"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nI recently came across some really interesting sites with people promoting walking while you work?! Yes, you read that right. There are people (and by now also clever companies catering to their needs e.g. by building special desks) who very slowly walk on a treadmill while working at their desks. While the statement that our bodies are made for walking and movement, not sitting, is certainly true, I just can&#8217;t see myself working productively and well on a treadmill.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nHowever, what I can do is stand up every now and then. And since last week, I can do so and keep working, thanks to my new sit-to-stand desk!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nOk, some people may argue that this is not <i>really <\/i>essential<br \/>\nequipment. But anyone spending more than just a few hours a day in front<br \/>\n of a PC will attest to the fact that regardless of how much you try to<br \/>\nremind yourself to sit up straight and how many breaks you take, and no<br \/>\nmatter of how good your office chair (or ball or whatever you sit on)<br \/>\nis, after eight hours (or more) hunched over a keyboard, your shoulders<br \/>\njust don&#8217;t want to straighten anymore and your entire spine protests at<br \/>\nbeing brought back into its natural position. Simple and unfortunately<br \/>\nundeniable fact. <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThis is what my workplace looked like before:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/musik.a-z-translation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SAM_2355-1024x768.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/musik.a-z-translation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SAM_2355-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nAnd this is what it looks like now:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/musik.a-z-translation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SAM_2362-1024x768.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/musik.a-z-translation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SAM_2362-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nAt sitting height &#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n(Please excuse the cable mess, I haven&#8217;t quite figured out the perfect way to keep them neat, yet flexible.)<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/musik.a-z-translation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SAM_2363-768x1024.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/musik.a-z-translation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SAM_2363-768x1024.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n&#8230; and at standing height.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nI am still amazed at how long I actually <i>can <\/i>stand up &#8211; although, to be quite honest, I don&#8217;t only stand per se. I move around, stand on one leg and then the other, move my hips&#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe best thing though is that I really feel how my shoulders are in their natural position, even while I&#8217;m typing.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nI don&#8217;t feel as tensed up after a long day&#8217;s work, and even my back is a lot happier than when I just sit.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nThe first time I worked a full day at my desk, I actually worked standing up the entire morning &#8211; almost 4 hours?! <\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nFor now, I am very, very happy with my new workplace. But who knows? Maybe some day in the future I&#8217;ll install a treadmill underneath and start walking while working, too &#8230;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently came across some really interesting sites with people promoting walking while you work?! Yes, you read that right. There are people (and by now also clever companies catering to their needs e.g. by building special desks) who very slowly walk on a treadmill while working at their desks. 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