Stand up for your health
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Stand up for your health
Chris HettingerSoftware Developer
Software & System Engineers
The Damage
• Foggy Brain• Bad Back• Organs• Muscles• Leg Disorders
The Damage
1-2 3-4 5-6 7+
4%
14%
31%
61%
Mortality of sitting
Hours of TV per day
What can you do?
• Chairs the force you to use core muscles• Stretching• Walking or pacing• Exercise / Yoga• Alternate between sitting and standing
Buy a solution
Martin Keen’s Focal workstation: $1,800 +
The Human Solution Uplift 900: $800+
The Human Solution Treadmill Desk: $1500+
Build a solution
Janne’s Improvised Standing Desk: $0
IKEA DIY workstation: $22+
Eric Harlan’s DIY Treadmill workstation
Finding your solution
Experiment• Standing only• Standing and sitting• Standing and leaning• Stools• Mats and shoes
The IKEA Stand-up Desk Deluxe
• Lack side table - $7.99 x 2• Viktor Shelf - $5.99• Ekby Valter bracket - $4.00 x 2• Screws• Total cost: $29.97
References and Links
Berger, S. (October 7, 2012). Get a Standing Desk. Retrieved March 10, 2014, from http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/10/mf-standing-desk/
Berkowitz, C. and Clark, P. (January 20, 2014). The health hazards of sitting. Retrieved March 10, 2014, from http://apps.washingtonpost.com/g/page/national/the-health-hazards-of-sitting/750/
Focal. (2014). Focal store. Retrieved March 10, 2014, from http://store.focaluprightfurniture.com/.
References and Links
The Human Solution. (2014). Retrieved March 10, 2014, from http://www.thehumansolution.com/uplift-treadmill-desk.html
Harlan, E. (2012). Building a Sitting - Standing desk. Retrieved March 10, 2014, from http://www.ericharlan.com/Everything_Else/building-a-sitting-standing-desk-a229.html.
Nederkoorn, C. A standing desk for $22. Retrieved March 11, 2014, from