5 min

A desk set-up will not save you

The best chair is the one you get out of. Notes on standing desks, timers and honesty.

A wooden gymnastics ring hanging in a dark hall

I have a standing desk. I also have a photograph of myself slumped at it, taken by someone who thought it was funny.

The position is not the problem

Any position held for three hours is a bad one. Standing only changes which joints complain.

What helps

A timer set for twenty-five minutes, and a rule that when it rings you change something: sit, stand, kneel, walk to the window. The best chair is the one you get out of.

Ten minutes, on the floor, before the day gets a say.

Ten minutes, on the floor, before the day gets a say.

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