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Ergotron Standing Desk Battle: 6 Things to Love and Hate About Their New WorkFit Desks

…okay, LOVE and HATE are strong words to describe standing desks, but that’s the general idea… Over the past 2 months, I’ve had the time to evaluate not one, but TWO standing desks that Ergotron sent me. (FULL DISCLOSURE: This is NOT a paid advertisement by Ergotron —-I’ve just enjoyed their products and customer service). […]

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If Sitting Is So Bad, Should I Stand All Day?

Sitting, Standing Desk, Work

Exercise. Sitting. Standing. This blog is the third and final article in the BehaviorFit “Know Your Recommendations” movement series. In the first article, Do You Need 10,000 steps Every Day?, I covered issues centered around the lofty 10,000 steps per day recommendation. In the second article, But Can I Sit At Work?, I discussed what

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CORRECTION! Exercise IS Everything! Why the RIGHT Exercise Fixes All-Day Sitting

Exercise, Sitting

In a previous article, I discussed that “Exercise Isn’t Everything.” The main point was this: even if you exercise, spending your day sitting is bad for your health and puts you at higher risk for preventable diseases (obesity, diabetes) and early death. So, I recommended moving more and sitting less throughout your work day. Because science

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Why Your Next Promotion Will Be Bad For Your Health

Work

How is your health affected by your choice in career?

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The Top 15 Things I Learned from a Conference about Sitting!

Conference, Sitting

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign hosted an entire conference devoted to sedentary behavior on Oct. 15 – 17, 2015. That’s right an entire conference dedicated to too much sitting! The conference discussed the latests trends in the measurement, assessment, and treatment of inactivity of our modernized world. Mainly researchers were present and conversations got nerdy,

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