Standing desk
A desk that raises, so part of the working day happens on your feet
A height-adjustable desk, usually motorized, that lets you move between sitting and standing without leaving the room. The health claims made for these were oversold. What holds up is less stiffness across a long day and an easy way to break up hours of sitting. It also fixes screen height, the part most people ignore, since a laptop flat on a low desk drags the neck down whether you stand or not.
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Does it: documented as part of their own routine. Recommends: explicitly advises other people to do it. Discusses: covered it substantively without clear personal adoption; this can include criticism or disagreement.
- Andrew HubermanDoes it
Neuroscientist · Huberman Lab
Works at a standing desk, and says he props the computer up as well so the screen sits at least at eye level. Both details come from the episode where he walks through his own working day.
Source: Huberman Lab: Maximizing Productivity, Physical & Mental Health with Daily Tools - David SparksDoes it
Apple productivity writer · MacSparky
Has had the same sit-stand desk for close to ten years, a NextDesk Terra bought before the company renamed itself XDesk. He uses both positions every day, and says he would not go back to a fixed-height desk now.
Source: MacSparky: Studio - Stephen HackettDoes it
Technology writer · 512 Pixels and Relay
His desk is a Jarvis bamboo model. He raises it for the first few hours of most days, and again whenever a pile of administrative work needs clearing.
Source: 512 Pixels: My Gear“I generally stand for the first few hours of the day or whenever I have a lot of administrative work to knock out.”
512 Pixels: My Gear (opens in a new tab) - Kelly StarrettRecommends
Doctor of physical therapy · The Ready State
Wants a bar stool by the desk. Lean on it, put a foot up, keep changing position rather than standing rigid all day. A cardboard box under the laptop does the job, he says, and nobody needs a ten thousand dollar desk. He and his wife converted their daughter's fourth grade classroom to a standing classroom after showing the district the research.
Source: Legion Athletics: Kelly Starrett on sitting, mobility and having a movement practice
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- Gear$$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.On record from 6 of 62 tracked people: 6 do it
- Gear$$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.On record from 3 of 62 tracked people: 3 do it
- Gear$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Paper notebook
A bound notebook for thinking on paper away from a screen
On record from 3 of 62 tracked people: 3 do it - Gear$$$Cheap: Roughly under $50, or under $15/month.
Phone lockbox
A lockable box with a timer that puts the phone out of reach for a set period
On record from 2 of 62 tracked people: 2 do it - Gear$$$Expensive: Several hundred dollars and up.On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it
- Gear$$$Mid: Roughly $50 to $500, or up to $50/month.On record from 1 of 62 tracked people: 1 does it
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