Comments on: Dealing with Deskitis http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dealing-with-deskitis/ Fri, 25 May 2012 10:45:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: wel http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56988 Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:01:20 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/03/27/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56988 maxidex warning

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]]> By: Weigh Loss Products, Programs and Solutions http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56987 Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:04:18 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/03/27/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56987 Programs and Solutions

Weigh Loss Products, Programs and Solutions

]]> By: Shefaly http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56986 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:37:21 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/03/27/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56986 Matthew, I do not think Jim Levine proposes that people stay on the treadmill for 8 hours. What his concept of NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis) proposes is that some small (delta) degree of excess caloric expenditure can be introduced in sedentary lives through minor design alterations. For instance, a class that does some work standing up, rather than sitting down. At work this may mean a meeting where people stand up rather than sit down (this also drastically cuts down the length of useless meetings…).

A general agreement within the obesity research community is that a daily deficit (either through reducing intake or increasing expenditure) of 100-150 calories a day would help maintain or reduce weight for most individuals. Since intake is harder for most people to regulate, making minor changes to increase caloric spend is the next best thing.

Jim Levine’s research found that lean people spend up to an extra 2 hours standing or moving around than obese people do. Even fidgeting spends calories..

I make it a point to read RSS feeds and write my blog standing up. I am also a bit absent-minded/ too focused, and sometimes find that I have been standing for an hour while reading something..

However on that Swiss ball thing: I don’t think swapping your chair for it will increase caloric spend. If you balance well, it may be good for your core stability, but that is pretty much it. Best to stand up :-)

]]> By: Matthew Reinbold http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56985 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 01:12:03 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/03/27/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56985 Michelle,

I actually came across the ‘treadmill office’ while doing research for this piece. You can read more about it here:

http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2005-rst/2836.html

While interesting in concept I couldn’t fathom being on a treadmill for 8+ hours. I have a hard enough time swapping out my well-worn desk chair for an exercise ball for the hour or so I read RSS. :)

]]> By: Shefaly http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56984 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:22:26 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/03/27/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56984 Deskitis – technically, inflammation of the desk, when we really need to focus on the person at the desk, no?

All problems you describe are co-morbidities of long desk-hours. Now with such a powerful word hanging over us, perhaps we would take breaks every now and then (suggestion: http://workrave.org/welcome/ via Nikhil, who writes for ContentSutra/ PaidContent), go for 10-min walks around the block a couple times a day (is that freedom not part of how we work? A friend in Saudi reports they get a 2-4 pm nap break officially..), eat fewer sugared products and drink lots of water at the desk..

As for me, all my efforts go into not becoming a subject matter of my own blog and my own PhD (quoting my academic supervisor’s warning in jest..)

]]> By: Jean MacDonald http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56983 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:18:20 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/03/27/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56983 I’m a Mac user, and I’ve been using a program called MacBreakz for about a month. I’m pretty happy with it. What I like is that it watches what you are doing, and gives you alerts to take a “micro-break” (five seconds, close eyes, take a deep breath) when you’ve been doing a lot of keyboarding and/or mousing.

I like doing the stretch breaks and you can do a lot of the stretches at your desk. (My favorite:elbows at your side, hands clasped in front, fingers interlaced, rotate your hands around your wrists ten times, both directions.)

If you have a laptop, a Griffin Elevator (successor to the iCurve) is an elegant solution for raising the screen up to eye leve.

]]> By: Jason Alba http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56982 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 21:25:37 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/03/27/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56982 what about the proper posture, relating to where your elbows are and what angle your neck is in? Mine eyes should be straight forward but they are down a bit because of my setup… and this isn’t good :p One of these days I’ll change that!

]]> By: Brian D. johnson http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56981 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:16:19 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/03/27/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56981 I can recommend setting a repeating time for 20 minute intervals. When the timer beeps (or vibrates or whatever), stand up, stretch / bend / breathe and check yourself to see if you’re on-task.

]]> By: Michele http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56980 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 18:52:05 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/03/27/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56980 I saw a guy on tv who has a laptop affixed to a treadmill and walks all day. He walks slowly, only about one mile per hour, but he’s constantly moving and upright while working. I want one of those!

I go to the gym in the mornings, but I’ve been a slacker lately. There’s just so much work to do that I end up doing it late at night. I usually am at my stride at 11pm.

]]> By: ELIOT http://gigaom.com/collaboration/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56979 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 17:25:36 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/03/27/dealing-with-deskitis/#comment-56979 I keep two 10-pound dumbbells underneath my desk at home where I work most of the time. Throughout the day I roll them back and forth with my feet which helps get the blood flowing through my legs. It has become so habitual that I don’t even have to remind myself to do it. The dumbbells also work nicely as props on which I can rest my feet. This helps to relieve the pressure where my thighs meet the edge of my chair.

And then when I’m getting antsy or when I’m waiting on something like a big FTP transfer, I take the dumbbells out and do some reps with my arms. This definitely helps clear my head so I can keep grinding at the machine.

I could of course do better with the weight gain part (heh), but I find that, when I can get myself to do it, there’s nothing better than a jog outdoors with my dog after a long day at the machine.

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