Working At This Desk Burns Calories (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUpRf6KoAJNmjAtgBVMwBAaobeWdSAuXdR_hREf5Ga7VglYDQ0S6xX1r9qxdjE1s6rbmcafzWAi7vKD7lsnadW2FTpVPHEeeeCdfeDNnc23rgLDXne31AHuT26Q7fJwBVdoRJU48DrqbI/s1600/Stir+Kinetic+Desk+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUpRf6KoAJNmjAtgBVMwBAaobeWdSAuXdR_hREf5Ga7VglYDQ0S6xX1r9qxdjE1s6rbmcafzWAi7vKD7lsnadW2FTpVPHEeeeCdfeDNnc23rgLDXne31AHuT26Q7fJwBVdoRJU48DrqbI/s1600/Stir+Kinetic+Desk+3.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390158108061_19499" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390158108061_19509"><span id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390158108061_19508" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Is sitting at a desk for extended periods of time deadly? Several medical studies say “yes.”</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390158108061_19489" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5ee6301c-9c2f-6d19-c182-8ec7a55fc149"></span><span id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390158108061_19488" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span id="docs-internal-guid-5ee6301c-9c2f-6d19-c182-8ec7a55fc149"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5ee6301c-9c2f-6d19-c182-8ec7a55fc149"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390158108061_19531" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390158108061_19540" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">From obesity, heart disease and back problems, we face serious health risks by sitting for most of our work day. According to a longitudinal study by the American Cancer Society that tracked 123,000 Americans, men who sit for more than </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">6 </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">hours a day face a 20 percent higher death rate than men who sit for </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="color: black;">3</span> </span><span id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390158108061_19552" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">hours or less. The difference among women was worse: 40 percent.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390158108061_19562" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5ee6301c-9c2f-6d19-c182-8ec7a55fc149"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span id="docs-internal-guid-5ee6301c-9c2f-6d19-c182-8ec7a55fc149"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5ee6301c-9c2f-6d19-c182-8ec7a55fc149"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390158108061_19572" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390158108061_19581" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That study helps explain the appeal</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">of height</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390158108061_19590" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">adjustable desks: standing while working is productive and also burns calories. The only real downside</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1f497d; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390158108061_19599" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">is having to remove and put back all of your desk items -- monitors, keyboard, paper stacks -- whenever you want to raise your desk. But what if your desk could raise itself automatically without you having to go through any trouble?</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390158108061_19611" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5ee6301c-9c2f-6d19-c182-8ec7a55fc149"></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span id="docs-internal-guid-5ee6301c-9c2f-6d19-c182-8ec7a55fc149"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5ee6301c-9c2f-6d19-c182-8ec7a55fc149"></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Check out the Stir Kinetic Desk, a desk I fell in love with at this year’s CES in Las Vegas. Not only does it sense and alert you when you’ve been sitting too long, a silent motor raises the desk with a tap on its touch screen.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"></div><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It also has built-in electrical outlets so you don’t have to worry about your lamp or monitor falling off the desk when it rises.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390158108061_19653" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Designed by JP Labrosse, a former Apple engineer who worked on the original iPod, the Stir is no featherweight; it supports 200 pounds. Best part: it tracks how many calories you burn just by standing at the desk. Is all that worth $3,890, the Stir’s starting price? It may be for companies who want employees to love their desk work (and possibly live longer). </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5ee6301c-9c2f-6d19-c182-8ec7a55fc149"></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5ee6301c-9c2f-6d19-c182-8ec7a55fc149"></span></div><div id="yui_3_9_1_1_1390158108061_19643" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', HelveticaNeue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24.000001907348633px; margin-bottom: 1.1em;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5ee6301c-9c2f-6d19-c182-8ec7a55fc149"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To see more of the desk’s features in action, watch the video above this article.</span></span></div></div>

Working At This Desk Burns Calories (BLOG)

Is sitting at a desk for extended periods of time deadly? Several medical studies say “yes.” From obesity, heart disease and back problems,...

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