For standing desk owners, how do you manage your sit/stand schedule?

#discuss

Do you switch between the two often? Spend half the day standing/half the day sitting? Only stand during calls? I want to know!!

Top comments (29)

Nick Taylor • May 9 '20

My Apple Watch tells me when to stand. All hail the robots!

Having said that, if I’m in a groove, I tend to sit down for longer periods of time and I ignore the robots.

Jayme Edwards 🍃💻 • May 9 '20

I stand 100% of the time I’m coding or in meetings. I make sure to take regular breaks though to hang out with my wife and kids. I also had to do yoga and mobility work (foam rollers and lacrosse balls etc.) to undo 13 years of desk work when I first switched. Never going back!

Igor Irianto • May 9 '20

I spend 80% of my time standing. At first it was not easy, but my pairing partner used to stand virtually 95% of the time so I had to keep up with him. Now it has become a habit and standing is my default coding stance.

For every 50 minutes standing up, I spend 5-10 minutes sitting/walking/stretching/light-workout.

Jess Lee • May 9 '20

I bought mine on craigslist so I don't know what brand it is, but a friend of mine has an autonomous desk and they're happy with it: autonomous.ai/.

I personally think that unless you have shoulder/back issues, no one really needs an automatic one. Cranking the desk up is kind of fun too 😃

Dana Ottaviani • May 9 '20

It depends on my mood and what I'm working on. If I'm having a lot of technical problems, I tend to sit more because my legs tend to get more tired than if I know what I'm doing. I think it's more of a "mind over matter" thing. 🤷

I do try to stand in the morning which is about 4 hours.

Chad Smith • May 10 '20 • Edited

I just ordered a sit-stand desk. I plan to be about 50-50 with it. Last time I had one i would usually stand first half of day, and sit the second half.

Though I almost always stand during calls. I don't know why I do, but 5 minutes into a call I go straight to standing.

Avalander • May 10 '20

I switch whenever I get tired of my current position, which is usually every 30-60 minutes. Except when I hurt my knee (happened twice in the past 12 months -.-u), then I spend most of the time sitting.

Zane Milakovic • May 10 '20

I for sure don’t hold a schedule. If I have to run after the kids a lot (while they are home with us), I will setup the standup desk. I also try to do it for two hours a day reguardless. Otherwise as a newbie, I am sitting more.

I will say the Vari Desk has been amazing. They sent us a mat as well, and I thought I would hate it. I think it may be one of my favorite things, and possibly why I didn’t use my standing desk at the office. I want to get one for when I go back to the office.

Dave • May 10 '20

During my last job, several years ago, I did this. At the time, I was a serious runner (half and full marathon). Yet, I was still floored that I could not stand as long as I wanted while working. I was usually good for a half hour before I needed to sit for a bit, or go do another task.