Since I’m new to the whole Blog thing. I was trying to think of what is actually Blog-worthy.
Well, here’s something I’m telling everyone I know AND their sister.
Get off your ass. Not in the exercise sense although it’s never a bad idea. Rather, I’m referring to changing to a stand-up desk.
In the publish or perish world of fitness information and shameless self-promotion, I find myself spending countless hours pecking away at my fairly new laptop keyboard or the ol’ standby desktop computer. Well, my posture had gone to hell and my hips were feeling about two decades older than my 70-year-old shoulder.
Rather than blow $400 on a keyboard tray that adjusts to a standing position (and because if I don’t use my laptop, my wife may try to take it away from me), I found an adjustable table that is the perfect height.
After a couple weeks of accomodation, I have to say it was a great idea.
There were some initial adjustments like a mild pressure in the lower back which resolved quickly with some improved abdominal recruitment (bonus #1) , but otherwise the typical discomfort in the upper back that made me feel Quasimoto-ish after about an hour at the fancy typewriter machine is now gone.
I can also do a few simple exercises like muscle activation for the glutes and some low load passive stretches to some shortened muscles like the TFL and gluteus medius as well as some ankle mobility work (bonus #2).
I also get to spend more quality time with my wife and CFO (uh, for the record they are the same person) as we are now able to ignore one another while working in our spacious home office simultaneously (although I frequently catch her checking out my ass – bonus #3).
Alright, enough time wasted and here’s my wrap up. Be a stand-up guy, stand-up and be counted, stand by your man, stand for something…you get the point.
Later.