Back in 2018 my company moved into a new office and they gave us some fancy desks that move up and down depending on if you wanted to sit or stand. That was the first time I’d tried a standing desk and loved it. After a few weeks i was able to stand 80% of the day and found myself having more energy and being more productive.
When the pandemic hit I began working from home and went back to sitting in a chair full time at a desk. My back really began bothering me and wouldn’t stop. After several months of this and back pain, I decided to put cinder blocks under the legs of my desk (tall ways) and grabbed a stool from the garage to keep by my desk. To this day, I still use this. When my company decided during the pandemic that they weren’t going to renew the office lease and we were all going to work from home full time, I asked my boss if I could buy my old up/down desk for my home office but he said no.
My home office looks ghetto with my desk up on blocks, but it is great. I probably stand 90% of the work day and pull the stool over when I want to rest my legs. I actually like having the blocks because as mentioned earlier in this thread it allows me to post a leg up on something to change posture and I find myself doing a lot of this on phone calls. It’s been over 5 years since I’ve been standing all day for work and I don’t have any leg or back issues. I could never go back a chair.
When the pandemic hit I began working from home and went back to sitting in a chair full time at a desk. My back really began bothering me and wouldn’t stop. After several months of this and back pain, I decided to put cinder blocks under the legs of my desk (tall ways) and grabbed a stool from the garage to keep by my desk. To this day, I still use this. When my company decided during the pandemic that they weren’t going to renew the office lease and we were all going to work from home full time, I asked my boss if I could buy my old up/down desk for my home office but he said no.
My home office looks ghetto with my desk up on blocks, but it is great. I probably stand 90% of the work day and pull the stool over when I want to rest my legs. I actually like having the blocks because as mentioned earlier in this thread it allows me to post a leg up on something to change posture and I find myself doing a lot of this on phone calls. It’s been over 5 years since I’ve been standing all day for work and I don’t have any leg or back issues. I could never go back a chair.
