{"id":94085,"date":"2023-09-28T21:21:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-28T21:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/?p=94085"},"modified":"2026-01-21T08:58:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:58:59","slug":"are-standing-desks-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arielle.com.au\/are-standing-desks-worth-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Standing Desks Worth It?"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 10<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

How’s your posture doing these days? Are you sitting hunched over in your desk job for hours on end? I’ll bet you’re worried about your sedentary lifestyle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You’re not alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than 1 in 10 office workers<\/a> exercise regularly despite working long hours. Yet, our ability to focus diminishes when we sit in the same position for too long. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is a standing desk the best solution to getting active? <\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

There are many pros and cons of using standing desks \u2013 and some downright bizarre myths are doing the rounds. I’ll be busting some of these in this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stand<\/em> back, relax, and enjoy the ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Related: UpDown Desk Review: Still The Best?<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wait, Sitting Down Causes Cancer?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Above: A standing desk in its lowest height setting works like a traditional office desk.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’ve heard the phrase “sitting is the new smoking<\/a>,” you might be panicked, but this kind of rhetoric doing the rounds is neither helpful nor true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Decades of research reveal a clear link between smoking and the following physical health implications:<\/p>\n\n\n\n