There's another really good reason to work standing up - it's a good way to lower the long term risk of a heart attack. I had a mild one about 4 years ago, and the cardiac rehabilitation people explained that they see more bus and truck drivers than any other profession because they spend their entire work day sitting down. Sound familiar? Their main message, though, was that a little (regular) exercise goes a long way. So I bought a treadmill.
A few months later I ran across an article in the New York Times about a fellow at the Mayo Clinic (James Levine) who's keen on the idea of combining a treadmill and a workstation. The idea is that instead of just standing, you walk slowly - say 0.5 mph or a bit more. So I rigged a support frame around my treadmill that allows me either to (a) walk at 4-4.5 mph at 5-7 degrees slope while listening to an audio book or watching a DVD, or (b) to amble sedately at 0.5-0.7 mph at 0 degrees slope. The keyboard and mouse sit on a board that I sling across the front end of treadmill. Higher up there's a larger board slung across the treadmill that supports two Dell LCDs.
It's actually a bit more exotic than that - the treadmill equipment is on the second floor of my house, slaved via splitters and USB to a traditional seated workstation on the first floor, where the CPUS and KVMs are. I typically spend an hour or so a day in the morning and/or early afternoon (when I'm at home) ambling upstairs while I work, and an hour at 4+ mph / 5+ degrees getting serious exercise in the late afternoon. And when I'm working at home, whenever I find my butt getting a little sore from sitting down, I pop upstairs for half-hour or so. I wear out other parts of me after an hour or so of ambling, so I actually find it more comfortable alternating between the two. But then I'm a bit older than you likely are :-) [namely 60]. See
There's another really good reason to work standing up - it's a good way to lower the long term risk of a heart attack. I had a mild one about 4 years ago, and the cardiac rehabilitation people explained that they see more bus and truck drivers than any other profession because they spend their entire work day sitting down. Sound familiar? Their main message, though, was that a little (regular) exercise goes a long way. So I bought a treadmill.
A few months later I ran across an article in the New York Times about a fellow at the Mayo Clinic (James Levine) who's keen on the idea of combining a treadmill and a workstation. The idea is that instead of just standing, you walk slowly - say 0.5 mph or a bit more. So I rigged a support frame around my treadmill that allows me either to (a) walk at 4-4.5 mph at 5-7 degrees slope while listening to an audio book or watching a DVD, or (b) to amble sedately at 0.5-0.7 mph at 0 degrees slope. The keyboard and mouse sit on a board that I sling across the front end of treadmill. Higher up there's a larger board slung across the treadmill that supports two Dell LCDs.
It's actually a bit more exotic than that - the treadmill equipment is on the second floor of my house, slaved via splitters and USB to a traditional seated workstation on the first floor, where the CPUS and KVMs are. I typically spend an hour or so a day in the morning and/or early afternoon (when I'm at home) ambling upstairs while I work, and an hour at 4+ mph / 5+ degrees getting serious exercise in the late afternoon. And when I'm working at home, whenever I find my butt getting a little sore from sitting down, I pop upstairs for half-hour or so. I wear out other parts of me after an hour or so of ambling, so I actually find it more comfortable alternating between the two. But then I'm a bit older than you likely are :-) [namely 60]. See
http://www.mayoclinic.org/feature-articles/levine-office-of-future.html
and
http://www.mayoclinic.org/news2005-rst/2836.html
for info on Levine's work.
Cheers!
-jcb