Stand up while you work
- and lose weight!
This is why, it is important that
you use your sit stand desk!
Many of us sit at a desk to work, even though neither our bodies nor our
physiques have adapted to a sedentary lifestyle. Countless surveys also
show that, slowly but surely, sedentary work leads to lifestyle-related
diseases.
Research has shown:
• That you can burn around 20,000 more calories a year by standing up
for just two hours each day, which corresponds to six full marathons.
•
That regular use of a height adjustable desk can reduce your sedentary
behavior noticeably. This does not only apply to your work day – the
variation between sitting and standing work positions does also result
in measurable reduced sedentary behavior in your spare time.
•
That you can improve your posture and experience an improvement
in back and neck problems. This is explained by the change in the mechanical impact on muscles and joints from varying working positions.
•
That you can experience an increased energy level and productivity,
and become more focused, when you vary your working position, and
stand while working.
How to vary between standing
and sitting while you work:
The most important thing is to vary your position and move around, preferably three times an hour. Instead of sitting down for too long at a time, you
can switch between standing and sitting position. Remember good posture
and to stand with your body weight evenly distributed on both legs!
•
Start by raising your desk and standing for 15 minutes each hour
before you go to lunch.
•
Raise your desk just before your lunch break. Then your desk will be in
the right position when you get back from lunch.
•
Just after lunch, stand for 15 minutes before lowering your desk to sit
for 45 minutes.
•
Raise your desk again every hour, so that you stand up working for 15
minutes each hour for the rest of the day.
•
Raise your desk before you leave for the day - then it is ready for the
next day.
Important reservations when varying
between standing and sitting position:
•
If you are pregnant, have varicose veins or have a health condition
that may prevent you from standing for 5-15 minutes at a time every
hour, you should contact your doctor to make sure that this will not be
detrimental to your health.
•
If you would like to stand up to work, you need to make this a habit,
and get your body accustomed to standing up to work. Therefore, it is
not certain that you can stand for very long at a time, so start with five
minutes.
•
Remember that you MUST switch between standing and sitting, and
move around as much as possible in between. It is not healthy either
to stand up and work all day - the ideal situation is to vary between
sitting and standing.
A help to get you standing
during the day
LINAK Wellness Switch has an alarm function, which reminds you to stand
during the day, and it is designed to help you gain the optimum of your
height adjustable desk, body and work.
You burn more calories by standing than by sitting. By measuring the calorie
burn through the time intervals between standing and sitting position,
you can be aware of moving, and thereby avoid both physical and mental
fatigue.
Cal/Min:
Count standing minutes and
calories.
Report:
Track desk use (total number of
adjustments + total number of
adjustments from sit to stand).
Alarm:
Remind yourself to stand.
Developed in association
with Hanna Tómasdóttir
Personal data and education:
• Born in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland 29.05.1970
• Trained physiotherapist from School of Physiotherapists,
Copenhagen (1997)
• Osteopath DO M.R.O.DK from IAO -The International
Academy of Osteopathy in Belgium (2006).
• Co-owner of klinikwestend, Copenhagen
• Columnist on health for the Danish magazine SØNDAG
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USER GUIDE LINAK WELLNESS
SWITCH
Adjustment of desk height
^ ....................................................................Up
v .....................................................................Down
^ + v (Push for 5 seconds)...............................Set height (default is 22”)
Set (S) (Push for 3 seconds) .............................Set start of standing range (standing-point) (default is retract height + 10”)
Calories and Minutes:
Cal/Min (l) .................................................................. Toggle between:
-Standing calories (CAL)
-Standing minutes (CLO)
Cal/Min (l) (Push for 5 seconds) .........................................Reset* CAL og CLO
Cal/Min (l) + Set (S) (Push for 5 seconds)........................... Set weight (default is 175 lbs)
USER GUIDE LINAK WELLNESS
SWITCH
Report
Report (ll) .........................................................................Toggle between:
-Report (-1-) Total number of sit-stand adjust ments
-Report (-2-) Total number of adjustments
Report (ll)......................................................................... Reset Report (-1-) and (-2-)
Report (ll) + Set (S) (Push for 5 seconds) .......................... Change between inches and cm
(default is “)
USER GUIDE LINAK WELLNESS
SWITCH
Alarm
Alarm (lll) ....................................................................... View alarm setting
Alarm (lll) (Push for 3 seconds)........................................ Set alarm (default is 45 min)
* CAL and CLO will automatically reset when:
(1) CLO exceeds 999
(2) Weight is changed
(3) Unit loses power
(4) Measurement units are changed
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