The debate over the benefits of standing desks continues with the latest research strongly endorsing the notion of staying on your feet.
Stand up desk benefits calories.
What are the main benefits of standing at my desk.
You ll have more energy we mentioned metabolism.
Eat an extra apple close to 100 calories and.
You ll burn calories sitting for hours on end will restrict your body s ability to burn calories.
In addition to the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal benefits there is a significant difference in calories burned.
When you stand you burn anywhere from 100 to 200 calories an hour.
Good news for kiwi nine to fivers looking to reduce their waistlines.
Standing instead of sitting can help you burn 25 to 50 more calories per hour depending on your weight.
Some standing desks may only be used while standing while others allow users to sit or stand by adjusting the desk height with an electric motor hand crank or counterbalance system.
Standing can accelerate your metabolism and allow you to burn 1 3 more calories than sitting allows.
That translates to an extra 8 to 10 calories for every hour on your feet.
Advocates of standing desks point to studies showing that after a meal blood sugar levels return to normal faster on days a person spends more time standing.
Standing only used a whopping two extra calories on average according to the new study.
Standing desks can help keep your hips flexible and improve your circulation.
Standing desks have been made in many styles and variations.
Read about the health benefits of using a standing desk at work.
Working at a standing desk burns up to 200 more calories a day on average compared to just working on your backside.
Standing desks may be specialized to suit particular tasks such as certain variations of the telephone desk and desks for architectural drafting.
A recent study in the european journal of preventive.
Replacing a few hours of sitting at our desks with standing can lead to significant health benefits over time.