UpDesk’s Top 5 Summer Reads We Hope You Have On Your Standing Desk
Are you a reader? Do you pore over the New York Times Best Seller list when it's released or stalk your favorite author on Twitter to glean more information about their upcoming book? Maybe when you were a kid you read books under the covers with a flashlight ... long...
Undoing The Damage Of Sitting On Your Office Chair
Sitting for long periods of time in your office chair on your couch or at your kitchen table can lend to some pretty tight glutes hips and legs. While much of your tightness can be resolved by using a standing desk and that's the fix-all we absolutely recommend sometimes you...
5 Ways To Sit Less At Work
At UpDesk we talk a lot about how sitting at a regular desk or office chair can drastically harm your health and put you at risk for a host of chronic issues - but you know we're upbeat about it. Although prolonged sitting may be the new smoking and we're going to...
5 Of Our Favorite Workplace Comedies
In the United States we spend the majority of our waking hours at work. Whether you love your job or hate it the truth is that work informs almost every aspect of our lives. It seems only natural that much of our pop culture would find its setting in the...
Burn Calories With Your UpDesk
We've been talking about all the amazing benefits of an UpDesk standing desk for a while now. With a killer stand up desk like the SquaredUp or UpWrite you can find a better work-life balance by getting in fitness at work. You can up your happiness level with increased energy and decreased...
Imaginary Alternatives To Your Standing Desk
Do you ever wonder what the world would be like if standing desks like the UpDesk didn't exist? We shudder at the thought... Not only are stand up desks like the UpWrite Midnightawesome they pack a hearty punch full of benefits - everything from decreased risk of disease to increased risk of spontaneous dance...
Australian Study Confirms Awesomeness Of Standing Desk
You'll hear my peers and me at UpDesk sing the praises of the standing desk and we aren't the only ones. The Medical Journal of Australia gave more insight into the stand up desk and its necessity based on a recent study. Lifehacker reviews the paper concluding "Researchers from Curtin University's School...
5 Reasons Entrepreneurs Need A Standing Desk
According to Merriam Webster an entrepreneur is a person who starts a business and is willing to risk loss in order to make money. Those of you who are entrepreneurs know that making that leap can be stressful exhausting and time-consuming and while you may do your best to sleep...
Kick Cancer By Kicking Aside Your Chair
We've all read articles saying sitting can slowly kill you. That's why we are such huge advocates for using a standing desk and only utilizing your desk chair for short sitting breaks. And research continues to support that truth. Research from the University of Regensburg in Germany finds that sitting at work...
Quick And Healthy Breakfast Foods To Get Your Day Started Right
You've entered into the world of the standing desk. You have more energy even without drinking caffeine. You brainstorm better and work with others more creatively. You're even staying fit and keeping over 34 chronic illnesses at bay with your stand up desk. And we know that your height adjustable desk from UpDesk is only the...
