July Roundup: My Favorite Tweets About Standing Desks
July has flown by like a jet in the sky--and it's been a fun full month. Twitter was especially entertaining and I wanted to share a few of my favorite Tweets of the month with all of you standing desk fans and users. New UpDesk owner Ian tweeted right before...
Incorporate Healthy Lifestyle Changes Away From Your Desk
We believe the standing desk is awesome. It provides health benefits and productivity that a sitting office desk just can't compete with. And even though we love our products at UpDesk we also believe that a healthy lifestyle includes time away from your stand up desk ... even if it's...
Walk-And-Talk: How Walking Meetings May Just Change Everything
"What you're doing right now at this very moment is killing you. More than cars or the Internet or even that little mobile device we keep talking about the technology you're using the most almost every day is...your tush." So begins Nilofer Merchant's Ted Talk about the dangers of sitting and an...
The Ultimate Summer Soundtrack For Your UpDesk Standing Desk
Well friends... We're right in the middle of summer and if you're anything like us those long hours at the office seem to get even longer when all you want is to be outside playing in the sun. The glow of those fluorescent lights is getting harsher the coffee in...
Sitting Hugely Negates Workout Benefits
If you're a runner you know the sense of accomplishment that comes from logging miles in the early hours of the day before you head into the office (or your home office). You push your body and feel the burn as your body becomes stronger. Once you've showered and wolfed...
Sitting Linked To 34 Chronic Diseases And Conditions
What words do you associate with the word "desk chairs?" Perhaps words such as IKEA comfortability ergonomic or computer desk come to mind. What about... Hospital bed? Doctor's office? Unfortunately extended sitting has been recently linked to a whopping 34 chronic diseases and conditions according to a recent analysis by...
Office Olympics! The Best Break-Time Games To Play From Your Updesk
Let's face it - even the best jobs sometimes need a quick morale-boosting or energy-upping break. Even for those of us who already have a height adjustable desk (like the UpWrite or new SquaredUp) to help keep our energy up when that middle-of-the-day slump hits there's not much we can do except take...
Designing A Workspace That Empowers Your Employees - UpDesk Can Help!
Over the past few years as companies like Google and Facebook redefine pretty much everything about the traditional working environment lots of businesses are beginning to wonder how they too can make more productive and empowering workspaces for their employees. Although adding a few plants or getting better coffee for...
2 Hours Of Sitting Cancels Out 20 Minutes Of Exercise
Lately there have been a lot of studies floating around about how sitting can actually increase your risk of cancer and about how even exercise won't guarantee a cancer-free life if you're sitting all day. But not even we knew how much sitting really mattered until we read this article. Did you know that...
Yahoo Tech Names UpDesk’s PowerUp As One Of Top Two Standing Desks
When David Pogue founder of Yahoo Tech spotlighted UpDesk's PowerUp standing desk we were pumped--and still are. It's not just that he's a crazy awesome guy having been the personal technology columnist for the New York Times for 13 years or the fact that he's won two Emmy Awards and been profiled...
