Re:Screw your standing desk. How about squatting?
by vidarh on Thursday January 30, 2014 @11:45AM
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Look at young children, and see how effortlessly they can sit for ages in squat positions while playing. After I started fixing my squat for lifting, I've noticed I now often naturally squat down instead of awkwardly contorting myself when playing with my son for example.
My mobility is still poor compared to what it was when I was a child, but at 38 I'm now finally more flexible again than I was at 25, maybe more so than at 20, and it's great to not feel constrained by weird movement patterns.
Re:Screw your standing desk. How about squatting?
by iopq on Thursday January 30, 2014 @11:53AM
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they have very short limbs making this very easy
Re:Screw your standing desk. How about squatting?
by vidarh on Friday January 31, 2014 @04:07AM
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Their limbs are proportionally the same, and their muscles equivalently smaller and weaker. It's no harder for an adult with proper mobility.
And we still don't have any arguments supporting either position. I do squat for a few minutes every day to facilitate my squat lifting workout but don't see an inherent benefit. I suppose one can argue that it has been a natural movement for so long that our bodies may be genetically designed for it.