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Re:Screw your standing desk. How about squatting? by vidarh on Thursday January 30, 2014 @11:45AM (#7151598)
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 (#7151643)
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 (#7155959)
Their limbs are proportionally the same, and their muscles equivalently smaller and weaker. It's no harder for an adult with proper mobility.
Re:Screw your standing desk. How about squatting? by iopq on Friday January 31, 2014 @05:04AM (#7156048)
it completely depends on the proportions

long-limbed people have more difficulty with this, while shorter-limbed people don't have difficulty with this after a little stretching