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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
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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.
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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

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