Episode 119a - Being healthy while working at a desk

Iron Sysadmin Podcast

Welcome to Episode 119 Main Topic

• Staying Healthy while working at a desk
• Obvious things
• “Office work”
• Generally means you are indoors
• You are not performing physically intense tasks
• You naturally burn less calories in a day
• You are sheltered from the sun
• It’s a lot easier to snack
• And this is even worse if you are a WFH worker
• And a lot easier to make poor dietary decisions
• This can be improved by WFH, if you can be disciplined
• Not so obvious things
• Sitting all of the time is just plain bad for you
• But standing all the time is also not so great
• Mental impact
• In office
• Remote/WFH
• So what do we do about all of this?
• “Water cooler” meetings.
• Don't forget to move
• Limit your snacking
• Drink more water. You’re not drinking enough. Really, you’re not.
• Make sure to take mental breaks
• Take a dang lunch break
• in fact. eat regularly in general breakfast lunch dinner
• Either get to the gym or go for walks/runs/cycling/whatever you're into
• convertible desk
• treadmill desk?
• Articles
• https://www.businessinsider.com/how-your-office-job-is-destroying-your-health-2016-4
• Motivational meetings can depress people -lol
• https://blog.vantagefit.io/office-workers-health-problems/
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7934324/
• https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/understanding-the-hidden-health-impact-of-working-from-home/96027/
• https://blog.freelancersunion.org/2022/02/28/working-from-home-and-mental-health/
• https://www.mdlinx.com/article/the-surprising-health-effects-of-working-from-home/tsastCACwiPt6Al4ONUZL
• Products:
• Nate’s setup (amazon links are affiliate links that benefit the podcast)

• Kinesis Gaming Freestyle Edge - Ergonomic Keyboard https://amzn.to/3M18PoE
• With tent risers: https://amzn.to/3xodm0p
• Logitech MX Ergo: https://amzn.to/3uGtE2Z
• Herman Miller Aeron chair: https://amzn.to/3vhH9oW
• I got mine from Crandall Office for a fraction of the new price: https://www.crandalloffice.com/
• Autonomous Sit/Stand desk. https://amzn.to/3xqPM32
• I absolutely did not spend that much though, maybe look for a lower cost alternative, the desk is not worth that price IMHO