How Sitting is Killing Us
The average person sits for 13 hours a day and moves for only 3. Sitting causes a variety of negative changes in the body. Profound negative changes to postural mechanics occur as the spine and muscles compress during sitting, causing neck and back pain that worsens over time. While sitting, blood pressure rises and calories burn at only 1 calorie per minute.
Sitting signals the body to shut off certain enzymes that help clean fats out of the blood stream, preventing the body from properly regulating inflammation and blood clotting. Sitting slows down brain activity and alertness, resulting in less productivity and innovation. Sedentary lifestyles cause weight gain, obesity, cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. Even those who exercise do not diminish the harm done to the body while living a sedentary lifestyle.
How a Standing Desk Promotes Better Health
Those who work in an office may feel there is no way to escape a sedentary lifestyle. But with recent innovations in healthier workspaces, the standing desk has been created to combat sedentary work-styles. These desks can be adjusted in height in order to encourage a standing-while-working lifestyle, promoting dramatic positive changes the body's health.
A standing desk creates a more active work environment that gets the blood flowing and fosters better communication between employees. When the body is able to stretch out, better posture habits occur and and back and neck pain is reduced. Standing also encourages better digestion and reduces blood sugar spikes that contribute to that 5 o'clock slump which causes mental and physical exhaustion. Using a standing desk promotes a better all-around work environment by providing more freedom of movement, promoting eye contact, and fostering proper communication.
Luxor Pneumatic Adjustable Height Standing Desk Features:
Seamlessly move between sit and stand throughout the work day with the Pneumatic Adjustable Height Standing Desk. Its lever-activated pneumatic air cylinder lets you easily alter the desk's height anywhere between 27.5" and 44.5", smoothly lifting your monitors, computer, and other office accessories. Constructed with two sturdy steel legs, reinforced inner legs, and a high-quality teak desktop, the pneumatic standing desk is sturdy. With no power outlets required for use, the desk can be flexibly placed within corporate or home offices.
What Makes This Standing Desk Stand Out?
The Luxor Pneumatic Adjustable Height Standing Desk is a game-changing standing desk because it's pneumatic. Using a lever-activated pneumatic air cylinder, the desk easily raises and lowers, so there's no assembling of electric motors, reset issues, cords, and best of all, the desk does not need to be located near a power plug. This is also the first full-size desk from Luxor without casters, making it perfect for home use or cool offices where aesthetics matter. Minimal assembly is required.
Additional Features:
- Meets ANSI/BIFMA standards
- Lever-activated pneumatic air cylinder adjusts height anywhere between 27.5" and 44.5" high.
- Raises and lowers up to 150 lbs., easily housing a CPU, monitors, and other office accessories.
- Constructed with two sturdy steel legs, each reinforced with durable inner legs
- Chambered edges keep forearms comfortable while typing and working
- Sturdy, scratch resistant desktop with a teak finish
- Minimal assembly required
48" Dimensions:
Overall: 48" W x 29.5"D x 28" - 27.5" - 44.5"H
Desktop Dimensions: 48"W x 29.5"D x 0.71"H
56" Dimensions:
Overall: 56"W x 29.5"D x 28"-27.5" - 44.5"H
Desktop Dimensions: 56"W x 29.5"D x 0.71"H
