A couple years ago, at the Ancestral Health Symposium, I presented a poster entitled  . As you can see in the video below, I actually thought I was being quite witty to present a poster on the dangers of sitting while sitting with poor posture in a folding chair. It's actually been over five years since I've adopted the habit of frequently alternating positions throughout my work day, a strategy I highlight in detail my video "“ and also in last week's podcast "" My office is actually like a tiny playground, littered with kettlebells, a pull-up bar, a boxing heavy bag, , and a variety of standing surfaces, including my latest foot acupressure therapy invention, a wrapped around a . But I just can't get enough of this stuff. So in a few weeks, I'm interviewing a fiction author about how she writes fiction while standing and walking to train for an ultramarathon, and in today's podcast, I'm interviewing a guy named Josh Kerst, who mans the helm of one of the most innovative standing workstation companies on the face of the planet: . Josh is executive vice president of  He holds a BSE (U of Michigan) in Industrial Engineering and is a Certified Professional Ergonomist (CPE), Certified Industrial Ergonomist (CIE) and is a Member of the ANSI/BIFMA X5.1 Office Seating committee. During our discussion, you'll discover: -What it means to be an "active couch potato"... -The shocking results of a study on athletes that found they can actually be more sedentary than the average office worker... -Workplace positions that trigger a gene which restricts your ability to recover and drops your HDL... -How long you would need to be sitting for the dangers of sitting to begin kicking in... -How a dangerous response called the "compensation effect" can kick in if you exercise at the beginning of the day, and what you can do about it... -Why a standing workstation can actually hurt your shoulders, elbows and wrists and how to set up proper ergonomics at a standing workstation... -Ideas for creative positions you can work in aside from standing, walking or sitting... -Why you should a "" to your standing workstation setup... -The brand new heart rate variability research coming out soon on standing mats for everything from balance to strengthening and stretching your feet while you are working... -And much more! Resources from this episode: - (this is a place where you can also get  or we talk about) - - - - -The -The -Study:  -Study: -Study: - Do you have questions, comments or feedback for Daniel Yellin or I? Leave your thoughts at !