How often do you get up while programming?
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I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?
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I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?
leckey wrote:
what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?
No more than 2 hours straight. It's either the kids, or the need for a :beer: that pull me away from the keyboard :)
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I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?
I usually get up "automatically" once in a while, just to have a walk across the room. I think better while walking. :)
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I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?
I usually at least do eye excrcises(OK, not the full set. just look away from screen for some time...) regularly. They dont hurt as much with an LCD screen though. as for standing up/walking, not too often. the longest I sat was at home, for close to 6 hours. now before you start screaming "geek! nerd!! weirdo!1", i'll explain. actually, i wont. It jsut so happened that I has nothing else to do, so i took the time to explore further into Direct3D. turned out to be quite a long adventure...oh welll. my ending(feet, hands) or eyes usually dont hurt. no, i dont wear glasses or contacts(if that makes any difference).
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I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?
Typically every 50-90m. If I'm massively focused on something I can go several hours before mentally coming up for air, but that's more common at home than at work. Both because I'm doing more generalyl fun stuff and because I have a much nicer chair at home.
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I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?
I've gone all day before when I'm really into something. Of course, it helps to have food brought to you. When I feel like being normal it's usually 2-3hrs at most.
Jeremy Falcon
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I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?
Every now and then. I have to make a tea refill every hour or so. :)
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I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?
leckey wrote:
Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time?
Yes, but only to refill my glass / grab another soda. I don't have a set time interval; I just go whenever I'm thirsty.
leckey wrote:
Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?
No idea, but I know of one session where I coded for 30 hours total. I don't recommend ever doing that.
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I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?
I can sit nearly 8 hours with the day passing without notice. However, 99% of my workdays involve frequent up and downs. The more interuptions and the less work the more often I walk around. Heck I spent about 10 hours the other night trying to setup linux, my way, without getting up.
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Every now and then. I have to make a tea refill every hour or so. :)
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote:
Every now and then. I have to make a tea refill every hour or so.
Yeah, I upgraded to making it by the gallon so I have to do that even less. :-D
Jeremy Falcon
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I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?
I have significant back, shoulder and arm problems. My physio is amazed at my skills when I told her I would write a program that tells me to get up every 20 minutes. I dunno what she thinks I write for people who give me money. So, every 20 minutes I get up, and do some stretches she's given me, every hour I do more exercises. Once a day, I do 20-30 minutes of weights as well. I'm still sore, but I tell myself it would be worse if I didn't do that. I'm also going to try a fitball, I've decided ( having just spent $450 on another office chair that is not helping ).
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I have significant back, shoulder and arm problems. My physio is amazed at my skills when I told her I would write a program that tells me to get up every 20 minutes. I dunno what she thinks I write for people who give me money. So, every 20 minutes I get up, and do some stretches she's given me, every hour I do more exercises. Once a day, I do 20-30 minutes of weights as well. I'm still sore, but I tell myself it would be worse if I didn't do that. I'm also going to try a fitball, I've decided ( having just spent $450 on another office chair that is not helping ).
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
I'm still sore, but I tell myself it would be worse if I didn't do that.
Being sore is such a love/hate relationship. :laugh: Still though, when it's over you always feel better.
Jeremy Falcon
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I have significant back, shoulder and arm problems. My physio is amazed at my skills when I told her I would write a program that tells me to get up every 20 minutes. I dunno what she thinks I write for people who give me money. So, every 20 minutes I get up, and do some stretches she's given me, every hour I do more exercises. Once a day, I do 20-30 minutes of weights as well. I'm still sore, but I tell myself it would be worse if I didn't do that. I'm also going to try a fitball, I've decided ( having just spent $450 on another office chair that is not helping ).
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
I do 20-30 minutes of weights as well.
Btw, you on a different routine? I want details man. ;) What kinda setup ended up fitting your style, etc.?
Jeremy Falcon
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I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?
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I got up from my chair earlier today and realized I had been sitting at my desk for almost 3 hours. My legs and eyes hurt. Do any of you force yourself to get up after a certain amount of time? If so, how much? Out of curiosity, what is the longest you have sat coding without getting up?
You sissy!;P I can sit for hours at a time and not have any problems suddenly getting up. Of course the key is investing money in an expensive chair that will let you do so and get away with it. I had a cheapo $40 chair from Office Max that I'm pretty sure permanently damaged my tailbone in less than a few months. Seriously my average is about 2 - 4 hours during the day and about 6 straight after the kids go to bed. I find that getting out daily to exercise pretty much cures any of the chair-butt problems people have. When I'm done working out sitting sounds like heaven and everything else means I have to get up.:-D - Rex
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Christian Graus wrote:
I do 20-30 minutes of weights as well.
Btw, you on a different routine? I want details man. ;) What kinda setup ended up fitting your style, etc.?
Jeremy Falcon
Until yesterday, physio told me to only do the pull downs and the rowing type exercise ( and 10 minutes of walking ). She's just now given me permission to do more, so I will go back to the list you sent me and start adding stuff today. She also forbade me from doing the exercise where you hook your leg over and use it to lift weights. Do you have an alternative ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
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You sissy!;P I can sit for hours at a time and not have any problems suddenly getting up. Of course the key is investing money in an expensive chair that will let you do so and get away with it. I had a cheapo $40 chair from Office Max that I'm pretty sure permanently damaged my tailbone in less than a few months. Seriously my average is about 2 - 4 hours during the day and about 6 straight after the kids go to bed. I find that getting out daily to exercise pretty much cures any of the chair-butt problems people have. When I'm done working out sitting sounds like heaven and everything else means I have to get up.:-D - Rex
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code-frog wrote:
You sissy!
Is it considered an insult to call a woman a sissy? :)
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code-frog wrote:
You sissy!
Is it considered an insult to call a woman a sissy? :)
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Well an insult wasn't intended and as I knew the target was female *and* leckey I figured it was a safe thing to do.:-D
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Until yesterday, physio told me to only do the pull downs and the rowing type exercise ( and 10 minutes of walking ). She's just now given me permission to do more, so I will go back to the list you sent me and start adding stuff today. She also forbade me from doing the exercise where you hook your leg over and use it to lift weights. Do you have an alternative ?
Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog
Christian Graus wrote:
She also forbade me from doing the exercise where you hook your leg over and use it to lift weights. Do you have an alternative ?
Just to make sure I understand this right... are you talking about leg extensions (exercising quads) or leg curls (exercising hamstrings)? BTW, neither of these exercises put direct strain on your back (if you use proper form that is). I don't see what the problem would be, unless maybe she doesn't know jack about lifting weights. [edit] Well, I guess that could also depend on the cause of your back issue. [/edit] [edit] BTW, leg presses and squats put a lot of strain on the lower back. So don't bother with that one yet. But, that wasn't on the list I handed you. [/edit]
Jeremy Falcon
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You sissy!;P I can sit for hours at a time and not have any problems suddenly getting up. Of course the key is investing money in an expensive chair that will let you do so and get away with it. I had a cheapo $40 chair from Office Max that I'm pretty sure permanently damaged my tailbone in less than a few months. Seriously my average is about 2 - 4 hours during the day and about 6 straight after the kids go to bed. I find that getting out daily to exercise pretty much cures any of the chair-butt problems people have. When I'm done working out sitting sounds like heaven and everything else means I have to get up.:-D - Rex
I only read cp for the articles. Iron Speed Designer MVP Check out my 7 Part Series on Networking[^]