Ever since 1994 when Chadwick and Stumpf unleashed the Aeron 1000s of ‘ergonomic task chairs’ have been introduced. On one website alone there are over 500 of them to choose from. 500. Mesh, gel, leather, plastic, metal – all sizes shapes and colors.
The one thing they all have in common?
The second you sit in one they start to kill you.
Hyperbole? Perhaps a little, but a lot less than you may realize. Studies have linked the amount of time you sit to your likelihood of DYING in the next 3 years.
Here is my shameless unsolicited product plug. Fitbit is my new friend. It has a little flower display that tells me when I’ve sitting around too long. Look it up…
Dale
The Blue Collar Executive 