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Sitting less, without the nonsense.
Notes on the questions desk workers actually ask — how often to stand up, how long to stay up, and where the honest limits of a phone are. No health claims, and every rule of thumb is named as one.
Stand hours, stand minutes, steps and exercise minutes: what each Apple Health number means
Apple Health shows four numbers about getting up from your desk. Each answers a different question, and only one of them says how long you sat.
Why is the Apple Watch stand goal 12 hours?
Twelve stand hours means one minute of standing and moving in twelve separate hours. What that asks of you, what it doesn't, and how to change it.
How often should you get up from your desk?
The common answer is every 30 to 60 minutes. Here is where that number comes from, how firm it actually is, and how to pick one you will keep.
How long should you stand at a standing desk?
The ratios you have read are rules of thumb, not findings. What actually goes wrong with a sit-stand desk is losing track — here is how to pace one.
Why break reminder apps stop working after a week
It is not willpower and it is not the interval. A timer cannot tell whether you took the break, so it is wrong in front of you until you switch it off.
Desk posture: what an app can and cannot do
No phone can see your spine, and any app claiming to detect slouching is guessing. What actually helps is duller than that, and it works.
What the Apple Watch stand ring actually measures
It credits a whole hour for about a minute of being upright with your arm moving. Worth knowing before you read a closed ring as a day well spent.