♪ Bob and Brad ♪
♪ The two most famous ♪
♪ Physical therapists ♪
♪ On the internet ♪
- [Man] Have to edit that out.
- Hi folks, I'm Bob Schrupp, physical therapist!
- Brad Heineck, physical therapist!
- And together we are the most famous
physical therapists on the internet!
- In our opinion, of course, Bob.
- What are we doing here, Brad?
- Well, Bob, there's always a question.
- So is a standup desk right for you?
That's what we're going to discuss today.
- Sure!
- It's not for everyone,
we did the research on this
and I'm going to go over the details of it.
- Right, so you know what we know
and that means you know everything.
- And by the way, this is a Pro Kana desk from FlexiSpot.
We'll go over to the details at the end,
because they're having a Black Friday sale.
- Oh and it's a nice sale.
- It's a nice... (chuckles)
- Every sale is a nice sale,
Bob! - All right,
first thing we're gonna talk about, Brad.
- Okay.
- Does this make you more alert to have a standing desk?
- If you use it correctly, sit and stand or,
right. - Right.
- So there's a study on this
and they found out people do stay more alert.
They get less sleepy.
- Sure.
- And I have found
that to be true. - Right.
- This is one of the main things I use it for.
And I'm going to say right now, Brad,
I had a manual desk converter,
- Right
- Where you put it on top of a-
- Standard desk. - A standard desk,
and you had to manually lift it up.
- It had locks and stuff on the spring loaded.
- And for some reason I didn't use it much.
I mean, when you have to do it manually.
- Sure.
- I don't know why. It's not like it's hard.
It's very easy to do, but I just wouldn't do it.
- Sure.
- This one, I use it all the time.
You know, I get a whim saying, "Oh, I should stand up."
I hit the button.
- Right.
- And that's where we hit here to set controls.
- As a matter of fact,
this has a timer you can set up to 90 minutes,
where it'll beep- - Perfect!
- And it's a reminder for you to change your position,
which is a really good deal. - Yes.
I actually find myself standing too much,
I think sometimes.
'Cause I put it up. I'm up standing.
I'm not even thinking about it.
I'm working and now I go, "Oh, it's time to sit down."
All right. Number two, will you lose weight?
Because people thought, oh boy,
I'm going to burn a lot more calories when I'm standing.
So they compared sitting with standing and they found out
that you burn probably about 80 calories per hour
when you're sitting.
88 calories per hour when you're standing.
- So that's more.
- It's more, but it's not that much.
- It's not going to be a game changer with weight.
- I saw somebody calculate that you lose probably
five pounds a year, which is not nothing.
- Well yeah, if you calculate that with another 40 pounds
from diet and exercise.
It's still going in the right direction,
but it's not a big deal.
- It's going to be more important to be moving.
Like, walking is 210 calories an hour.
So, I wouldn't buy a desk if you want to lose weight.
- If that's the only reason.
- Right. If that's the only reason.
All right. What about, they were talking about blood sugar,
glucose levels- - Yes.
- And body fat mass.
Their studies have found that there was
a significant effect on those.
You actually, I know it makes sense.
You lose more body fat, but you don't lose,
really, more weight.
- Well maybe your muscle mass goes up a little bit
as a result of standing- - Standing! Good point.
- Versus sitting.
Right. It's all coming together, Bob.
It's all coming together. - But it's also good for
glucose levels, so.
- Yeah. So you have less blood sugar levels in the body
and that's always a good thing.
- It's going to help. - Assuming it's not too low
already. - Exactly.
Does it reduce back pain? Yes.
They have found that it reduces back pain.
- And that's no surprise to a therapist.
- No, because they were talking about lower back pain.
- Sure. - By the way.
- Well, 'cause seated position,
particularly if you're slouched,
it is definitely hard on the back.
- After a while, you're going to slouch.
- Right. - Even in a good chair.
- And standing,
you're more apt to have better posture than you are seated.
- What I have found, and now this is just me,
but my upper back does much better when I stand.
I just tend to start drifting into that position.
And when I stand, it gives me relief from that.
I no longer have any pain up in this area.
- Sure.
- But I also use the Thermotex Far Infarared heating.
- Sure. Well, I get-
- Headaches?
- No, I get bumps on my forehead when I sit.
- What?
- Yeah, yeah.
'Cause when I'm sitting down and I'm working,
I fall asleep and my head goes like that.
- Okay.
- I'm not kidding you!
I fall asleep- - Are you serious?
- Yeah, I started falling asleep after about 45 minutes.
- This explains so much.
- That happens.
- So really that's the studies they have.
If you want to improve upon sleepiness, stay more alert.
- Sure.
- There is some weight loss, it decreases your fat.
- Right. - Blood sugar.
You know, you could get the desk.
If you want to accelerate it,
I'd even maybe get some type of exercise
underneath the desk.
- There you go.
- You want to grab the Sit2Go bike, Brad?
- You know, we didn't mention it,
but all these are benefits,
but you're going to be more productive.
You're going to get more work done,
when you're more alert as a result of the desk.
- So if you get a bike like this,
you're going to have to have a standing desk
because otherwise,
you're going to bump your knees up against the desk.
- Yeah. 'Cause every time your knee goes up,
it bumps into here, the computer wiggles,
you can't see the screen.
You get bruises on your knees. Just raise it up.
Push the button a little bit right there.
- Is it going to work?
- Hold it, Bob.
There you go. Hold it.
There you go. Look at it.
Got that body weight on there and up she goes.
And I'm going to get under there.
Normally I don't work with Bob sitting at the desk,
but you know...
- I can stop you from hitting your head.
- Yeah. He's gonna stay on the desk.
- You also want to have a good chair, Brad.
You want to grab the chair?
Oh, by the way, what I like about this?
One of the nicest features about this,
I think, is how easy- - It's adjustable?
- No, it's how easy it moves.
- Right? It doesn't move up.
- Right. But when you get off of it, it easily moves with-
- Yeah. - Yeah, use your finger.
- It's got weight bearing brakes, which is really nice.
Okay. The chair, make sure you get a nice chair.
One with a lumbar support, head,
and some adjustments up and down.
- But I'm going to tell you again.
It doesn't matter if you have the best chair in the world.
If after a while you begin to fatigue,
you start to drift forward and that's when you need
the standing desk. - And you get the
bruise on the forehead.
- I can't believe we're even talking about that.
So, FlexiSpot is going to have a Black Friday sale.
I think it goes on for like three days.
- Three days?
- It's 11/26 to 11/29 - Should call it
The Black Weekend.
- There we go.
And they're going to have all this stuff for sale.
So this is a really nice desk, a bamboo desk.
I think that's 80 bucks off.
It's got some money off the chair
and the money off the bike.
We'll have it all listed below.
This is the time of year to get the stuff on sale.
and get ready for the next year
so you don't bump your head anymore.
- Well, it is a concern, Bob,
that my wife was starting to be concerned about that
knob on my head. - I would be concerned
that she married you. I mean, that's where I was-
- Well, she is a gifted person.
- Yeah, she is.
- Very patient, very patient.
- A very, very, special person.
All right. Thanks for watching folks.
- Be careful.