I would have thought your eyes would go out first.
From what I understand about these things, monitor too far away is not good - bring closer if you can and try to keep sitting with neutral spine and move around every so often (and for your eyes, every so often look at the fair lass far down in the last cubicle; if your wife complains, remember you're just exercising your eyes, it's for medicinal purposes. Not sure what you can do if the occupant of the last cubicle is a pimply grossly overweight male.)
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Feet flat on the floor or chair rung.
Butt back.
For lower back, I've found that I'm in proper position when I move from a backward arch forward and when I hit position my stomach muscles tighten a bit. Much more than that and I'm slouching, no good.
For upper back, shoulders back. Do less benches, more lat work. Means nothing if you can bench 480 but can't bring your elbows behind you back and hold it in bent over lat pull or equivalent.
For neck, head retracted and chin level with ground.
Slide monitor toward/ away from you instead of rounding your back/neck. Now if you slide it too far back and it topples on the floor, maybe you might have justification for a replacement. Oh yeah I think monitors are cheaper for the company than workman's comp?
First time I did the above (sit properly, not break the monitor) I felt like I was in a very awkward position, but once I got used to it my back is a lot better. |
