FluidStance Blog

January 13, 2015

We Hit Our Crowd Funding Goal!

In less than 24 hours of introducing the Level® to the world, we’ve exceeded our crowd funding goal on IndieGoGo! At the time of this post, our project is 149% funded. This is truly a spectacular welcoming of FluidStance® into the world. Though just yesterday, it seems like our world has completely changed since the moment Joel hit our ‘LAUNCH’ button! If...

January 12, 2015

Launch Day: Introducing the Level® to the World

Today was a really big day for us! After a year and a half of endless designing, engineering, tooling and dreaming big, we finally launched our first product, The Level®, to the world on IndieGoGo. In our first day, so far, we’ve raised over 70% of our crowd funding goal and we couldn’t be more grateful and humbled by the...

December 22, 2014

Quick tips for getting some movement in during holiday travel

‘Tis the season…for sitting in planes, trains and cars. While we can’t help you with delayed flights and icy roads, we can help you keep the blood flowing with our quick tips for getting some movement while you’re on the road. Traveling by Air? Take a hike: Flights are inevitably delayed during the holiday season. We send good thoughts your way...

December 17, 2014

10 Awesome Adjustable Desks to Get You Off Your Butt at Work

One of the reasons we’re huge fans of adjustable desks that allow you to move when you need it, but also allow you to rest. Having the right standing desk makes all the difference. We’ve reviewed the best standing desks on the market, including some DIY standup desk options, in no particular order: 1. The Hemingway, $559 About: Ernest Hemingway famously worked...

December 16, 2014

10 Companies That Show Us Movement is Good for Business

It’s no secret that sitting at work all day is really bad for us. Not only does it contribute to some pretty scary health impacts, but it also crushes our productivity and stifles our creativity. The good news is that as we’re starting to learn more about the perils of sitting, and forward thinking executives are starting to make some big changes that show their employees...

December 11, 2014

Sitting Kills Your Creativity

Creativity can be elusive… and that’s bad news for those of us who rely on our creativity every.single.day. Just because we want and need to be creative doesn’t mean great ideas faithfully appear in our morning coffee. Sitting around all day forcing our brains into submission doesn’t seem to do the trick, either, because sitting kills your creativity. However, there is one faithful way to...

December 9, 2014

Why It’s Time to Kick Our Sitting Habit

The human body is designed to move. Yet, we’re sitting – all the time. Adding insult to injury, we don’t even like it! 86% of Americans report sitting more than 7.7 hours a day, and 80% of us “hate sitting,” according to the Journal of Epidemiology. That’s a sad truth. Desk jobs, long commutes, and screen time encourages our sitting habit. Here’s the...