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Drop Your Desk Chair for The Level by FluidStance

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Sitting at a desk eight or more hours a day can weigh down your body; the slouched-over posture that most of us sit in can lead to back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, hungched shoulders, or worse. The human body was made to move, and sitting at a desk doesn’t exactly facilitate that. That’s why Joel Heath and David Malina, an outdoor industry veteran and product designer David Malina developed The Level, a contraption that is made through hand casting, a “process [that] generates zero waste with the sand molds being recycled and excess aluminum trimmings that are placed back into the supply chain.”

According to the company, “The Level by FluidStance is a work platform that elicits subtle, constant movement below your feet to increase your range of motion and heart rate. Developed primarily as a tool for your immediate workspace, it can be used in common areas of both the home and office, or as a complement to a stand-up desk. The patent-pending design allows you to change the overall aesthetics via interchangeable top decks, floating bumpers, and base plates.”

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What are the benefits of The Level by FluidStance? You get to get out of the routine of being sedentary throughout your work day. Your range of motion increases, thus bumping your heart rate up, plus, it probably causes you to lose more calories than sitting at a desk all day does because you’re constantly moving.

So if you’re tired of sitting at a desk all day, get The Level by FluidStance. Your body will love you for it.

For more information, visit fluidstance.com.

Ann Binlot
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