Q. When I am swopping I annoy my co-workers!

A. Quite honestly, we find this hard to believe since hardly anyone swops up and down all day continuously without a break. Could it be your co-workers are envious because you can sit all day long in such a vibrant and carefree way? Or perhaps they are extremely nervous and stressed and therefore ready to "swop" themselves? Or did you have so much fun with the new-found freedom for your back that you overdid it a bit at the beginning?

Swopping is fun, of course, and we here at Barefoot Studio do it all day long. Yet nobody here gets annoyed, at least not with swopping! After all, your co-workers can only see you bouncing up and down when you get up or sit down. Those small, crucial balancing movements with your pelvis that keep your back fit aren't even noticeable by anyone sitting in front of you!

Most of us were brought up with admonitions like: "Sit still!", "Don't bounce!" und "Don't fidget!", which has shaped our sitting behaviour. Today we know that the exact opposite is best: Bodily movement stimulates mental agility! Studies conducted in the United States have shown that people who exercise their bodies at a level of about 20 Watt (which corresponds approximately to the minimum amount of exercise while swopping) rarely make mistakes while working, are more creative and perform better mentally.

When we move, we stay healthy and only those who move themselves can move forward productively. Perhaps you can inspire your co-workers to start swopping as well?