FluidStance balance boards work out your core at a standing desk

The FluidStance balance boards, like The Original deck, are meant to complement a standing desk. You use them to balance while working, giving your body a core workout and also improving your overall balance. It’s better for your health than sitting all day, that’s for sure.

Standing desks are excellent, because they get you up and on your feet instead of sitting all day. We know now that sedentary lifestyles are not good for you. But to survive, we have to work on one thing or another, even creative tasks, and that usually calls for being at a workspace like a desk. Standing desks are the next best thing for our health. But you can improve things even more with an under-desk elliptical or something like the FluidStance balance boards and decks. They’re kind of like a stationary skateboard, helping to improve your balance and give you a core strength workout. The Original board is just one of many the brand offers.

For starters, you can choose various base colors like matte black, blue coal, apple red, and taxi cab yellow. That pairs with a top, wooden deck like walnut, maple or bamboo. Together, the base and top deck make up the entire board, giving you a full 360-degree range of motion while you stand by your desk. The workout comes from the movement of the board as you use your muscles and stance to balance. It actually promotes calorie burning while you stand, pretty neat.

What else can these balance boards help with?

The Original is the top pick, and obvious pick, but FluidStance offers a few other options, too. Ultimately, the balance boards work to improve your abilities, even if you don’t put them to use elsewhere. For instance, since you’re standing and balancing on a board, like a skateboard, you could essentially take those skills out into the real world — hit the streets. If you are into skateboarding or longboarding, it’s a viable way to train when you’re not out wheeling around.

Basically, the board goes on the floor by your desk, in whatever configuration you’d like — parallel or perpendicular to the desktop. Then, you step on top and keep it balanced, moving it around ever so slightly, or simply standing still when you’re in a focused work groove. They’re pretty simple, work great, and totally analog. No software or firmware updates. No crazy subscriptions. Just plop down the balance board and get to work, or play. Let’s not forget you could even use them while doing some gaming, watching media, streaming or beyond. Any activity at your desk you can do on the FluidStance balance boards.

Another neat little benefit of the FluidStance balance boards is that they’re FSA/HSA eligible. An HSA is a health savings account, tax-advantaged, typically from a health plan, while an FSA is a flexible spending account, usually employer-sponsored for medical expenses. They allow you to pay for things like these balance boards that improve your health.

FluidStance balance board The Original with wood-like design

FluidStance balance board with deck blue and coal top and other configurations

Who is it for?

Office folk, whether working from home or not, who want to be more active and not sedentary. Use your standing desk and these balance boards to stay healthy.