Comments on: Treadmill Desk Part 2

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:21:13 +0000

We were going to get rid of the treadmill when we moved… but maybe we need a treadmill desk. I wonder if Scot would like one. I guess it would depend on if he was ever home to use it.

By: Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:28:11 +0000

Wow, you walk half the day? I’m managed to walk about 2-3 hours per day but never done a full half day yet. I think it’s probably because my desktop has 2 monitors and working on just one itty bitty laptop monitor isn’t quite cutting it for me right now! =)

By: Katie Crick

Katie Crick — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:24:41 +0000

Hi Charlotte — your invention is GREAT! I have never been able to sit the whole day… I thank the lucky starts for the flexible workday of a tech writer, during which I can sprinkle in many breaks for walks, errands, chores… anything that gets me up and moving. I also love that our home office happens to have (when we moved in it was there) a large built-in shelving unit that is the perfect height for standing while working on a laptop (another excuse not to sit).

Keep up the healthy pursuits! ~Katie

By: Walter Jeffries

Walter Jeffries — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:46:03 +0000

*grin* What you need is the occasional pig to chase back in or to climb up the mountain. I see where he’s going. He could even have the tread mills programmed to make the user have to get their heart up time to time. We farm on the side of a mountain. It’s a hike up and down between tasks. Well, Keep at you’re wee niche because someone (many) no doubt depend on you. We just gotta get you running. Hmm… Possible game option here, remote interface, game cam, make the techie run! We could do it for all of us. When ever we’re hooked in there is the possibility the people on the other end of the link might press the run button…

By: Charlotte

Charlotte — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 22:24:14 +0000

Hey Walter — restlessness is actually the core of Levine’s research. His claim is that we’re meant to be working the way people like you do all day — some outdoor work, some indoor, up and down and moving a lot — not sitting in chairs in cubicles. So he’s trying to develop a cheap treadmill desk cubicle workstation for big companies– in part as a long-term health savings tool. A big part of my day job is some complicated but boring computer work (not a complaint, actually very grateful for my wee niche) and walking is really helping me keep my focus. Such an interesting concept though — I like the idea of exploding the workstation –

By: Walter Jeffries

Walter Jeffries — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:19:50 +0000

Huh. Nice, uh, wheels! Interesting concept. My desk is by my bed. I stand. I sit in several positions. I lie (but never to Congress). And I get up and go do chores or feed the animals between desk tasks a lot. Restless and I never knew the benny! Our cottage isn’t big enough for a treadmill though so I’ll have to forgo that.