New treadmill desk..

[Ratt]

I normally type 60 to 80 words per minute. When I first started using this type of desk, my typing dropped down to 30 or 40 wpm. After a couple of weeks I was back up to around 80 wpm.

You never run with this kind of desk. In fact, that treadmill has a top speed of about 3mph. I usually walk at 1.5mph which is enough to burn 100 calories an hour. I can type just fine at that speed. However, when I get on a conference call, I speed it up to 2.5mph.

Ceyko is pretty much correct. I've never been able to get myself into the gym habit but I needed to do something. Just having a stand up desk alone is good improvement to your health. There are several studies that show that sitting all day is slowly killing you. Just getting off your ass reverses a lot of issues. My last physical had my cholesterol level below 200 for the first time in 5 or 6 years. My heart's condition has gotten a lot better as well. Ultimately I'm aiming for 175-180lbs..

I love standing up while working. Makes you work alot faster and more efficiently for some reason.

[Sgt Beavis]

Apparently I was looking at the whole desk. That's ridiculous that the top adds about $300 to the setup.

I love standing up while working. Makes you work alot faster and more efficiently for some reason.

Yea, that's why I reused this IKEA Galant desktop I already had.

Standing up keeps the blood circulating, that's why you work better. The killer is getting used to standing for so long. It took me three weeks before my calves stopped aching.. but now I can stand all day long and not care one bit..

[Binky]

I wish I could find those pnumatic multilevel desks we had at Microsoft - those things were pimp as shit.

[Ratt]

Yea, that's why I reused this IKEA Galant desktop I already had.

Standing up keeps the blood circulating, that's why you work better. The killer is getting used to standing for so long. It took me three weeks before my calves stopped aching.. but now I can stand all day long and not care one bit..

Meh, I worked retail and hospitality for a combined 8 years. I've still got it.

[Sgt Beavis]

I wish I could find those pnumatic multilevel desks we had at Microsoft - those things were pimp as shit.

No kidding. I loved those desks. However they are about two grand each..

[Silverback]

No kidding. I loved those desks. However they are about two grand each..

Yeah, i found them several places, even used they were in the 1200-1500 range

and that was just for the small corner piece


I just bought a new sit down desk for the house, but I plan to eventually take the time to build a treadmill laptop station with my extra docking station.

[Binky]

I have an old HON desk right now - it's great, the surface is super smooth, but it's a behemoth and I wish I could do something different.

I can't walk and talk at the same time so as soon as I tried to do any work I'm sure i'd faceplant if I had a treadmill desk.