We Tried A Treadmill Desk Because Sitting At Work Is Killing Us
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- Опубліковано 3 гру 2013
- Ever since we found out that sitting at work is killing us, a bunch of my co-workers at Business Insider have gone all-in on standing desks.
Standing all day gets boring, though, and it makes people restless. So, in our search for a better work desk that won't kill you, we stumbled upon this treadmill desk by LifeSpan.
Some of my co-workers spent an entire day working on the treadmill desk. How hard is it to walk and work at the same time? Watch the video to find out.
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the guy who used the slowest setting did it right. you're at work not in a gym, it just so your feet ARE moving.
Yeah. It seems like it would be real annoying to try to work a computer while walking at a normal pace.
Yeah absolutely, also it does take some time to get used to.
Agreed
I mean, I think it should be set to whichever speed you're used to walking.
Walking that slow for me is more uncomfortable than being hunched over for a few hours- I have pretty poor balance, so walking slowly causes me to stumble and it ain't gonna be pretty if I knock over the computer off the desk.
@@BeardFaceSuper typical americans TBH,using electric to move atreadmill to make them move ,instead of just walking or cycling to work like most of the world
The blue shirt guy was a baby about before he took a single step and just kept complaining.
I'm sure he's a joy to work on projects with.
I bet he gets stiff done though
🤣 you said it way nicer. He didn't even genuinely try... he just complained the whole time.
"guy"?
@@jimbojimbo6873Nope he got fired for not getting stiff done.
“This is probably the least happy I’ve been in a long time.” Dear god could you be more dramatic.
his life must be good
They took away his xbox.
😂 His sarcasm kind of delighted my morning
Its a great idea but I dont think Id be effective. It would be hard to focus and type.
@@pure555 I'm doing it right now. I am a programmer and have to type a LOT. I have very few problems at 2.5 mph and do it for about 12 miles per day. I guess it's not for everyone judging by blue-shirt's reaction, but I can assure you that if you are a good typist you will be able to type and work while walking. Mouse work is, however, a bit more difficult as they noted in the video. It is harder to be precise with the mouse and so if your work involves a lot of mouse work, you may have to slow down and/or just not use a walking desk.
What’s so strange is that I can genuinely focus more when I’m walking. Im so jittery and can’t sit still at a desk. I studied my flashcards for the entire day + attended some zoom lectures all on my phone while walking around the house and I got so much more done… I’m at 17,000 steps.
It's not strange, it's awesome. Exercise increases blood flow especially to the brain, and increases energy levels.
OMG, I'm literally in the same boat. I study programming while walking at home like this video. Brain can be active when the body is moving. My claves have gotten shredded and I'm happy that I can improve my coding skill and health.
I love my new treadmill desk. I have been using it for 3 weeks now and it will change my life! Before I barely made it up to 3ooo steps a day. Now I have to be careful to take enough brakes. I have between 10-16k steps per day now and I am sure in 6 months I will have doubled this! I am heavily overweight and I know it will be so great to my health because I already feel positive changes! Love it! ❤️
It's been 10 months. I'd love to hear an update!
Any updates? :)
I still love it! I use it nearly every day and I feel much better with it. After using it for 6 weeks I had to take a 6 week break to recover - I just overused it and my body started hurting badly. After the break I slowly started again. If it weren't for the pandemic and the depression and feeling of utter exhaustion it gave me, I would be much fitter now - but the desk saved me from gaining another 10 kilo. I do between 2000 and 8000 steps now per day - depending on my exhaustion level (and sleep level, I really have a struggle with that).
My only problem is my desk. I have an IKEA desk and it is wobbling so hard now when I am walking it is hard to read on the screen - I am thinking of either getting a better desk or detaching the monitor from the desk somehow. IKEA is definitely not sturdy enough for the constant movement.
btw, the perfect shoes for the treadmill are freet flex - they are super comfy and pretty quiet.
oh btw I cannot really do homeoffice anymore - I prefer the office where I have my treadmill desk.
@@CyberPunk-fi9wi Thank you so much for the thorough update. Very helpful! :) Good luck with it in the future, too.
Geez that guy is such a whiner
he is right :D
that nerd probably dont even work out lol
"This is probably the least happy I've been in a long time.." bwahahaha!
I have just noticed that the first thing that is being said through this whole video is him saying "i already hate this" before even starting haha
its funny thooo
The people complaining seem to be the people who need to use it the most.
yes, clearly this is their first time - give it a week or two and their balance and interaction will adapter. Cry babies wow
Yeah, this blue shirt whiner probably just sit all day consuming some Netflix shows and trash food and not move at all, poor thing have to walk somewhere and he's not comfortable :(
Why is the table semi circle ?
Most of these people are going way too fast. They should only be going between 0.5 and 1.0 mph at a 1-2% incline. That's it. It's not a workout, that is not its purpose, it's to offset the ill effects of prolonged sitting.
I've been using one for a few years. I normally have it running at about 1.5 mph to 2.5 mph. Sitting in a chair for several hours always made my butt, back, and legs sore. I absolutely LOVE treadmill desks!
Walking is better than standing.
You guys just successfully identified the weak branches needing pruning in the next round of layoffs. Well done!
Lol, my first thought as well. More like a test for the human than the desk.
@@derson754 So they'd be safe during the layoff.
Bruv I thought the same , I wouldn’t want no whiny weasel working for me
Fire these geeks , their vibe is bad for company morale
"I'm just bored and unhappy..." I laughed SO MANY TIMES during this video 😂😂
I've been doing this for years. Work from home I just put a plank on the treadmill handles and I place my laptop there and use. I go slow like speed 1.5 to 2. Its perfectly fine for reading and clicking and you don't get less work done. Its healthier. Most of these guys are just lazy
Facts dude
So refreshing to see an honest pros and cons presentation. I've been on a standing desk for 5 months, standing often 12 hours a day at the desk, i have a high chair to rest now and then. The standing position completely changes the body; I'm 56, at the beginning my legs started to swell, doubled in size, i felt like hell for a whole week. Now, I'm tireless, i can hike a whole day, at the end of the day my legs feel still strong. Where people usually sit and wait, i feel awkward sitting now. I'd say we're genetically designed to stand, walk, run every waking hour. Decades of sitting at a desk, the standing position revolutionized my metabolism, tripled my energy.
sounds awesome! I hope to get a treadmill desk, a lot of research on how terrible sitting is.
6 months after my previous message, the standing position is natural, it's 5pm, I woke up at 5am, i worked all day standing at the desk and didn't feel the need to sit once, maybe I'll sit a little in an hour. Still you should know, i have a very bulky comfortable training bike that i designed to sit at the desk, but even though it is very stable and smooth, it doesn't offer the keyboard typing comfort that i need for speed and precision, and steady focus on the screen, the bike gets annoying, treadmill WILL BE UNSTABLE. So i had to give up any exercise while typing, any movement added to the typing motor function. But i noticed as soon as you pause a while to think you shift left and right leg like a walking movement, anyway it's very dynamic as it is, i wouldn't add any bike, and especially not a treadmill.
***** although do you have one? People who do say they aren't too bad - from other reviews.
I own the smoothest, most stable, comfy training machine there is for a desk, a bike, and it is impossible to keep one's job of editor on a computer while exercising on it; it will only be worse on a treadmill, hundred percent sure. I've been editing for 3 decades (in French). I understand it's a beautiful dream and people want to believe it, but it is not realistic. Keep your treadmill on the side and use it on your break hour while watching those beautiful UA-cam video of hiking/biking in nature filmed for that purpose.
***** i feel if you are simply typing + clicking, and don't need the perfection that an editor requires then it should be fine?
if you can achieve 1.5 miles per hour - seriously - 8 hours later... that matters over time. You don't need to go fast - you just need to keep moving enough. I just ordered the Lifespan 5000 DT 7 and I am very excited to work this way going forward.
So how did it end up?
How’s the treadmill desk going ? Is it quiet enough for zoom meetings?
I'd like to try it myself. It seemed to me that most of them were walking too fast. To work on a treadmill desk you should walk at 1 mph only, 1.5 max, which is enough to more than double you BMR and improve your health a lot.
"Oh my GOD. What a STUPID IDEA. Why would anyone DO THIS? I can't believe someone INVENTED THIS. This SUCKS. I HATE IT."
Please
Stop
Fucking
Complaining.
All but one of them are moving too fast! The whole point of a treadmill desk is to walk slowly, not briskly.
This is perfect for people recovering from a lumbar disc herniation.
1. They are walking too fast, should be 1-2mph.
2. Treadmills that stop/start with your walking are better. That allows you to stop walking for a moment, maybe when you're typing an email or clicking on a link etc. Then you can continue walking again when ready. Much better.
3. This may seem less comfortable at first for those who don't exercise as often. This 'trial' should have been 2 weeks, not 2 hours...
Lol there are smart treadmills that stop with you? Awesome
Thankyou from heart for making it possible and showing that it's possible.Thankyou so much.Lots of love
to the creator..😌😌
You need to walk slow and also there's an adjustment period where you have to learn to work while using it, after that productivity doesn't suffer anymore or even goes up.
I'd love to try it. I think you need to use if for a few days to really get the hang of it. I always thought it would be cool to have a few stations that people could use for short periods of time if they want. We have a foosball table that no one uses. I'd rather have one or two of these. It'd be like the gym in Jan. Crowded at first then nothing.
ok, the guy in the blue t-shirt never dropped the phone from his hand. How does he work?))
Every office worker should use this
The walking treadmill at work is changing my health! I am a QA Analyst though so I have some lull moments.
"I don't want to be standing, I don't want to be walking, I don't want to be anything." -- that sums up the guy in the yellow sweater's life. He looks, pale, depressed and unhappy. He needs a good fitness program, he'd be happier ;)
+PhotoN Sounds like he just needs a life
Yeah, I agree with you. A fitnes program won't really help if he isn't motivated. He needs to find motivation in order to do something, and that pretty much what those walking desks are for. I guess that's all the "fitness" he really needs.
+PhotoN PALE? If you think HE is pale, you would probably call me a ghost. He's not even that white. I suppose I should bake in the sun or get a fake tan in order to look "healthy" to you.
You don't have to bake in the sun to get a tan, just going outside for an hour a day can give you a slight tan.
I never go outside so I'm pale, looking pale is unhealthy to a lot of people and being a little tan tells people you get out more.
@1badhorsie If you think about it, it's kind of weird though: white people being brainwashed into thinking there is something wrong with their skin if it's too white, and then being so insecure about it that they have to harm their skin just to "fit in" with the crowd.
take breaks when u start, walk slow. it gave me energy and made me productive
Next up - the kick-boxing desk. Work on an Excel spreadsheet while trying to avoid being kicked in the solar plexus. Finish that time-critical data entry while punching a co-worker in the face. Express through the medium of gratuitous violence how you really feel about your job. Asking for a raise has never been so invigorating or fraught with potential for horrible crippling injury!
you made me laugh a lot with this comment
Sounds like a great bit for The Onion
The KEY is to walk slowly!!
The guy in the blue t-shirt is the reason they invented the word douchebag.
Big fan of treadmill desks. I use the WALK-i-TASK height adjustable desk attachment. I already owned a treadmill so this was perfect for my WFH lifestyle. Check that one out.
It takes AT LEAST a week to get used to it working on a computer while walking. You can walk at 1.5 mph, very slow, which is almost like standing still, and still get the benefit of walking.
looks like it might be harder to concentrate while moving but would still be cool to try out
Our factory produces under desk treadmill too. It is so convenient. It can be put under desk, you can work workout, we sell them under $80
blue shirt guy must be real fun at parties
I would use this while watching a movie
"It's also kind of hard to read"
I bet you had no problem with phone while walking
This is my dream!
I see this as an ideal entertaining treadmill. I get bored on treadmills, perhaps less so if I had a computer screen in front of me with ways to control it
Hello, It is interesting. Brilliant Idea. Wonderful Idea. I like it. Why did I not think? Good Question.
👍👊💞💞💞💞💞 Excellent.
The guy workout in workout attire complaing is my spirit animal lol
I have ADAH and it’s great for it especially working on lap top all day
will they try using VR spectacles while treadmilling ?
Worth-watching....
I think, we'd be a generation with most fast pace in adopting new technology otherwise, all old generations were used to feel reluctant to deal with these offers. Now it is an era where faster adaptability is considered as high prestigious just like user of Iphone5 is considered classier than a user of Iphone4 or 3. Here I guess, your product is also going to become "a fabulous item" in the society because of its unique functional identity. I am living in India & just imported a desk from www.standbyyourdesk.com/ which is not available in my locality. Talking logically, this new product should not be appreciated by my friends but the situation is against of all logics and most of my friends have ordered it even high shipment risk exist in India.
"this sucks. who'd ever do this?". Ehem.. Linus Trovalds do this..
the thing with this is that you shouldn't be trying to go to fast to the point of not being able to move, but rather you should be moving at all times. the main thing you would want to get out of it is that you're not sitting down 12 hours a day.
Where can I get one?!
Blue shirt guy seems like so much fun to work with!
There's a chance he was prompted to be overly dramatic to encourage views. We all know that over dramatization sells eyeballs these days.
"you're not working hard enough for the fraction of your worth we pay you, GET UP AND RUN!"
maybe they'll use the treadmills to power the office next. great work on the dystopia, guys.
i woulnt mind this if they doubled my pay
At first I loved the guy skipping over to the desk because he seemed to have a playful love of life and an openness to new things...
Well, that impression didn't last long.
This is hilarious thanks for the laugh :)
I think it depends on the person and what job you’re doing - as a developer I just can’t use one of these, I’ve tried it and it totally messes with my concentration.
I need one of this please 😍😍😍
good concept for generation elec. for ur work .... in future
How did this experiment end? @Business Insider
Hi Friends
Where to buy this, please share link
I do this shit while running and playing D3 at the same time
What if I stand on a segway on a treadmill? is it cheating?
🤣
Interesting the people that walked was doing ok those who went faster than 2 mph had it wrong once slow down it was good. The blue shirt guy. No comments very delicate guy
oh my gawd, that dude in the blue shirt is such a whiner!! that much complaining about a TEST situation makes me think he complains about EVERYTHING!! Man, a dude like that is a drain and I would expect him to be a detriment to the workplace. Yah fired!!
Personally I like to game on a treadmill with a wireless controller - least hassle.
Keep a speed of 3 on an incline of 3, and you'd have burnt 1000 calories in an 8-hour day without going to the gym. It might not be the most comfortable way to work, but you'll get the hang of it. The benefits far outweigh the adjustments' effort
I reckon I would fall over 😂
How ironic the one guy wearing a sports shirt and sneakers was the first to cry and quit
I recommend instead the recumbent
exercise bike. or normal exercise bike...
The problem with trying to work while biking is that there is nothing to keep you going. You have to will your legs to churn. I am thinking that maybe with enough practice you could train yourself to always churn your legs on a bike but I would think that at the beginning, it would be difficult to just not forget to pedal. With treadmills, you have no choice but to walk or else you get pushed back away from the desk. You cannot forget to do it. And we spend our lifetimes developing the skill to walk without thinking about it so it's kind of second nature anyway.
@@zantetsu8674 That's right. Or you can use a good heart rate monitor to check your heartbeat to keep it on the needed intensity for your goals.
that flipped up Griffin MacBook stand is killing me, not sitting.
My husband said it's great for non work situations like ppl watchin Netflix or yt etc
I pace but it seems distracting. The better solution is to have a several large breaks during the day for people to go be active elsewhere.
That Greek putz looked like he was having an easy walk but he was so intent on hating the idea. He will hurt the company someday with his piss-weak mentality. I think the key to the treadmill desk is finding the right speed to facilitate the work tasks. Go as slow as possible if you need to.
+Paul Hill you're an idiot then who for sure falls low on the totem pole and just barely makes it by, if at all. Don't try to come back with you're actually super successful or any of that jazz....I'm not buying it
+macho tony Macho Tony, you're the best!
+Paul Hill Workers who say "I don't care, it's not my company" shouldn't be there in the first place. We're not there just to get wages and waste our time, are we? If so, please get a job as a dustman (no bad intention implied).
@@stepheneyles2198 most people are
I'm sorry that your employees who think it sucks have zero balance. I walk 10 miles a day at my job using my treadmill desk. I walk 1.5-2.0 mph. I love it. 911 operators are now all switching to these as well because of the recent study that sitting more than 10 hours a day will put you in a 20 year earlier grave.
Thanks for your comments Jason! I just ordered a treadmill desk today and I'm looking forward to it! My legs and butt are tired of sitting all day! I work out in the morning and at night, but I'd love to be doing part of that during the day. I was waiting for these guys to turn a corner and start enjoying it. I hope I am as happy as you are!
Update: I got the treadmill in April and am very happy with it. I love the desk the most and actually spend more time standing than walking. I do walk when I need to get my step count over 10,000, and it's fine. i have to walk at 1.5 to get it to register on the Fitbit. This has been an easy pace to do most of my transactions, although sometimes it's hard to hold the mouse still. BTW, recent article said The cool companies, cool executives are not driving BMWs, they're on treadmills. www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-get-up-20140731-story.html. Ha!
20 Year No. Only a few
@Jason Alex Just so you know, that is completely false science. Sitting for long periods of time has never been proven to do anything, unless you sit for REALLY long periods of time without standing. I am talking like YEARS of sitting and not moving.
LOL excuse me? Okay DAN... www.livescience.com/49518-sitting-cancer-heart-risk.html
I can see a sales person finding use for this.
Has anyone tried this with a static bike instead?
¿Cómo consigo uno de esos en Argentina?
Pedí uno a los Kirchners :)
0:57 WHAT IS YOUR MAJOR MALFUNCTION!?
That one guy went into it negative as hell.. After a couple days, you'd be doing just fine with it.. I'd fire captain negative and get some workers that have an interest in being healthy and effective.
Wtf are you talking about
Most of them were going too fast and that’s why they were having problems. You go super slow so you can concentrate .
I have a standing desk and it's fantastic. No need to multitask so much at one time. Stand all day and walk later.
Literally zero benefits
I don't think its a great idea because people can't do two things in one time. But it's a great idea if you know how to do it or when to do it. For example for a games or just for simple things. But I think it not for work.
Interesting🤔
Thanks for saving me nearly a thousand dollars
I want one
1:46 - do you even lift bro?
where can we buy a desk like that?
Katleenfarine have you heard of Google search?
0:40 He is Greek dude, weeeee παντου βαριομαστε εμεις ρεεεε
If those were my only two choices, I'd definitely go with the Xbox1
My dream come true
Yeah that was my weird dream!!Not the night dream
what a stress world ...
Was the blonde dude Henry Blodgerrt?
why do these people feel compelled to prove that they are fit or something? you are supposed to walk not run.
the manufacturer should probably set it so that it doesnt go half as fast at max speed
you don't need a treadmill, get to your stand-desk and just dry walk when you feel like you need a change.
What is dry walking?
10 years later lots of people do this😁
"Who would ever do this" ... him
Only one of these people actually used it properly lmfao
If video games were like this u best believe we would be trained to
lol just get a swiss ball, whole of body activation, you can actually see the screen and waaay cheaper :}
some folks seem like they did it way too fast
i love mine
Um...maybe the guy who invented the computer unicycle was right, you need some stability to work on the computer, and having your hands and sometimes your weight over the desktop isnt the natural way of walking, might be better for your feet than just standing still but i suspect it might not be as good for your back overall. You dont really need to do cardio per se, just need enough resistance to move your feet steadily and have a balanced seat.
Computer unicycle?
Manual treadmill would be better so they can chose to walk or not walk while typing or whatever
I bet the office would smell sheht the minute you enter it.
Such babies