Anybody out there using a standing desk or a TrekDesk?
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I am about to start my 35th year in IT this summer and my body shows it - i.e. more pounds overweight than I care to admit (BMI is over the ideal 24/25). :omg: Anyway, I keep hearing things about how much better it is to stand than to sit all day. I spend at least 6-7 hours per day sitting. I've even seen some short videos on walking 1.0-1.5 MPH on a treadmill using a "TrekDesk". :cool: Anybody out there using one? If so, how did you justify it to your boss?:confused:
I would think just having a standing desk would be sufficient (one that pneumatically adjusts so you can switch between sitting and standing). I don't have one, but I'd like one.
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I wondered about the liability of treadmill desks as well. But the standing desk couldn't be any more of a liability than sitting down all day.
Many treadmills come with a "safety key" that's really just a magnet that shuts down the treadmill when it's removed, and it's attacked to a string that clips to the user, so if they move too far away the magnet pops off and the treadmill stops. Using one of those should take care of most injury risks I would think.
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I am about to start my 35th year in IT this summer and my body shows it - i.e. more pounds overweight than I care to admit (BMI is over the ideal 24/25). :omg: Anyway, I keep hearing things about how much better it is to stand than to sit all day. I spend at least 6-7 hours per day sitting. I've even seen some short videos on walking 1.0-1.5 MPH on a treadmill using a "TrekDesk". :cool: Anybody out there using one? If so, how did you justify it to your boss?:confused:
My previous place of employment had one and it was popular enough that we had to schedule time to use it (in 60 min increments) in advance. I actually lost a bit of weight working there without much outside help. Although it could also be that I started eating healthier as well. My complaint was that when I get deep in thought on a problem, even the simple act of walking at 1-1.5 mph distracts me so I could never get completely focused while using it. Well, that and the silly thing seemed to be broken every other day. Either not moving at all or moving well above the 1.5 mph speed. How did I justify it? I didn't, I worked in a research department at a medical center. The director thought it would be a good thing for us to test before making a recommendation to the rest of the board.
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I am about to start my 35th year in IT this summer and my body shows it - i.e. more pounds overweight than I care to admit (BMI is over the ideal 24/25). :omg: Anyway, I keep hearing things about how much better it is to stand than to sit all day. I spend at least 6-7 hours per day sitting. I've even seen some short videos on walking 1.0-1.5 MPH on a treadmill using a "TrekDesk". :cool: Anybody out there using one? If so, how did you justify it to your boss?:confused:
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The job itself can be a treadmill at times and up to now the boss has not come up with a justification :)
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I would think just having a standing desk would be sufficient (one that pneumatically adjusts so you can switch between sitting and standing). I don't have one, but I'd like one.
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I am about to start my 35th year in IT this summer and my body shows it - i.e. more pounds overweight than I care to admit (BMI is over the ideal 24/25). :omg: Anyway, I keep hearing things about how much better it is to stand than to sit all day. I spend at least 6-7 hours per day sitting. I've even seen some short videos on walking 1.0-1.5 MPH on a treadmill using a "TrekDesk". :cool: Anybody out there using one? If so, how did you justify it to your boss?:confused:
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I am about to start my 35th year in IT this summer and my body shows it - i.e. more pounds overweight than I care to admit (BMI is over the ideal 24/25). :omg: Anyway, I keep hearing things about how much better it is to stand than to sit all day. I spend at least 6-7 hours per day sitting. I've even seen some short videos on walking 1.0-1.5 MPH on a treadmill using a "TrekDesk". :cool: Anybody out there using one? If so, how did you justify it to your boss?:confused:
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I am about to start my 35th year in IT this summer and my body shows it - i.e. more pounds overweight than I care to admit (BMI is over the ideal 24/25). :omg: Anyway, I keep hearing things about how much better it is to stand than to sit all day. I spend at least 6-7 hours per day sitting. I've even seen some short videos on walking 1.0-1.5 MPH on a treadmill using a "TrekDesk". :cool: Anybody out there using one? If so, how did you justify it to your boss?:confused:
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I am about to start my 35th year in IT this summer and my body shows it - i.e. more pounds overweight than I care to admit (BMI is over the ideal 24/25). :omg: Anyway, I keep hearing things about how much better it is to stand than to sit all day. I spend at least 6-7 hours per day sitting. I've even seen some short videos on walking 1.0-1.5 MPH on a treadmill using a "TrekDesk". :cool: Anybody out there using one? If so, how did you justify it to your boss?:confused:
I have one of those jobbies that you can raise up to waist height, and then stand at. Works quite well. I try to use it at least once an hour.
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I am about to start my 35th year in IT this summer and my body shows it - i.e. more pounds overweight than I care to admit (BMI is over the ideal 24/25). :omg: Anyway, I keep hearing things about how much better it is to stand than to sit all day. I spend at least 6-7 hours per day sitting. I've even seen some short videos on walking 1.0-1.5 MPH on a treadmill using a "TrekDesk". :cool: Anybody out there using one? If so, how did you justify it to your boss?:confused:
I experimented with a treadmill desk the past few months. I modified my existing treadmill to have a keyboard/mouse desk at the appropriate height. Then I would rest my laptop in the treadmills existing book holder and that put the screen at about the right at, though a little to far away. At first I really liked it. I was walking about 6 hours a day 2 days a week. Then the flaws started to bother me. The desk part was a little bit wobbly, and if I leaned on it the wrong way it would collapse. I have a 17" monitor on my laptop, but 2x19" monitors at work, that got more and more unbearable over time. What really slowed me down the last few weeks was that I noticed that I can't really learn new things while I'm walking. I can read entertainment, I can think and type, I can even right code where I know what I'm doing (relatively speaking :laugh:). But if I need to puzzle something out, I had to stop. I think if I had my treadmill desk at work it wouldn't be as much of a problem, but the days I've been able to work from home the past few weeks have all been days where I've been puzzling. The result is the treadmill moves along at 1.5mph, and I stand on it's rails, leaning forward, trying to understand how to get something to work the way I want, while trying to collapse my desk. I did really like the treadmill desk on the days I used it, and definitely like the standing desk (and I'm not a huge fan of standing). I definitely noticed some distracting fatigue towards the end of the day, so a sit to stand or even a bar-stool height chair would be great. You post has inspired me to make my desk better, and to find a way to mount dual monitors (or 1 giant monitor) on the treadmill.
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I am about to start my 35th year in IT this summer and my body shows it - i.e. more pounds overweight than I care to admit (BMI is over the ideal 24/25). :omg: Anyway, I keep hearing things about how much better it is to stand than to sit all day. I spend at least 6-7 hours per day sitting. I've even seen some short videos on walking 1.0-1.5 MPH on a treadmill using a "TrekDesk". :cool: Anybody out there using one? If so, how did you justify it to your boss?:confused:
Well, considering this thing costs $550 WITHOUT the treadmill...you better have a GREAT sales pitch for your boss!
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I am about to start my 35th year in IT this summer and my body shows it - i.e. more pounds overweight than I care to admit (BMI is over the ideal 24/25). :omg: Anyway, I keep hearing things about how much better it is to stand than to sit all day. I spend at least 6-7 hours per day sitting. I've even seen some short videos on walking 1.0-1.5 MPH on a treadmill using a "TrekDesk". :cool: Anybody out there using one? If so, how did you justify it to your boss?:confused:
I use one at home (I built an elevated stand that sits on top of my normal desk). I get to work from home two days a week -- when I'm at the office I sit though. I would think you could justify a standing desk by citing ergonomic concerns. A lot of companies make an effort to meet the ergonomic needs of their employees. You may even take this up with HR as well. On thing I will say is that a standing desk is no replacement for physical movement. I try to take a walk around our building after lunch every day, and get up frequently to stretch my legs. A standing desk keeps the blood flow unhindered but physical activity keeps circulation high. Good luck!
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All offices in our part of the company have standing desks but most engineers still sit and look at you strangely at first for wanting to stand. Fortunately, there are a lot of health and fitness conscious people in the company and so, while they don't stand themselves, they respect your reasons for doing so. I wish you success in your adventure :)
Not that long ago, kneeling chairs were all the rage. My back loved it, but I lost feeling in my shins from the poor design and tired of the strange wrinkling of my pants. Next came sitting on a yoga ball. Again, great for my back, but constantly shifting around and constantly engaging core muscles all day was fatiguing. Rather than waking me up, I found myself leaving my desk more frequently to relax and regain focus. The under desk pedals are useless. Unless the motion is connected somehow to the ability to use your keyboard, there is no impetus to pedal. Also, any sort of precision work while moving is more difficult. Im the sort who paces when he thinks, but cant imagine standing or walking while typing and mousing. I bought a Herman Miller Aeron chair a few months ago. My back is happy, I take breaks to stretch, and I work out elsewhere.
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I am about to start my 35th year in IT this summer and my body shows it - i.e. more pounds overweight than I care to admit (BMI is over the ideal 24/25). :omg: Anyway, I keep hearing things about how much better it is to stand than to sit all day. I spend at least 6-7 hours per day sitting. I've even seen some short videos on walking 1.0-1.5 MPH on a treadmill using a "TrekDesk". :cool: Anybody out there using one? If so, how did you justify it to your boss?:confused:
I built my own and have been using it for the last 11 months. I love it and would not go back to sitting all day. I also started a trend here, two others are standing all day as well. I will say that the first three or four weeks, you will be dead tired at the end of the day. Building it myself, and fashioning it out of parts from Ikea, kept the price under $180. That really helped me justify it to the CEO. If you want I can get you the parts list with all the funky names, but it was just: Set of legs from a Kitchen Island (tall set, ~43") A desktop 38" X 60" 3 angled shelf brackets A floating shelf (this could be just a nice piece of wood.) The brackets and shelf raise my monitors up another 11" to reduce neck strain. The only thing this setup does not have that I wished it would, is a bar in the front to rest my foot
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I built my own and have been using it for the last 11 months. I love it and would not go back to sitting all day. I also started a trend here, two others are standing all day as well. I will say that the first three or four weeks, you will be dead tired at the end of the day. Building it myself, and fashioning it out of parts from Ikea, kept the price under $180. That really helped me justify it to the CEO. If you want I can get you the parts list with all the funky names, but it was just: Set of legs from a Kitchen Island (tall set, ~43") A desktop 38" X 60" 3 angled shelf brackets A floating shelf (this could be just a nice piece of wood.) The brackets and shelf raise my monitors up another 11" to reduce neck strain. The only thing this setup does not have that I wished it would, is a bar in the front to rest my foot
I've been planning on building a standing desk myself out of the various wire shelves and poles from an organizing store and I could never get the cost below $200. I'd be curious to see your parts list from Ikea. The bar is a great idea! Wish I'd thought of it! Now that you have, I'll add it to my parts list. Still nowhere near under $200 but isn't that what a tax return is for?
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I built my own and have been using it for the last 11 months. I love it and would not go back to sitting all day. I also started a trend here, two others are standing all day as well. I will say that the first three or four weeks, you will be dead tired at the end of the day. Building it myself, and fashioning it out of parts from Ikea, kept the price under $180. That really helped me justify it to the CEO. If you want I can get you the parts list with all the funky names, but it was just: Set of legs from a Kitchen Island (tall set, ~43") A desktop 38" X 60" 3 angled shelf brackets A floating shelf (this could be just a nice piece of wood.) The brackets and shelf raise my monitors up another 11" to reduce neck strain. The only thing this setup does not have that I wished it would, is a bar in the front to rest my foot
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I use one at home (I built an elevated stand that sits on top of my normal desk). I get to work from home two days a week -- when I'm at the office I sit though. I would think you could justify a standing desk by citing ergonomic concerns. A lot of companies make an effort to meet the ergonomic needs of their employees. You may even take this up with HR as well. On thing I will say is that a standing desk is no replacement for physical movement. I try to take a walk around our building after lunch every day, and get up frequently to stretch my legs. A standing desk keeps the blood flow unhindered but physical activity keeps circulation high. Good luck!
