How-To: Treadmill desk

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By Becky Stern
Posted 2010/02/25 @ 8:46 am
Category Electronics

This Eric Wilhelm’s treadmill desk. He’s the CEO of Instructables, and he walks while he works. I’d like to do something similar, but with a bike!

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6 Responses to How-To: Treadmill desk

pete on February 25th, 2010 at 5:53 pm said:

Is a “treadmill desk” the excuse that the instructables CEO is offering for the abomination of a how-to site instructables.com has become? So much potential, so much hope, please make the next best move instructables…

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Alan on February 26th, 2010 at 5:45 am said:

… upgrade to the Pro account.

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DanYHKim on February 26th, 2010 at 8:08 am said:

Its just that there seems to be a lot of buzz lately about these, and there’s some pride-of-place for those of us who made one.

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DanYHKim on February 26th, 2010 at 8:10 am said:

Olivia Judson wrote a column in the NY Times called “Stand Up While You Read This” that covers the ways that sitting down all day will kill you.

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/stand-up-while-you-read-this/?ref=opinion

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DanYHKim on February 26th, 2010 at 8:38 am said:

Just an addition here. I get tired of standing and walking *all the time*, and sometimes I need to mouse precision that comes from sitting at my desk. So, I have two monitors on my computer, one for the desk and one for the treadmill. I use a wireless mouse and keyboard, so I can just carry them from one venue to the other.

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- cm.myopenid.com on February 26th, 2010 at 4:44 pm said:
  
  I ran into the same full time / part time issue, not when trying a “treadmill desk” (which I never got around to), but just when trying to work at a standing desk all day. Ended up going w/a GeekDesk last year to get both in one place (sitting + standing). I don’t think I’ll ever go back to regular desk, BUT this has seriously inspired me to maybe go shopping for a lightweight, movable treadmill! : )
  
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