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Sitting can be lethal, any movement counts

Linda Lee — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 08:24:22 +0000

I just read this story in the New York Times, “Sitting can be Lethal” Here is a excerpt from the story that relates to treadmill workstations. In a motion-tracking study, Dr. Levine found that obese subjects averaged only 1,500 daily movements and nearly 600 minutes sitting. In my trial with the magic underwear, I came out [...]

Ideas for getting started with your treadmill desk walker.

Linda Lee — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:09:23 +0000

First you have to have a treadmill that you can turn into a desk. You can see my method here. Or check out other peoples design and creative ideas here and here. These have been around since 2005/06 from what I have researched and companies are bringing these treadmill desk stations in to create an area where employees can [...]

Media Sightings for our blog!

Linda Lee — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:58:25 +0000

“I Put In 5 Miles at the Office” (New York Times) Treadmill desk facilitates working and working out (phillyburbs.com) Desk treadmill allows users to do their work while getting a workout (Detroit Free Press)

Sitting Slows Metabolism – How to Not Sit Still? Use a standing desk or treadmill desk

Linda Lee — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:05:40 +0000

Sitting Slows Metabolism – How to Not Sit Still? 10 Tips to Stop Sitting Still By Wendy Bumgardner, About.com Sitting still might be killing you. In the short run, it may be slowing your metabolism so you burn less fat when you finally get up and exercise. That is the concern of Dr. Marc T. Hamilton in a [...]

Bonus of treadmill desk, my 10 year old loves to use it too!

Linda Lee — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:51:28 +0000

My son is in the 5th grade. He is a video game kid. He loves the Wii, Sony Playstation, and his Nintendo DS. I enjoy playing those with him myself. Neither of us is into exercise. We tried to get him into soccer, baseball, and we go boating and knee boarding, but he likes to sit on [...]

Got a mention in the New York Times!

Linda Lee — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:29:54 +0000

Well, I started this blog about 3 months ago. I had it going pretty well and then I got hacked and I kept meaning to repost all my work and I didn’t. So imagine my surprise when I am perusing a gossip website, (dlisted) under the Sept 23rd Tuesday, and he has treadmill workstations for [...]

Treadmill-Workstation How to turn your treadmill into a desk, really cheap.

Linda Lee — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:02:31 +0000

Treadmill-Workstation How to turn your treadmill into a desk, really cheap.

Do it yourself treadmill workstation desk

[/caption] This weekend I was watching T.V and I saw a news segment on this treadmill desk, workstation idea. I have been working online since 1999, so my butt has being doing the slow spread of the desk bound. I [...]