Ask most treadmill desk users: would you go back to sitting for 8 hours a day? Almost certainly they will say, no way. Never. But what made these folks convert to a treadmill desk, and why are businesses adopting this new way to work? If you’ve made a New Year’s resolution to commit to being […]
We don’t usually think of Halloween as being a healthy holiday. And it certainly does involve a fair amount of sugar consumption. But for many folks, it also involves walking. And that’s always a good thing! So while you’re walking around tonight enjoying some Halloween revelry, remember that the simple act of walking is nearly magical! […]
Treadmill desks have become the hottest employee perk at such varied employers as Dairy Queen, Wal-Mart, and the White House. Your inner historian might be wondering, where did these treadmill desks that everyone is talking about come from? It All Started With Double-Decker Buses To answer that question, we need to go way back, further […]
Many folks who are interested in using a treadmill desk wonder what it feels like to walk while at a desk. If you have a friend or co-worker with a treadmill desk, we suggest asking to take the treadmill desk for a test walk. If possible, spend at least 10 minutes walking at the treadmill […]
The gratuitous “famous people do it, so should you” blog post! There is a significant contingent of recognizable names who were dedicated to working at standing desks, including: Benjamin Franklin, Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, Winston Churchill, Leonardo da Vinci, and Donald Rumsfeld. There’s a group of names you don’t get to put together very often. […]