{"id":14816,"date":"2014-06-20T02:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=14816"},"modified":"2014-05-28T14:13:01","modified_gmt":"2014-05-28T21:13:01","slug":"treadmill-desk-set-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/treadmill-desk-set-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Treadmill Desk Set-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-14817\" alt=\"geekdesk\" src=\"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/05\/geekdesk.jpg\" width=\"475\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/05\/geekdesk.jpg 475w, https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/05\/geekdesk-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2014\/05\/geekdesk-341x300.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><br \/>\nWalking while working on a computer became a necessary and life-changing experience for me in 2010 after a nasty sciatic injury prevented me from sitting in a chair. I got lucky with the purchase of the electric adjustable desk frame from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekdesk.com\/default.asp?contentID=634\">GeekDesk<\/a>. (Reviewed <a href=\"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/geekdesk\/\">here<\/a>.) It cost $549 plus shipping. I saved a fair bit of cash by making a custom top out of a nice piece of birch plywood.<\/p>\n<p>Finding a proper treadmill to fit under the desk was a challenge back then. The first one from Sears, bought on sale, was adequate but noisy. I bought quieter, second-hand machine and blew the motor after a few months. I got lucky on my third purchase with the LifeSpan TR1200 treadmill, specifically designed for walking while working. A small control panel replaces the upright arms and large display on standard treadmills.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past three years, a great variety of treadmills and complete treadmill desks have become available and the technologies have greatly improved. Since you&#8217;re buying a tool that will get daily use, spend as much as you can afford. I ended up spending about $1,600 on the desk and treadmill (if you don&#8217;t count my two duds).<\/p>\n<p>But think of it as an investment. Slowly walking an average of 4-5 miles per day while typing, talking on the phone, designing pages or cruising the news has provided many benefits. In the wintertime, I turn on a SAD lamp hanging from the ceiling for light and perceived well-being.<\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Combining a sit-stand desk with a treadmill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14819,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14816\/revisions\/14819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}