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| Using new treadmill desk | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 10 2016, 01:32 PM (244 Views) | |
| brenda | Jan 10 2016, 01:32 PM Post #1 |
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Typing to you while walking on my new treadmill desk!
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“Weeds are flowers, too, once you get to know them.” ~A.A. Milne | |
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| George K | Jan 10 2016, 01:39 PM Post #2 |
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1) Photos 2) What keyboard/mouse did you decide on? |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| brenda | Jan 10 2016, 01:45 PM Post #3 |
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1) Absolutely no photos! Well, maybe of the desk and treadmill.2) Logitech 550 with laser mouse. Hubby is trying the weight gym right now, with daughter coaching him. Hilarious!
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| brenda | Jan 10 2016, 01:46 PM Post #4 |
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1.9 mph is comfortable already, and with practice I should be able to go faster. |
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| brenda | Jan 10 2016, 02:18 PM Post #5 |
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2.1 seems about right. Great for reading the news online. I'm loving this.
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| brenda | Jan 10 2016, 02:21 PM Post #6 |
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50 minutes for the first walk. Walking instead of sitting while I read, post here, check emails, etc. Yay! |
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| sue | Jan 10 2016, 03:11 PM Post #7 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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I can see reading while on the treadmill, but I can't imagine typing for any length of time....I would think having your body moving while trying to type would be very uncomfortable, no? Put a lot of stress on your arms? Curious minds want to know
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| brenda | Jan 10 2016, 05:37 PM Post #8 |
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George, remind me which picture service you recommended before. Photobucket didn't work out last time. |
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| brenda | Jan 10 2016, 05:40 PM Post #9 |
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I don't do a lot of typing anyway, mostly just quick emails for work. Actually, the typing is easy, but the fine pinpoint use of the cursor is harder. Many times that can be traded for more use of the arrows. |
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| George K | Jan 10 2016, 05:52 PM Post #10 |
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Post Image: postimg.com |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| brenda | Jan 10 2016, 06:10 PM Post #11 |
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| brenda | Jan 10 2016, 06:12 PM Post #12 |
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We made sure the desk works with the incline feature of the treadmill, too. |
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| George K | Jan 10 2016, 06:14 PM Post #13 |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| RosemaryTwo | Jan 10 2016, 06:19 PM Post #14 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Love it! I got myself an electric sitting/standing desk at work in 2015. I love it. It is designed so I could add a treadmill at some point. |
| "Perhaps the thing to do is just to let stupid run its course." Aqua | |
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| Mikhailoh | Jan 10 2016, 06:31 PM Post #15 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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The facility I contracted for in 2013 had them. They were great. |
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Once in his life, every man is entitled to fall madly in love with a gorgeous redhead - Lucille Ball | |
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| Catseye | Jan 10 2016, 06:47 PM Post #16 |
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Pisa-Carp
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Ingenious. |
| "How awful a knowledge of the truth can be." -- Sophocles, Oedipus Rex | |
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| brenda | Jan 10 2016, 10:04 PM Post #17 |
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I've been wanting to get this for quite a while. Last winter is when I first started to look at treadmills. Then I heard about the desk idea and started searching for plans to build one to go with the treadmill. Most do not intend to accommodate a treadmill with an incline function, but we designed ours to do so. It just took some tweaking to make that part work. The desk can handle up to a 7.5 % incline, and I would only take it to 6% anyway. Hubby thinks he wants to use the higher incline settings, but 7.5% is actually quite steep. He'll be surprised how fast his legs wear out with that much of a grade. He's not a mountain climber.
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| brenda | Jan 10 2016, 10:04 PM Post #18 |
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Did you get a chance to try one there? |
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| brenda | Jan 10 2016, 10:05 PM Post #19 |
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Lots of people are doing this now. It's a thing! |
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| sue | Jan 11 2016, 09:14 AM Post #20 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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We're looking at getting sit/stand desks at work soon (hand crack type). I may get something for home, if I find I like working like that. Never thought of the treadmill addition though - food for thought. |
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| brenda | Jan 11 2016, 11:48 AM Post #21 |
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I can't stand in one place for long, but I can walk for miles. Standing still makes me ache all over, but walking is great. |
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| Axtremus | Jan 11 2016, 11:51 AM Post #22 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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Very nice! :thump:
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Well, maybe of the desk and treadmill.
4:33 PM Jul 10