Walking Desk
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Walking Desk
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#2Even if I did this, I'd be too embarrassed to put such a picture on the internet.
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#3I'm totally not sold on the practically of so-called walking desks.
Reading text on a screen whilst your head is bobbing up and down, trying to make fine-motor-movements to click and type whilst walking, sounds like a recipe for low productivity.
Why not get 3 hours of real work done, followed by 1 hour of real exercise, rather than 4 of neither?
Or if you're determined to combine (computer) work with exercise, a reclined exercise bike you can slide under a proper desk might be the better bet... at least your upper-body will be stable then.
Kudos for at least thinking about your health, anyway!
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#4I'm totally not sold on the practically of so-called walking desks. Reading text on a screen whilst your head is bobbing up and down, trying to make fine-motor-movements to click and type whilst walking, sounds like a recipe for low productivity. Why not get 3 hours of real work done, followed by 1 hour of real exercise, rather than 4 of neither? Or if you're determined to combine (computer) work with exercise, a rec…
The screen looks big enough and is in front of the treadmill. This should be alright. I used to read my kindle while running on a treadmill. This shouldn't be much of an issue at all, especially since we are talking about walking slowly.
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#5I'm totally not sold on the practically of so-called walking desks. Reading text on a screen whilst your head is bobbing up and down, trying to make fine-motor-movements to click and type whilst walking, sounds like a recipe for low productivity. Why not get 3 hours of real work done, followed by 1 hour of real exercise, rather than 4 of neither? Or if you're determined to combine (computer) work with exercise, a rec…
It's not a good solution for say, a programmer or graphics designer. It is good, however, for someone who makes a lot of phone calls and such.
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#6Funny, one of the companies I was contracting with last summer got so wrapped up in this craze, they devoted an entire room to walking desks. You could go in there when you wanted and work. They have 8 treadmills rigged with a desktop so you could plug in your laptop and mouse and work while you were walking.
Never saw more than two or three people in there at a time, but the company made a big deal out of it. It looked pretty awkward, even when people were walking really slow.
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#7Oh god, it's a battlestations thread. On HN. For shame. :(
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#8I use bigger fonts and I code all day. Having no problem after first 30 minutes.
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#9I built something similar a few years back. Walking at a snail's pace for a few hours a day was nice for bloodflow and focus. Then I started getting major headaches. I went to the doctor and couldn't figure out what was wrong.
Then I realized that my head bobbing up and down while staring at my screen was causing it. Stopped using the desk and it went away. I raised my screen to eye level and that helped. But the headaches still occurred so I reluctantly quit. Maybe I walk funny or I'm sensitive to it, but I'd like to warn anyone doing this to make sure you don't make yourself sick. Beyond that, have fun and good luck explaining it to others :)
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#10Even if I did this, I'd be too embarrassed to put such a picture on the internet.
Why would you be embarrassed about something you do? It's your reality.