LifeSpan Treadmill Desk Changed my Life (2.5 Year Review)
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Hands-on: LifeSpan Treadmill lets you walk and get work done!
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The TRUTH About STANDING DESKS
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Using a Treadmill Desk. Slow walking at only one mile per hour is the key to using a treadmill desk for long periods of time while working. A normal walking pace down a hallway or street is 2.5 to 4 mph.
The slow walk can take a little practice.Using a treadmill desk at your office help you to keep you healthy and fit. It won’t let grow fat in your belly that stores quickly to be seated for a long time. Besides, it has numerous health benefits and mental relaxation. So, continue reading to know more.
The desk works best as we situated it: In a different room where workers can use it to escape for a couple hours at a time, not as a main workspace. You.A treadmill desk can help you achieve more movement in your work day, Gaz suggests, with a word of caution: “Just as we weren’t meant to sit all day, we certainly can’t walk all day long.” He.Can You Move It And Work It On A Treadmill Desk? And there’s not a lot of evidence showing the benefit — or not — of using a treadmill desk.
A.Treadmill Desks Doctors recommend you walk at least 10,000 steps a day in order to stay healthy, but between demands at work and at home, it can be hard to find the time to hit that goal. Even for those that do find time to hit the gym, sitting at work for 8 hour stretches is still bad for you.First there was the standing desk.
For health nuts, there is now a treadmill desk. A treadmill desk is a great idea in theory. Instead of sitting all day, walk at a slow pace and burn some calories.Just because a treadmill desk has a treadmill, you can turn it off and just use it as a standing desk, if need be.
Personally, I found myself craving the walk. A few times I’d be at the desk with.If you’re thinking a treadmill desk sounds good, talk to your HR department about getting one. It might save them sick day costs for employees in the long term, and if.
Standing desks and treadmill desks might make you healthier while also improving mood and not interfering with work. Study co-author Michael Sliter, PhD, assistant professor of.By using a treadmill desk you can prevent being obese. It will help to increase your physical activity so that you can walk as much as you can. This can reduce a lot of fat.
In fact, a study done on obese people showed, using a treadmill desk for work every day can reduce 20-30 kilograms per day.“Does that actually work for you?” Their whole tone shifted. I believed everyone should use it.
I’ll stop myself before I don an Oprah impression and declare “You get a treadmill! You get a treadmill!” But that’s a little bit how it felt. The treadmill made me work better, smarter, and quicker. I felt rejuvenated.A treadmill desk certainly works — as long as you commit to actually using it. “The real solution is not just combining a desk with a treadmill,” says Rocky Snyder, CSCS, CAFS. “It is to provide the body [with] novelty, so it does not continue to create.
This small study showed that after using a treadmill desk to perform work tasks, the participants showed a short-term increase in memory and attention, which may lead to improved performance at work. Study 3 This study looked at cognitive and typing performance while using a treadmill desk.While most newspapers have already written an article or two about it, the general workforce still continues to work sitting with little consideration given to standing or using treadmill desks.
Sitting inactivates and weakens glutes and other muscles and can lead to health issues over the long-term such as lower back pain.
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79 comments
hey Stefan, nice review and thanks for sharing! I’ve had a couple friends who’ve invested around 1k in just a liftable desk (so you can stand or sit). So to have the trendmill component for a only a few hundred more makes it a great deal. My only concern would be getting motion sickness while using/working with it. Never been one to read or write while on a treadmill at the gym. Maybe the slow walking pace makes it easier for you.
Here’s a hot take, the human body is not immortal and any and all activities will incur biological decay in one way or another
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Thank you for such a thorough review. I can identify so many parallels (rigors of collegiate programs, etc.). I like that you have highlighted the importance of considering one’s own physical fitness in pursuing a life best lived. You look and sound happy and healthy. Here is to many more years of the same!
Standing burns 40-60 more calories and hour than standing.
That’s the only fact I need.
You mentioned a Treadmill deskthat sounded good but you dropped the subject. Also, could you do a video on tDCS devices? Since they are so expensive, I would love to see someone call them a scam!!!
Perhaps standing desks are a good solution for people with ADHD? I find myself focusing far better when I pace the room back and forth on phone calls and thinking that standing will help.
I may doubt the claims on standing with mortality/overhealth health; BUT I think it’s kind of crazy to suggest it doesn’t help your back (as you seem to agree at 8:00). I think this is the key takeaway. Don’t skip out on a standing desk before finishing the video!
This was great! Informative and inspiring! You look amazing! I want to do this… curious how fast you usually walk? Different speeds for different activities?
Hi! Thank you for this video. Can you give us links to papers that you cited?
The way I see it, you’re not at your desk to work out or lose weight you’re there to work. You can’t work to your full quality if you’re standing for 8+ hrs in one spot, it’s boring, uncomfortable, and stressful on your joints, especially if you’re already overweight or suffer from chronic pain. Get yourself a nice ergonomic office chair, and just take a break to move around every couple hours, even if it’s just to get yourself a drink or go to the loo. You can work on your health outside of the office. Naturally if you already have a standing desk and you’re happy with it then continue to use it. It’s always good to try new things, so play around and find what works best for you individually.
This video is very well done! I have used both standing desks and sitting desks for months at a time, and I have found that vigorous overall activity makes a much greater difference in my energy level, attitude, and well-being than what desk I use. So I make sure to do frequent and vigorous yard work, bike riding, and walking/hiking to offset my relatively sedentary desk time.
I focus the best while walking. Needles to say, not really doable while working on a computer. Maybe we’ll get that treadmill desk some day…
Isn’t obvious tho you shouldn’t either sit or stand for too long?
Alternate between sitting and standing and take a 5 minute walk every hour. Still need to workout and have a healthy diet.
I stand on a wobble board and rock while I stand at my desk. When I sit, I pedal an under the desk cycle.
You said in the video itself that a standing desk has concrete benefits for both posture and relieving back pain related to prolonged sitting. That seems like a clear advantage, no? Most of the disadvantages you brought up are related to prolonged static positioning *in general*, regardless of posture during that time. So they obvious solution seems to be “use a standing desk, but take some breaks to move during the day”.
this was super helpful to watch considering i’m building my next setup around a convertible standing desk (video making and game streaming) i really dont want to fall into the trap of beginning to slouch in a gaming chair but also don’t want to constantly stand either.
I used a standing desk for a few months, loved it and plan on returning to it in the future(probably going to buy some electric sit/stand legs and build my own desk). Now after about a year of sitting, I have found that I much prefer standing. I just get really lazy when sitting, and only get up once every 4 hours or so, mainly just to get food or go to the bathroom. When I was standing, my general rule was 5min of moving/sitting per every hour, so it ended up being every 2 hours I would take a quick 10min walking/sitting break.
Overall, I just feel I was much more active and productive while standing. Which is weird, since I generally hear the opposite from people who use standing desks.
Hi there! Thank you for this fantastic review. It is super informative and extremely encouraging! Could you please comment on using the keyboard/mouse, very specifically I am concerned about the ergonomics? I am getting a TON of upper body pain from working on a sitting computer desk/chair. I’m wondering if I would be exchanging one set of issues for another.
These people say treadmill desks & keyboards have it all wrong: https://youtu.be/L09blXhpjOQ but they’re super expensive. What do you think? Did you have any ergonomics issues using the LifeSpan?
Thank you so much in advance!!! <3 <3
Half standing desk with for example HAG Capisco saddle chairs ^^
Unrelated to the video, but how well does Final Cut Pro X work on that MacBook?
First use a treadmill and a standing desk. Then if you get a little bit wasted, stop the treadmill.
And at the end you can sit down. Dont do one of those the whole time.
lifespan was not made to lasts with us. Customer service asked us to let it be checked with an electrician who charged us same amount as the equipment! just be warned
Oh man, I’ve wanted one of these for years, and your review just further cemented that want. I do worry about the noise, though—I live in a duplex on the top floor, and our floors are wooden/squeaky in places. Do you think a bike mat and/or rug would prevent noise transfer to our neighbors? It’s such a cool thing and I’d use the crap out of it, but I’m afraid to make the investment if it arrives and I realize it’s probably going to be loud for the neighbors.
I just got a desk that switches back and forth, mostly for my back and my hip flexors.
Humans just standing immobile on two legs for hours is actually putting alot of stress on the spine. The best answer is to sit and work for 40 ish minutes plus sometimes walking around or lying on your back for 10 minutes or so.
How can standing be unhealthy, that sounds so stupid. Standing is the next best thing to walking.
wow im glad to hear such an informative and honest review. i personally have a desk cycle, which i wish i had done more research on in terms of brand because it clicks at every rotation, driving me insane! and the resistance is like none.
i watched u today after ages and OMG u lost soo much weight.
Wow. What a thorough, and well done review. I have not seen a single walking treadmill review that is this well done. You cover every topic I was interested in hearing about. Incredible A+
Standing desk with a running band. Sitting desk with bicycle below.
Hey Lucy,
big thanks for the video.
It was super informative and is a very rare catch on that topic!
I heard about “Under desk treadmills” about 2014 and I always was keen about the idea.
At that time, I wasn’t idling that much in front of my PC.
Now I also wanted to buy a TM, because times changed. 😉
I’m having a wooden floor.. would you recommend putting a big mat or carpet underneath to reduce noise?
Great vid. I never really thought about this beyond weight loss but it seems like the endorphins might improve your mindset at work as well. I’ll check this brand out. Thanks for the info and review.
This was a really great video. Clear and concise and it had a lot of data and research to back it up
Great Video!! I’m buying one of these ASAP because after spending the past 20 years sitting in front of the computer for hours on end it has destroyed my lower back. I’m super excited to buy a treadmill desk. It’s truly a disaster how many hours people sit and even worse how some people don’t realize the highly detrimental effects in doing so. Humans are not meant to sit for hours we are meant to move!!:)
Just wanted to return to this video to let you know that thanks to THIS video, I decided to finally pull the trigger on an under-desk treadmill. I was really hesitant, given the price. Your video pushed me to do it, and I’m SO GLAD that you did. It’s been 1 month now and I’ve walked 150,000 steps and something like 50+ miles walked. The BEST part is BACK PAIN AT NIGHT IS GONE!!!!!!!! I used to wake up multiple times a night due to lower back pain. I haven’t had to do that ever since I started walking every day. So thank you for taking the time to make a quality, in-depth, well done video. It’s what inspired me to make a purchase that has really benefited my life. So again, thank you.
There is no mention of postural benefits form alternating between sitting and standing. Going back and forth between the two definitely helps alleviating my upper-back neck pain. I doubt anyone is mistaking sit-to-stand desks for exercising replacement. Significant omission for a study claiming to unravel the TRUTH
So all other factors being equal, standing desks are better. Got it.
THIS is a load of crap. Just stand more, sit less, and keep exercising
After finding I tended to get backache sitting at my consulting room desk I bought a Scandinavian kneeling seat. This is excellent and very flexible. My back problem was solved immediately. It was great for examining children when I sat on the lower support to bring me down to their level. For injecting knees the patient put their foot on the lower support while I sat on the main seat, everything lined up nicely to inject through the front of the joint (not suitable if you need to aspirate it as well). A great, although rather expensive, seat which I used until I retired when I gave it to my sister who had a lot of back pain. I wish I had kept it. It was the best desk chair I had ever had. Only problem is that it does scuff the toes of your shoes on the floor.
This channel is a gift that keeps on giving. It’s the type of channel that restores your faith that youtube can be informative and educational rather than banal, vapid and ridiculous. Well done.
Dan Pena put you up to the office treadmill at your desk didn’t he?
Nailed it. I have a job where i stand and walk constantly. My gf has a job where she sits most of the day. On my time off, I probably spend half my time lounging. She spends almost all her time off staying active.
1:40 that’s not really accurate. sedentary life style is not incompatible with practicing sport regularly. (likke: running in the morning, or going to your gym does not fix the fact that you sit all day aside from that. and study have shown that the more sedentary you are: the more enegetic your workout is (two extremes in the same day instead of a smooth consuption)
The problem standing desk wants to resolve is the folowing: breaking sedentary behaviour.
A sendentary life style is when you are in a sedentary behaviour for a long ininterupted period in a day.
So standing desk are not desk that aim to make you stand up ALL the time. but more like allowing you to KEEP working while taking that “siting break”. By itself, standing desk do not fix anything. It is but a piece. It just forces you to change your position, to stand up and to move your legs a bit.
Hand-on? more like “LEGS-on” hahahahaaa
nope, not that funny..
I want one soooo bad! But this is way out of my budget right now unfortunately.
Would you consider filming a clip of you using your desk (tying, writing, watching)? I’m very curious how difficult it would be.
Moderation for everything and change up things frequently. This is the golden science since thousands of years ago, no need reading papers from one side or the other… I filled up my cup half way or one third, so I would move to get more drink more frequently.
my back hurst more when i stand, I sit all day and my back never hurts, but if I stand for 10 minutes I get strong lombar pains
Please don’t buy bottled water, it’s better to get a reusable cup (or thermos) and drink filtered water, think about the environment.
Doesn’t the risk of varicose veins increase on standing for prolonged period’s of time
Very interesting stuff, I like your style and content. Keep it up!
like anything… if we don’t have the data then moderation if usually the answer. for me I stand up at my desk in the morning. After lunch it’s sit down. This seems to help my lower back.
I’ve found that standing whilst smoking is about the same as sitting. The important thing, is to move around whilst you’re smoking. Take regular smoke breaks.
Examples of moving whilst smoking, is getting the car and getting some drive-through fast food. If you use the highway, you move much faster.
You can also go to the refrigerator and get a cold beer. This exercises the arms as well as the legs. The more beer you drink, the more you need to move both your legs to get the beer and your arms to drink the beer. It’s a win win.
In other news, it has been conclusively proven by scientists that living is dangerous and by far the default state, for most people, is to be dead. These facts are conclusively ratified by the simple fact that there’s more dead people, over the course of human history, than there are living people.
How many hours a day would you walk on this treadmill?
I have lots of physical pain that is just as bad as yours. My knees constantly hurt and lock up with an unknown cause except for the only evidence being genetic. It didn’t help that I spoil my cat and carry her up and down the stairs every time she follows me around the house. I also have a love of food but dieting to prevent weight gain had gone to the point where I couldn’t eat enough to keep me properly nourished with vitamins, because my metabolism has hit a rock bottom.
Luckily I’m going to university for free because of a scholarship and they have a gym that I plan to use as much as possible to become healthy again and that’s why I’m asking about how many hours you walk on the treadmill.
So, what happened to your corset training? Coz now i can’t see you in hour Glass shape anymore..
Oh my gosh! Have you seen the Nordic Trak Desk Treadmill? The desk is moveable, the track can incline, the motor is at a 3.0 chp and….the track is a fold-up!!!
Holy Wow! I just saw it today on Amazon! Check it out and please review?! Thanks!: ))
For me prolonged sitting desk creates a problem for my sciatica. There are desk that allow you to sit and stand throughout the day, smart desk. And, when sitting I prefer to sit on a ball.
Gaming on my standing desk makes me slightly sick, and I’m one of those animated player so some times almost fall over, but it has been better for the rest of my puter activities.
Thank you for the super informative video. I like how you got into detail, that we understand your journey and why you bought one. Being satisfied or dissatisfied about a product is also very much connected to the expectations of the buyer and the reason why they bought the item in the first place, so it’s good to know the background. And I’m grateful for all the details like price and electricity usage, it’s something that is difficult to estimate yourself if you don’t have the product.
I have a few extra questions for you or commenters who have a treadmill desk.
1. Is it easy to type while walking and do you need (several hours/days) to adjust to walking and typing at the same time?
2. What about the noise? I’m thinking watching movies or youtube videos or if you want to play some background music. Do you always need to wear headphones or put the music louder than you would normally or not? Is the noise of the machine hindering/disruptive in any way?
3. Can you just put any chair on the treadmill when you want to sit down? Could a chair or sitting on a chair on the treadmill for a while damage the treadmill? Sitting on a chair on the ground or on a treadmill, does it feel any different, if so is it more or less comfortable?
Thanks for the detailed review. I won’t be able financially and spacially to buy one in at least the next year. But I’ll save the video and save the idea of a teadmill desk, because it seems super interesting. I’m really overweight and I sit down too much in a day. Recently I have started to run. I’ve started running many times during my life and generally I give up after a few days or weeks. But this time is the first time that I run and I don’t hate every second of it, I actually have moments where I enjoy running while lip-syncing to my music. So I’m very hopeful that I’ll keep it up this time. I accidentaly heard about a treadmill desk and had no clue what it was, so the moment I looked for it on google images, it seemed interesting but I wasn’t convinced that you could work like that. You’re video was so interesting and informative to watch, it really seems like a good product.
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I have a standing desk and a tall stool. Most of the time I rest one butt-cheek on the chair while standing on the opposite leg. I find I move about more freely with a standing desk, remember to take breaks, and it is waaaaay better on my back (which was broken eight years ago). I also have a really nice leather office chair (sitting) which I use if I’m reading material or filing in lower file drawers. I don’t have one now, but I also used to have a kneeling chair I liked that a lot, but that was before I broke my back.
Well after watching this video I’ve decided to just get a Yoga mat for now, and go stretch every hour. Save a few bucks while doing some research on a good standing desk that either wont burn the motor out or the crank not strip. Ty for the info brother.
got a bit of lordosis there, have you seen a physio for that?
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got mine yesterday. walking as I watch. thanks. good content
Thank you for putting together this video! I ordered a LifeSpan treadmill yesterday, and your video came up on my feed today. 6.6 Million steps in the first year! That is very impressive! You are an inspiration!
Did anyone try play videogames on treadmill desk?
Can you play videogames while walking?
It might be worth investing in a good height adjustable monitor as well. I understand the reasons you have the keyboard at an angle, but I would say it would be better to have the desk at the right height (slightly over waist I, lower arms at 90-degree angle) and the monitor as well (top slightly below eyes).
My screen is positioned lower than my head, since it’s easier to look down one’s nose and eyes are resting more when doing that.
In conclusion: Human body is trash. Cats sleep all day long and they are agiles AF
“every 2 hours you sit you take 2 hours off your life.” Jesus Fucking Christ.
Your an idiot if you believe that. All through school, all through college, through most careers, anywhere you drive, anytime your eating food, what do people do? They sit. Even if you are super active, you will be sitting for at least 8 hours a day. That doesn’t mean it has to be at a desk on a computer. By that 2 hours logic, everyone should be dying around the age 45.
After hearing you repeat such an absurd comment I’m not even going to bother watching the rest of the video. Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing negative to say about standing or walking desks… just that idiotic statement.
They want us getting sick, before it was all go go go, we as humans walked, hunted and physically worked for our survival
Whoa. You ar eamazing. I found this looking for a review of the treadmill, and I am blown away by how smart you are about it, and how engaging you are. I have never even seen a corset in real life, but I’m going to go watch one of those videos just because you’re so cool!
I definitely agree with you that standing for 20 minutes for each hour is way better for you health
I like your perspective. Investing in the items that you use everyday that can transform your life. I agree its a small price for something that can have a big impact especially over time.
Thanks for the video. I’ve been looking at something like this and this video greatly helped push me in the right direction. I just hit 300lbs and I think this is a good initial move to a healthier me. I appreciate you taking the time you took to make it.
Just bought a treadmill desk today! I can’t wait until it comes in!! Thank you for the video! Super excited now!
A walking desk is something I have contemplated for a few years too. I have become sedentary because my lifestyle has changed and I am someone who needs their exercise to have a purpose. So decided that a treadmill desk might be a good help. So it’s great to see a review. The video didn’t feel as long as it was.