Comments on: Time to revisit the working and walking thing

By: Ken

Ken — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:49:50 +0000

I love the idea - have since I first heard about it 3 years ago. Now I’m finally getting to where I should be able to give it a try (having enough office space to fit in at least a small treadmill.)

Please let us know if you give it a try and if so whether it works for you. It’s been somewhat interesting that I haven’t seen a negative comment yet from anyone who has tried it - though I know that there are reasons for positive comments on things like this to generally outweigh negative even if the average user’s experiences aren’t that positive.

By: Gaida

Gaida — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 06:16:03 +0000

Hi Trisha,
Great setup to get motivated to exercise. I don’t think I could walk & try to do my work at the same time.

As for your favourite couch..it might be comfy but definitely does nothing for your back.

If sitting at a desk for long periods it is recommended (by my osteopath) to get up off your chair approx every 20 mins….give a stretch otherwise your body just seizes up & this is why you get stiff.

By: Wendy Piersall

Wendy Piersall — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:27:15 +0000

I think that is a super-cool setup - better than the idea I’m about to share with you.

I used to get terrible back pain by sitting for long periods of time too - turned out the cause was the chair I was sitting on. It was just a regular chair, nothing ergonomic about it.

I went to my OfficeMax and sat in every one of their chairs - price was no object - ironically the most comfortable one that I still use 6-7 years later was only around $60!

By: Brandie

Brandie — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:18:40 +0000

Thanks for the link. That pic is so interesting! I had never heard of walking and working at the same time (besides the multi-tasking fitness walk of course).
Very cool stuff!