{"id":5403,"date":"2024-05-01T14:22:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T14:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=5403"},"modified":"2024-05-01T15:24:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T15:24:38","slug":"the-treadmill-desk-might-really-be-worth-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=5403","title":{"rendered":"The Treadmill Desk Might Really Be Worth It"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Research shows they can indeed deliver fitness benefits while you work \u2014 but only if you use them wisely.<\/p>\n

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Experts have long known that extended inactivity can be bad for your body, increasing your risk for heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and other illnesses. As the saying goes, \u201csitting is the new smoking.\u201d At the same time, decades of studies have shown that walking \u2014 even just 4,000<\/a> steps a day \u2014 is good for the mind and body.<\/p>\n

Treadmill desks \u2014 a setup involving a standing desk with a treadmill beneath it \u2014 seem like an ingenious antidote to sedentary office life, and a way to get in a few more healthy steps. But are they worth the investment?<\/p>\n

As treadmill desks have become more mainstream<\/a>, researchers have begun to ask how effective they are. A growing body of studies, though often limited, suggests they do help keep people moving, adding perhaps an average of two extra miles<\/a> of walking per day.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, one small 2023 study<\/a> suggested regular use of treadmill desks increased peoples\u2019 energy, improved their moods and, in some cases, even made them more productive at their jobs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHaving the ability to add in little bits of activity over the course of a day can add up,\u201d said Akinkunle Oye-Somefun, a doctoral candidate at York University in Toronto and the lead author of a recent meta-analysis<\/a> of treadmill-desk research. However, he noted, \u201cwalking on a treadmill desk is an add on, not something meant to replace your regular exercise routine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The key to getting the most health benefits out of a treadmill desk, and avoiding boredom or frustration, is to go in with the right expectations and strategy.<\/p>\n

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Research shows they can indeed deliver fitness benefits while you work \u2014 but only if you use them wisely.Experts have long known that extended inactivity can be bad for your body, increasing your risk for heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and other illnesses. As the saying goes, \u201csitting is the new smoking.\u201d At the same time, decades of studies have shown that walking \u2014 even just 4,000 steps a day \u2014 is good for the mind and body.Treadmill desks \u2014 a setup involving a standing desk with a treadmill beneath it \u2014 seem like an ingenious antidote to sedentary office life, and a way to get in a few more healthy steps. But are they worth the investment?As treadmill desks have become more mainstream, researchers have begun to ask how effective they are. A growing body of studies, though often limited, suggests they do help keep people moving, adding perhaps an average of two extra miles of walking per day.What\u2019s more, one small 2023 study suggested regular use of treadmill desks increased peoples\u2019 energy, improved their moods and, in some cases, even made them more productive at their jobs.\u201cHaving the ability to add in little bits of activity over the course of a day can add up,\u201d said Akinkunle Oye-Somefun, a doctoral candidate at York University in Toronto and the lead author of a recent meta-analysis of treadmill-desk research. However, he noted, \u201cwalking on a treadmill desk is an add on, not something meant to replace your regular exercise routine.\u201dThe key to getting the most health benefits out of a treadmill desk, and avoiding boredom or frustration, is to go in with the right expectations and strategy.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5405,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5403"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5406,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5403\/revisions\/5406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}