Walking to work? Sure. Walking at work? Its the newest thing and it doesnt involve carrying mail or picking up poop. Make room in the cubicle for a Walkstation: a hybrid treadmill-desk. At only about $4,000 -- and 36 finishes to choose from -- you wont “melt the pounds off,” according to obesity researcher James O. Hill, in a The New York Times story, but it could be enough to prevent weight gain.As humans strive to be more and replica Corum watch more human, it only makes sense that we figure out ways to balance our bulbous cyber-craniums with our animal instincts -- moving all day in search of shelter, food, and that delicious pair of Jimmy Choos (not recommended for the Walkstation) -- at least until evolution finally kicks in and we become weeble-shaped blobs with elongated digits.
What the Workstation does brilliantly is officially bring us inside to stay. Email, order food, exercise, meet with global leaders ... all from the comfort of your treadmill. Soon we will all be like 48-hour treadmill lunatic Dean Karnazes.But joke as one might, listen to these testimonials:Terri Krivosha, a partner at a Minneapolis law firm, logs three miles each workday on a treadmill without leaving her desk. She finds it easier to replica Piaget watches exercise while she types than to attend aerobics classes at the crack of dawn.Brad Rhoads, a computer programmer and missionary in Princeton, Ill., faces a computer monitor on a file cabinet and gets in about five miles a day on a treadmill while working in his home office.Okay, not overly inspiring. But, according to a study by Mayo Clinics Dr.
ames Levine: thin folks naturally burn more calories (350 more per day) than rotund simply by moving -- fidgeting and walking about the office. The idea of the study was to have folks walk at a two-mile-per-hour pace so that they didnt get sweaty but still burned 100 calories per hour. Enter the Walkstation. Lose weight, get in your exercise, work, replica Bell & Ross watches look good in a bikini....Alright, its todays version of the roadside cure-all tincture. Its snake-oil. Its the miracle salve sold by a mustachioed carny. That seems obvious. But what about all the moving around ... is it distracting? Can you really work? Terri Krivosha says she actually is more focused during meetings and conference calls. “Walking just takes care of the A.D.D. part.”--Alex Crevar
