Result report using desk with running machine for 416 days

BySharyn morrow

The desk with the PC desk attached to the running machine was called "Treadmill deskI call it. It is an item that I care about desk workers that I can solve the lack of exercise while working in PC, but an American science fiction writer who loves treadmill deskNeil StevensonHe reports on the result of using the treadmill desk for 416 days with a graph.

Neal Stephenson - Notes on 416 Days of Treadmill Desk Usage
http://www.nealstephenson.com/news/2015/03/09/notes-on-416-days-of-treadmill-desk-usage/

Male photo is Mr. Neil Stevenson. We used a treadmill desk for several years and recorded the daily walking distance from January 2014 to March 2015 in the spreadsheet.


Basically, it seems that using a treadmill desk during work was healthy and did not hinder work. However, in about mid 2014 I felt uncomfortable around the thighs from the buttocks of my left foot, and that discomfort sometimes dropped down to my knees and ankles. Because this discomfort did not feel how much walking outside, it was obvious that the treadmill desk was the cause. Because this discomfort occurred even for a short time when walking on the treadmill desk, Mr. Stevenson set the speed of the machine to "slow 0.5 mph (hour speed approximately 0.8 km)" to decrease walking distance We dealt with it.

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However, because there was still no improvement, Mr. Stevens visited the former physiotherapist and observed the way the treadmill desk walked, and it was pointed out that "walking like Frankenstein swaying in the left and right" He said that. Because the cause of foot discomfort was found out, Mr. Stevenson tried to rectify it to "proper way of walking" based on advice from physical therapists. As a result, although the foot pain completely disappeared, since the discomfort was greatly reduced, the machine speed as of 2015 has been successfully increased to 1.8 mph per hour (about 2.9 km per hour).

Below is the daily walking distance graph, the unit of the figure on the left is miles. The nothing part about August is the period of not using the treadmill desk for a two week trip. There are days when more than five miles are recorded, but this is because the walking distance of the day I went outside for long distance walking was also recorded, and the graph is not only the number of the treadmill desk. The red line is the day when I was treated by physiotherapist, I can see that walking distance gradually decreased with funny way of walking improved with treatment day.


After treating physiotherapist, when counting the number of days for each mile walked on a day, the distance with the most recorded number was 1.5 miles (about 2.4 km) and 2.5 miles (about 4 km), both of which were 25 days was. This graph corresponds to 62% of the total because the total number of days is 256 days. You can see that you often walked a distance of 0.75 mile (about 1.2 km) to 3 miles (about 4.8 km).


Below is a line chart of the speed mile for 250 days before and after the therapy by the physical therapist. The red line is the day when the treatment was done. Although the distance gradually decreased before treatment, it seems that after that, it has gone back and forth between 2 mph (3.2 km / h) and 3 m (4.8 km / h), while adjusting the speed setting.


The total distance you walked in 416 days is 735 miles (about 1183 km), which is comparable to the round trip distance between Tokyo and Osaka. Converting this to calories will result in 57,000 kcal, which means that you consume 137 kcal per day. When calculating it only around March 2015, it is said that 230 kcal is consumed per day. Mr. Stevenson's weight is definitely decreasing though the burn calories are not many days. "For a 55-year-old man, the distance of 2.5 miles a day (about 4 km) to 3 miles (about 4.8 km) of the treadmill desk will last It is possible, about 1.8 miles per hour (about 2.9 km / h) can walk naturally and it is less wearing out, "said Stevenson. It is necessary to pay attention to walking attitude and walking method, but by using the treadmill desk on a daily basis, you can stay healthy.