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How about you just go to the gym and build real strength and endurance instead of having a treadmill desk. The treadmill desk will only make yourself feel bette

How about you just go to the gym and build real strength and endurance instead of having a treadmill desk. The treadmill desk will only make yourself feel better about sitting around all day but it won't move the needle significantly on much else besides emotion. The reason I chose the harsh wording is because there truly is no substitute for getting in the gym to correct posture, build strength, build endurance, and prevent injuries long-term among other things. You just have to make time for it and do the work, just like with anything else worth having in life.

ykevinator 8y ago
I'm not interested in strength or endurance, I'm solely interested in burning extra calories and back strengthening. I'll be 50 next year, my first born is off to college next year, I cannot tolerate the mental torture of the gym, it's just too boring, I have tried for 3 decades to try to like, I just don't.
- sethammons 8y ago
  "I'm not interested in strength ... I'm soley interested in ... back strengthening." :) Nothing builds strength, especially back strength, like lifting heavy things. If you have any space at home, a squat rack (if needed to save space, free standing on each side) and a bar with some weight. Just do something like 5x5 stronglifts app and some stretching. An hour (total, for warming up, stretching, and lifting) three times a week and your world could change for the better. Mine did. You could even do this watching nor listening to some entertainment. I had back pain. Hurt to downhill on a mountain bike. Sleeping got worse. Sitting got worse. Then I started lifting and stretching (was stretching for the cycling already, but needed some new stretches for the lifting). As long as I stretch my glutes/hip and pick up heavy things, I have no back issues. The stretching is key to keep the new muscle loose.
greygore 8y ago
Walking rather than sitting or even standing has helped me with my back problems after having had two surgeries for a herniated disc. The constant motion helps prevent me from developing problems that would always develop from those static positions. Additionally I tend to pace when I think and this means I can stay at my desk while puzzling something out. The fact that I can burn a thousand calories on an extended day of focus is just icing on the cake. I see my treadmill desk as something that helps me work, not a substitute for the gym. Maybe dial back the judgement and "harsh wording" in the future, or at least talk to people before developing and/or sharing such a strong negative opinion.
simplify 8y ago
An hour a day at the gym is no substitute for working on your posture throughout your waking hours. It'll help, sure, but it's not even 10% of your day, even less so of your week.
- kojeovo 8y ago
  I'd recommended doing both. Ultimately, you need resistance to strengthen upper back / rear delts, but you should for sure be taking breaks to 'reset'.
paulcole 8y ago
> won't move the needle significantly on much else besides emotion. To be fair there are worse things than feeling happier.

ykevinator 8y ago

I'm not interested in strength or endurance, I'm solely interested in burning extra calories and back strengthening. I'll be 50 next year, my first born is off to college next year, I cannot tolerate the mental torture of the gym, it's just too boring, I have tried for 3 decades to try to like, I just don't.

sethammons 8y ago
"I'm not interested in strength ... I'm soley interested in ... back strengthening." :) Nothing builds strength, especially back strength, like lifting heavy things. If you have any space at home, a squat rack (if needed to save space, free standing on each side) and a bar with some weight. Just do something like 5x5 stronglifts app and some stretching. An hour (total, for warming up, stretching, and lifting) three times a week and your world could change for the better. Mine did. You could even do this watching nor listening to some entertainment. I had back pain. Hurt to downhill on a mountain bike. Sleeping got worse. Sitting got worse. Then I started lifting and stretching (was stretching for the cycling already, but needed some new stretches for the lifting). As long as I stretch my glutes/hip and pick up heavy things, I have no back issues. The stretching is key to keep the new muscle loose.

greygore 8y ago

Walking rather than sitting or even standing has helped me with my back problems after having had two surgeries for a herniated disc. The constant motion helps prevent me from developing problems that would always develop from those static positions. Additionally I tend to pace when I think and this means I can stay at my desk while puzzling something out. The fact that I can burn a thousand calories on an extended day of focus is just icing on the cake. I see my treadmill desk as something that helps me work, not a substitute for the gym. Maybe dial back the judgement and "harsh wording" in the future, or at least talk to people before developing and/or sharing such a strong negative opinion.

simplify 8y ago

An hour a day at the gym is no substitute for working on your posture throughout your waking hours. It'll help, sure, but it's not even 10% of your day, even less so of your week.

kojeovo 8y ago
I'd recommended doing both. Ultimately, you need resistance to strengthen upper back / rear delts, but you should for sure be taking breaks to 'reset'.

paulcole 8y ago

> won't move the needle significantly on much else besides emotion. To be fair there are worse things than feeling happier.