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Wow, this is exactly the situation I was looking for and your practical "get healthier slowly" approach is exactly what I have been contemplating.

• vosper 8y ago
  If you can get a cheap treadmill I'd say give a shot. It doesn't have to be expensive to setup. Especially if you're working remotely and noise isn't an issue (my treadmill is in the garage; I have noise-cancelling headphones that help a lot, but it's really not that bad without them - and this is an old treadmill). The (well-intentioned) concerns that I see about posture if you DIY I think are aimed at people who are planning to walk all day. To me walking slowly all day never made sense, I'd much rather walk faster for a short period of time and then return to my desk and rest. I also think the safety concerns are overblown. I look straight ahead at my screen, which is at head height; I'd also be looking straight ahead if I was walking without working. I've never fallen, tripped, etc... I don't see how it's any more dangerous than running would be, probably less so because is everything is moving a lot more slowly. If you do try it out be sure to put the speed up periodically to see what you can handle. I walked at 3.5 kp/h for months before my wife mentioned she was walking at 5 kp/h and I discovered I could handle faster speeds, too.