I read about the idea of a treadmill desk several years ago. It made sense to me. You walk, slowly, on a treadmill while you work. You’ve got your computer in front of you. Your phone’s right there and you walk. By going very slowly you don’t get sweaty or winded.

At a mile or two an hour you could easily cover 6 or more miles a day. That’s 600 calories a day. Figure you do it 3 days per week. That’s about a pound every two weeks. You’d lose 24 pounds per year. Or you could just eat an extra dessert each week and stay even.

I was seriously interested until I started looking for a desk that would work. Initially, there wasn’t anything on the market. When a major office furniture maker built their first treadmill desk I looked into it. But, it was really expensive and included a new treadmill (I’ve already got one).

I bought something called an airdesk that I’ve used on occasion. It’s not very substantial and doesn’t really hold all the stuff you’d like to have on your desk. I tried some other jury-rigged options.

Today, I discovered the TrekDesk thanks to a tip from TechnoLawyer. This thing looks fantastic and it’s only $479 and has free shipping from Amazon. At that price it’s pretty hard to pass up. This one minute video shows it in action.