Treadmill Desks DIY Do-It-Yourself

Treadmill Desks DIY Do-It-Yourself: Build A Treadmill Desk

Now that you have learned all of the health benefits of using a treadmill desk, you might be considering building one on your own. It is relatively simple to equip a typical treadmill with enough room to accommodate your keyboard, monitor and everything else that you will need to walk while you are working.


To get started, stand up and determine the comfortable height for working at your computer while standing. The height of your desk is an important part of designing your treadmill desk. Your desk will have to be raised high enough so that you can type at your desk comfortably while standing up. Make sure that you check the height for more than just a few minutes.

Sometimes a height may seem comfortable at first, but after a few hours you will find that there is a significant amount of strain when the height is incorrect.


You can build your own treadmill desk in a couple of different ways. You can redesign your treadmill to accommodate your desk. Or you can redesign your desk to accommodate your treadmill. One of the most common ways is to build a desk that can be fitted on the treadmill. However, you might find that you have a more stable workspace if you create a desk that is separate from the treadmill.


Designing the desk to accommodate your treadmill will require you to find a way to raise and lower the desk. Many people will simply build a desk that is high enough to give you the right height for working. However, you don't want your desk to only be used on the treadmill. You may actually have to stop walking at some point during the day and sit down at your desk. The solution could be an additional desk, which will take up more space in your office, or a desk that can be height adjusted.


Some of the models that are currently being manufactured will raise and lower the desk automatically. You may be able to find a different way of getting this done with a sliding system under the desk. Simply raise the desk and lock it in place when you will be using the treadmill and unlock it and lower the desk when you will be sitting at your desk.


You will also have to contend with the walking surface when you are sitting at your desk. One idea is to create a different seating area on your desk that is away from the treadmill belt. Your equipment on the surface of the desk may also need to be swiveled to accommodate your new position. There are a number of ways that you can do this to get the seating area that you need.


The key to building your own treadmill desk is planning. Draw out your system and try to account for any possibility during your workday. Hopefully, you will be spending so much time walking while you work that you won't have to spend a lot of time reconfiguring the desk for sitting. But it should be a part of your plan.




There are a number of ways that people have designed their own treadmill desks. Take a look at some of the ways that others are incorporating exercise with their work and you will find some great solutions to the problems that you run up against. It is a worthwhile endeavor for the health benefits that you will get when you walk at a steady pace while you are working your normal workday. Weight loss, increased energy, alertness and many other benefits can be gained from using a treadmill desk.