Why Walk on an Unsit?
Ultra Durable and Reliable
Built using heavy-gauge steel and polished aluminum side rails and powered by a 2.0HP, 4000 RPM motor tuned for high torque at low speeds.
55% More Walking Space
The shorter, wider deck fits better in home and office environments, while letting you reach more of your desktop while walking.
Library Quiet
Work without disturbing your coworkers on the quietest under-desk treadmill ever, measured at only 42.9dB when running at top speed.
Bluetooth Sync to Smartphone App
Step count, miles walked, calorie burn, average speed, and time walking data can be sent to phone and even shared to Fitbit or Apple Health.
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The highest performance, quietest, safest, most ergonomic and most stable under-desk treadmill available today. Any iMovR desk model with a 53″-wide desktop or greater will be a perfect match.
The unique form factor of the Unsit treadmill is 50% wider, with a shorter deck that takes up less room in your office. Instead, the extra width allows the user to move around in front of their workstation more comfortably.
Compatible Standing Desks
Note: The Unsit needs a minimum of 40″ of space between the desk legs.
Lander and Jaxson desks with tops at least 53″ wide will meet this requirement.
Lander Standing Desk with SteadyType - 3D Laminate
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Q Desk - 4 Leg Standing Desk - 3D Laminate
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Jaxson Standing Desk
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Lander Standing Desk - 3D Laminate
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Jaxson Corner Desk w/SteadyType
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Lander Standing Desk with SteadyType - Solid Wood
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Walking at Work for Better Health
Preventing Sitting Disease
Why Walk at My Desk?
Sitting disease is a term that encompasses a number of symptoms and long-term effects that come from the modern sedentary lifestyle, especially that of office workers. Even reasonably fit people who exercise regularly can be affected if their work keeps them seated at a desk for hours at a time. Some of the most common symptoms include lower back pain, weight gain (leading to metabolic syndrome), reduced focus, and poor posture.
If you want to prevent sitting disease, increase your metabolism, and even burn a few extra calories each day, a treadmill desk is an ideal solution for you. By changing positions frequently throughout the day, including walking sessions you can avoid or correct the effects of prolonged sitting while simultaneously improving your work productivity.
Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis
The Science of NEAT
Dr. James Levine, a researcher and physician at the Mayo Clinic, coined the term NEAT™ (non-exercise activity thermogenesis) to describe the small movements we make throughout the day that burn calories and slightly increase your heart rate.
Activities like standing and slow walking can put you in the NEAT zone, a sweet spot between resting and aerobic exercise. When your heart rate is elevated by 10%, compared with your resting heart rate, but not as much as 50%, you're in the NEAT zone. In simple terms, “if you’re sitting or sweating, you’re not in the NEAT zone.”
NEAT activity like walking at your desk promotes an overall metabolic increase, which leads to numerous health benefits, among which are increased blood flow to the brain and a lower risk of cardiovascular disease.
Getting Things Done
How Can I Walk at My Desk?
When you imagine actually working while walking, you might think that it can be hard to get anything done while you're on a treadmill, but many work-related tasks are well suited to working at a treadmill desk.
Walking is ideal when you are reading documents, responding to emails, watching videos, or making phone/video calls. With the proper setup, including a SteadyType keyboard tray, typing, even for long stretches at a time, becomes perfectly natural while walking at your desk.
Maintain a Neutral Typing Angle
SteadyType: The Best Option for Typing while Walking
Ordinary keyboard trays don't offer more than −15° of keyboard tilt, which isn't steep enough to offer a neutral typing angle when standing or walking.
iMovR's proprietary SteadyType design allows you to set the keyboard at literally any angle up to −85°. Most treadmill desk users will find that a tilt angle of −25° to −40° will maximize ergonomics and comfort, and boost typing speed, accuracy, and endurance compared to other keyboard tray options. When you're walking while working, a SteadyType keyboard tray offers the greatest stability and comfort.
The Ergonomics of Treadmill Desks
Standing desk ergonomics and treadmill desk ergonomics share a lot of common ground, but the addition of the office treadmill to the mix means that there are a few more things to consider. Take a look at each of the accessory categories below, and learn how they help you to create proper ergonomics for walking on an office treadmill.
Prevent Neck Strain, Promote Good Posture
Monitor Arms for Appropriate Screen Height
Going from standing at your desk to walking at your desk doesn't really change the ergonomics of your monitor arm. As usual, the top of your screen(s) should be at eye level. However, since you're standing on the treadmill deck, rather than the floor, you need to make sure your monitor arm has enough range to go as high as you will need it to. The higher your desk can comfortably go, the less this becomes an issue.
Also note that if you keep your chair to the side of your treadmill, you'll need more horizontal range on your monitor arm than if you use a TreadTop stool when you sit down.
While You're Not Walking
Staying On Your Feet With Standing Mats
Treadmill decks are not soft surfaces. They're fine for walking, but when you're taking a standing break, you need a good anti-fatigue mat to prevent discomfort. Depending on the width of your workstation, you may choose to stand to the side of your treadmill, or simply to stay on its deck.
The width of the Unsit allows a standard 36″ × 24″ mat to sit comfortably on top of it. If you have a different office treadmill at your desk, smaller options are also available that can fit nicely on a narrower deck.
Taking a Break
Treadmill Desk Seating
Even the most dedicated treadmill desk user shouldn't be walking (or even standing) all the time. Ergonomists encourage frequent changes in position, roughly every one to two hours.
TreadTop seating options are safe to place right on top of your office treadmill, and won't damage its deck or belt, making it easy to lower your desktop and continue working.
If your desk is wide enough, create a sit-stand-walk workstation with an ergonomic office chair to the side of your treadmill.
For Taller Individuals
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Stepping on the deck of your treadmill when you approach your desk means adding another 5″ to your height. For users on the taller side (usually about 5′10″ or more), this can create an awkward situation where the desk, even raised to it's maximum height, no longer offers ideal ergonomics.
Extend the height range of your desk to more easily accomodate a walking workstation by adding 6″ height extenders to the legs of your desk. Our height extenders are easy to install and will match the color of any iMovR base.
