| The Walkstation |
No More Excuses:
Get work done
Save Time
Lose Weight
Get Healthy
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-Display console shows speed, calories burned, time and distance.
-Console may be visible or stored
-2.0 mph maximum motor
-High torque motor to withstand the rigors of slow speeds and possible higher weights for long periods of time
-Whisper quiet for the office environment
-Uses 3-8 amps depending on walking speed
-Height adjustment on the treadmill key pad
-Worksurface proportioned for limited reach
-Urethane High Profile edge spans entire front |
The Walkstation - Developed by Dr. Levine of the Mayo Clinic |
The most data-rich investigation of obesity ever undertaken.
The Walkstation is based on the proprietary NEAT™(non-exercise activity thermogenesis)
research of Dr.James Levine of the renowned Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. NEAT refers to the calories we burn in our everyday lives, or simple movement.
The study, with 150 million lines of downloaded data carried out over a 10 year period, focused on how calories are expended through all the activities of daily living. He analyzed the feasibility of walking while working and the relationship of that activity to the potential of burning calories and losing weight.
| •It is metabolically more effective to put more NEAT (simple movement) in to your life to achieve a healthy body weight than to seek organized exercise. |
•Subjects reported that they enjoyed using the Walkstation; that it could be used in the actual work arena and that, if available, they would use it. |
| •It is feasible to increase NEAT in the workplace. Subjects were able to perform their job functions while walking on a treadmill at one mile per hour. |
•Since many people spend most of the working day sitting in front of a computer screen, if seated computer-time was replaced by walking while working, energy expenditure could increase by 100 calories per hour. |
| •Walkstations were not disruptive in the office setting. |
Thus, if obese individuals were to replace time spent sitting at the computer with 2-3 hours per day of walking computer time, and if other components of energy balance were constant, actual weight loss may result. |
Key NEAT research results (non-exercise activity thermogenesis)
Review, Journal of Internal Medicine, 2007; 262: 273–2872
British Journal of Sports Medicine, August 23, 2007 |
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