“Walkstation” Will Combine Office Work and Road Work

Faithful SportsGeezer readers certainly recall the efforts of Dr. James Levine, a Mayo Clinic obesity researcher in Rochester, Minn, to build a combination desk and treadmill that would allow obsessives to exercise as they work on computers. Now comes a report from CNN that Levine has persuaded Steelcase, the office furniture maker, to manufacture his "walkstation," thus liberating office workers from what Levine describes as their "chair-imprisoned" work lives. The paper reports that the product is designed for a low-impact slow
stroll rather than a sweat-inducing run-walk. It will sell for about $4,000 and should be available the week before Thanksgiving dinner. Read more from CNN.