Healthy Coder

I seem to have been a bit ambitious in wanting to get a treadmill desk up and running over the last weekend =).  My goal here is to “try before I buy” so to speak.  I want to get a functional treadmill environment setup without spending a lot of money – I need to know that it can work for me before I invest too heavily in the idea. 

I also need for the first go around more of a hack – that is not physically modifying my desk and can be easily reverted back.  I’ve moved my treadmill into place and found that I need to raise my monitors up about 30 inches.  My first thought was some sort of adjustable hydraulic platform.  This would allow me to raise or lower my monitors around to revert back to a chair desk – but that looks like it might be some sort custom built deal right now.

Next I started looking into various monitor arms/stands.  The first problem I encountered is that my basement walls were put up using the cheap metal studs that don’t have much strength.  The other problem is that stands that will hold my 30” monitors look like they are going to run about 300$ a pop.  Not very cost effective for a risky trial.

It seems like I might almost need a desk to put on top of my desk.  Hmm back to the thinking board…