Executives from CBS to 'Cosmo' Endorse the Treadmill Desk

treadmill deskBy now we’ve probably all heard about the treadmill desk but we may not have heard that people actually use it regularly and give it the thumbs up.

According to a segment on CBS Sunday Morning, CBS news producer Mark Sturchio says there have been a lot of double takes from people walking by his treadmill desk adorned office. He admits, “I don’t know if it’s catching on at CBS, but I know its catching on.”

Per the piece, it’s catching on at Hearst as Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Joanna Coles explains, “I think sitting is the new smoking.”

Like many of us toiling away in front of our computers, she points out as hours surpass at work, prior to the treadmill desk she really wasn’t moving much at all.

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