Standing Desks & Treadmill Desks

Treadmill desks can come as integrated treadmill-plus-desk units or as mix-and-max setups that allow you to pair an office treadmill with the adjustable-height desk of your choice. Our expert review staff has reviewed them all, and in this comprehensive comparison review give you the synopsis on every popular treadmill desk option out there.

While the jury-rigged DIY treadmill desk may have been the best option in the past for someone with a running treadmill just collecting dust in the attic, and possessing of good garage workshop hacking skills, the office fitness industry has now caught up with demand by offering a wide array of quality products all across the price spectrum. We've compiled the specs of all the major treadmill desks on the market today, to easily compare them against each other so you can find the right treadmill for your walking workstation. For a comprehensive review of the many desk options for pairing with a walking base, see our Comparison Review of Adjustable-Height Standing Desks.

We’ve reviewed the Lander Desk and the ThermoTread GT separately, so here we aren’t getting into the details on these products individually. We’re going to be looking at the total package. How does the Lander Treadmill Desk from iMovR hold up as a treadmill desk?

Our History with iMovR and Beyond

Most of you know our relationship with iMovR. We began WorkWhileWalking as a reviews site, investigating treadmill desk components and evaluating them from various manufacturers. Back in those days, you couldn’t even buy a full treadmill desk from one seller. You had to piece together the parts—treadmill from one manufacturer, monitors arms from another, standing desk from yet [...]

Much more than just another "retread" of a piece of gym equipment, the upcoming ThermoTread GT Treadmill Desk is designed from the ground up for today's offices. It's equipped with a smooth belt, a quiet motor, and an elegant touch screen controller. As the world's first smart treadmill desk, the GT will connect to the internet of things through iMovR's CloudStation™, providing new usability and safety features for individuals and corporations alike. Welcome to the next generation of treadmill desks.

As pinnacles go, there's none higher than Mount Everest. Likewise, there may be no better treadmill desk workstation combo on the market today than an iMovR Omega Everest stand up desk paired with a ThermoTread GT office treadmill. This combination brings together the elegant, reliable, and ergonomically-advanced iMovR Omega Everest Sit Stand Desk with the most technologically-advanced office treadmill base available—the all-digital, iMovR ThermoTread GT Office Treadmill. The ThermoTread GT is the only office treadmill to currently hold our 5-star Experts' Rating. Read our detailed review of just the treadmill base to learn more about how the 2015 introduction of the ThermoTread [...]

If you’re on the market for a treadmill desk with superior ergonomics, quality, and value, the iMovR Cascade is a top contender. Its built-in SteadyType™ keyboard tray delivers extraordinary typing ergonomics, and its state-of-the art treadmill is the most advanced walking machine on the market.

When it comes to treadmill desk workstations, iMovR's Omega line of standing desks - with their built-in, patented, SteadyType keyboard trays - are the ultimate choice for combining with any office treadmill. Besides being the only desks on the market that were specifically designed for the ergonomics of walking-while-typing, the Omega desks are the highest-rated for their ultra-durable and elegant 3D-laminated surfaces, advanced componentry, and long warranties.

iMovR's Omega standing desk product line - with their built-in, patent-pending, SteadyType keyboard trays - are the ultimate choice for combining with any office treadmill. Besides being the only desks on the market specifically designed for the ergonomics of computing on the hoof, the Omega desks are the highest-rated for their ultra-durable and elegant 3D-laminated tabletops, quality componentry, and industry-leading warranties.

If you’re looking for a treadmill desk with American-made quality and excellent value, iMovR’s Energize deserves a closer look. Its assortment of custom tabletop options is sure to leave you with the perfect match for your space and décor, and its state-of-the-art ThermoTread GT Treadmill is the top performing office treadmill on the market.

The Cadillac of electric height-adjustable desks, ThermoDesk's top-of-the-line Elite model is a clean-sheet design with specific features for treadmill deskers, and can adjust to either stand-to-walk size (48" or 60") or a full sit-to-walk width (72" or 83"). Every feature imaginable is included in this executive desk system. While made especially easy to assemble, white glove delivery and installation is a very popular option.

The UpTown has two exclusive hallmarks of its own: 1) it is the quietest electric desk in the market today, at under 41 dB, and 2) it is the most configurable desk in the world, with no less than nine tabletop sizes, in eleven standard colors. Like all iMovR desks, its tabletop is made with their exclusive 3D lamination, and the entire desk system - including treadmill and all accessories - is custom-made to order on a Dell-style production line, and shipped within 5-7 business days.

For the budget-conscious desker with an eye towards the Elite features. The Ellure, in tandem with a walking treadmill, is an affordable way to transform your office into a moving active workstation.

Like their positioning in the exercise equipment field, LifeSpan focuses on offering middle-of-the-road treadmill desk solutions that are of decent quality at a reasonable price, but their DNA is clearly that of an exercise equipment manufacturer, not an office furniture manufacturer. A consistent DNA marker with treadmill desk manufacturers is if they offer their treadmill bases for sale standalone, without a desk. LifeSpan does, and we strongly encourage you to read our detailed review of the LifeSpan TR800, T1200 and TR5000 treadmill bases in addition to this review to learn all about their core technology. The treadmill base, after all, is where the rubber truly meets the road.

In this review we'll go into greater detail on the TR5000 model - the most ruggedly built and capable of all walking treadmill bases in the market today. For a comparison between the three LifeSpan models click on the "Compare LifeSpan Models" tab. You can also read how these models compare to all the others in the market - including makers such as Steelcase (**), TreadDesk (*), Rebel Desk (*), Exerpeutic (*) and Woodway (*) - in our Comparison Review of Standalone Treadmill bases.

The granddaddy of commercial treadmill desks, Steelcase's now 7-year old design is becoming antiquated compared to what can be purchased from top-rated walking treadmill and adjustable-height desk manufacturers. Steelcase pricing has fluctuated over the past year in response to ankle biting from competitor LifeSpan, but has remained extremely high for such outdated technology. Much better values can be had by combining LifeSpan treadmill bases with any number of gorgeous and functional adjustable-height desks in order to achieve the perfect workstation for your needs, for at least $1000 less.

TR1200 is reliable, well-designed, and relatively soft on the wallet—a combination of quality and cost-efficiency that we've found hard to beat. While other treadmills have it beat feature for feature, individuals looking for a basic, low-cost treadmill base that will last for years will find the TR1200 suits their needs perfectly. In the years since its introduction to the market the TR1200 has become the most popular base used in walking workstations, usually in concert with an adjustable height desk, such as a ThermoDesk Elite or Omega Everest.

The worst thing you can say about the TR800 is that it isn't the TR1200. This pocket-sized treadmill's bigger brother has cast a long shadow over an otherwise impressive product. On one hand, the TR800 holds a clear advantage over all other budget treadmills we've seen pass through the labs; on the other, a relatively low price ($200) nets you a considerable upgrade in terms of walking space and durability. Within its price category the TR800 ($799.99) runs circles around its sub-$1,000 competitors, namely the TreadDesk ($855), the Rebel 1000 ($749), and the Exerpeutic Workfit 2000 ($700) -all three of which received 1-star reviews from our experts. The Rebel and TreadDesk treadmills [...]

If you’re looking for the LifeFitness Treadmill Desk, see our full review of the same product under a different name, InMovement Integrated Treadmill Desk.

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Update from 4/5/2018: The product has been removed from the Life Fitness’s website. You can still order it off of Amazon. Its price has been slashed from hefty $4,999 and fluctuates around the $2,000 mark.

Traditional cardio fitness equipment manufacturers have been taking notice of the new office fitness craze of late, and several have already started to try and break into the treadmill desk business. Most recently we reviewed both ProForm‘s and NordicTrack‘s contrived entrants, neither of which impressed our expert review team. Joining them now is an integrated walking workstation from InMovement, a new sub-brand of cardio giant Life Fitness (owned by [...]

UnSit Walk-1 is a shorter under desk treadmill for when you don't have enough space at your office or would like to mobilize your home office.

MultiTable is thr manufacturer of ‘ModTable’ adjustable-height desks and they’ve joined forces with Lifespan Fitness to create a treadmill desk workstation dubbed the ModTable Treadmill Desk. It is simply the bundling of a customized variant of the ModTable Crank Height-Adjustable Desk and the LifeSpan TR1200-DT3 treadmill base.

You could buy this system from MultiTable with no price advantage or penalty compared to separately purchasing the treadmill directly from LifeSpan and the crank desk directly from MultiTable. We recommend buying them separately, for a couple of reasons…

We used to be huge fans of the ModTable when it was the only [...]