--- title: Hamster Wheel Treadmill Standing Desk: Instructional Video description: But admittedly, a great way to get in some exercise canonical: https://time.com/3404299/hamster-wheel-treadmill-desk/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-19T19:27:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:20.597Z og:title: This Hamster Wheel Treadmill Desk Is the Ideal Way to Make Your Coworkers Hate You og:description: But admittedly, a great way to get in some exercise og:url: https://time.com/3404299/hamster-wheel-treadmill-desk/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt694154e81a9b3487/6986a463d0b6f2963d30632f/screen-shot-2014-09-19-at-1-46-59-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2014-09-19 at 1.46.59 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Hamster Wheel Treadmill Desk Is the Ideal Way to Make Your Coworkers Hate You twitter:description: But admittedly, a great way to get in some exercise twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt694154e81a9b3487/6986a463d0b6f2963d30632f/screen-shot-2014-09-19-at-1-46-59-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Hamster Wheel Treadmill Desk Is the Ideal Way to Make Your Coworkers Hate You by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 19, 2014 7:27 PM UTC  by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 19, 2014 7:27 PM UTC Ah, standing desks. Great way to avoid the many [negative effects](http://time.com/2884953/sitting-can-increase-your-risk-of-cancer-by-up-to-66/) of sitting all day, and great way to increase your coworkers’ [disdain for you](http://www.theonion.com/articles/report-standing-at-work-can-increase-coworkers-dis,36702/). But now, you can take that a few steps further with this wooden hamster wheel desk. Forget _standing_ while you work — now you can _walk_ while you work. The [Hamster Wheel Standing Desk](http://www.instructables.com/id/Hamster-Wheel-Standing-Desk/) is the brainchild of artist Robb Godshaw and developer Will Doenlen. The video above shows a brief glimpse into how they constructed it using four sheets of plywood, two skateboard wheels, two pipes and 240 wood screws. Here’s a look at how the final product works: Admittedly, it looks pretty cool — but also a tad depressing, bringing up the kind of themes we remembered from _Office Space_. You know, about office workers being nothing more than mindless little worker bees (or worker hamsters?) frittering away their meaningless lives. 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