How a Treadmill Desk Can Help You Focus with ADHD

3 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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In this personal monologue, the speaker recounts finally trying a treadmill desk—patented by a friend—and being amazed by the dramatic boost in focus and productivity it provided for his ADHD. He describes entering a state of hyperfocus, completing roughly three times more work, and explains that the physical movement satisfies the brain’s need for dopamine, channeling restless energy into productive activity. This, he says, leads to better focus, memory, reduced stress, and other benefits, which he promises to explore in future videos.

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True story. A friend of mine has the patent on treadmill desks, and for many, many, many, many, many years suggested that I use a treadmill desk, especially for ADHD. And I didn't for a long time. I finally did recently, and it kind of blew my mind. The first time I hopped on it, I couldn't believe how much more focused I was, how easy it was to basically hyperfocus. And I probably got 3 times more work done. And I understand that Part of the reason is because with ADHD and our brains always looking for that extra dopamine hit and, and our brains are busy jumping around, when we're moving our feet, that actually helps that energy have a place to go and to move and to be released. And it opens up ways for us to have better focus and memory and lower stress and lots of other things, which we're going to cover in some other videos after this.