The treadmill was once a derogative reference to the world workers faced every day from 9 to 5. But when a Minneapolis company actually added treadmills for their employees to use, their experiences began to redefine the term.
The company, Salo, has long had a culture that emphasized the health of its employees. In 2008, it acted upon an article from the Mayo Clinic about the benefits of workplace treadmills by inquiring into ways it could integrate them into workers' daily routines.
That started Salo's treadmill experience. Learning of Salo's use of treadmills, a University of Minnesota team decided to use the company's employees as lab hamsters. The team wanted to find out whether treadmills contributed to higher productivity.
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