I Discovered a Secret Use Case for This Classic Home Gym Tool

First, a confession: I don’t love working from home and spent the early part of my career avoiding it.

So when COVID-19 first struck, I found myself completely unprepared to spend what turned out to be literal years working out of my domicile.

At the beginning of the pandemic, I didn’t own a desk or some fancy ergonomic chair. Shit, I didn’t even have enough available outlets for an external monitor.

Those first few weeks of quarantine were an exercise in home-office experimentation, and I’d find myself asking weird questions like, Can this calf-stretching incline board I bought to treat my plantar fasciitis double as a footrest?

Turns out, it can. And it’s really, really good at it.

StrongTek Professional Wooden Slant Board

The StrongTek Professional Wooden Slant Board boasts five adjustable angles and anti-slip tape that keep my feet from sliding to the floor.

It’s made of plywood, but that shouldn’t deter you: it’s rock-solid and looks better than most other footrests you’ll find out there.

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StrongTek Professional Wooden Slant Board

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This one, the FM 300 Foot Machine by Humanscale, is comparable, perhaps even a little better-looking. But it’s also twice as expensive.

Now, you could buy an actual footrest by the same company, StrongTek. But my solution offers all the same benefits — reduced foot fatigue, increased circulation — plus one … when I’m not lazy: healthy calves.

I can’t recommend it enough.

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