One of the things I wish I could do would be to integrate exercise into my daily routine more easily, with something like bike pedals under my desk or a cool treadmill desk like seen on Awake at the Wheel.
That picture below (see site for picture) is little old me walking 1 mile per hour while blogging…at my desk. I’m there from 8:30am t 12:30pm, five day a week now. And, here’s the amazing thing…
It doesn’t even feel like exercise!
One mile per hour is the equivalent of a very slow walk. It’s slower than the pace I usually follow whenever I am on the phone (I have to move when I talk or feel like I’m gonna die). You don’t really get tired, you don’t sweat and, at my weight…
By lunchtime, I’ve already burned around 600 friggin’ calories!
And, here’s the other cool benefit, I actually work faster and think better when I am moving, so I end up getting more done faster. I wish this was my idea, but I have to admit to being turned on to this by one of my yoga students, Emiliya, who told me her and her boyfriend had been doing it for months.
I have to admit that this is something I am looking forward to trying the next time I go to my local gym, BodyParts Fitness, I will be bringing my laptop as they have book holders on their treadmills that should be able to hold my MacBook Pro, and let me do some basic stuff while walking away.
Tags: exercise blogging, treadmill, treadmill desk, Week Four