I utilized the recumbent bike for about 1/3 of the time I spent at the keyboard today. It works pretty well. I am, however, limited (at least for now) as to how fast I can pedal and actually work. So far I’ve found that about 7-8 mph is about my limit. I probably was pedaling anywhere from 4 mph to 8 during the day today.
During my work time, I burned about 700 calories. Not too bad, considering I probably would have burned considerably less than that had I just been sitting in my office chair all day typing, as I have for the last umpteen years.
I also found, by mid-day, that the seating height wasn’t optimal; after typing for more than about 15-20 minutes, my arms would start to get uncomfortable … and I felt like I was looking upward too much to see my monitors. I fixed that problem by positioning a couple of bricks underneath the rear of the bike. It only raised the seating height by 2.5″ or so, but now I can type almost as comfortably while riding as I could in my ‘normal’ office chair.
I think this is going to work out well. Hopefully I will be able to get to the point where I can pedal at maybe 12-15 mph and still concentrate and work, but even if I can’t … the additional motion has got to be good for me.
And … today I realized that even though I haven’t physically put in on a GTD task list, getting more physical activity into my day has been on my list for some time. So, now I’ve got a system where I can get TWO things on my GTD list done at the same time. How’s that for efficient?Technorati Tags:
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