Comments on: The Treadmill Desk: Exercise for the Sake of Hacking http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/ just another software developer in Boston striving to be a renaissance man Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:02:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Treadmill Life http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-138545 Treadmill Life Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:18:12 +0000 http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/#comment-138545 What a great idea! I drag my laptop around the house, from desk to couch to dining room table working while I eat. I don't gain weight, but that is just my metabolism. Nevertheless, I do get quite lethargic in the afternoons. I can't do without a nap. This sounds like a great way to toss aside the nap for productive time. I added this page to the resource page on my Treadmill website. What a great idea! I drag my laptop around the house, from desk to couch to dining room table working while I eat. I don’t gain weight, but that is just my metabolism. Nevertheless, I do get quite lethargic in the afternoons. I can’t do without a nap. This sounds like a great way to toss aside the nap for productive time.

I added this page to the resource page on my Treadmill website.

]]> By: Shimon Rura’s Blog » Pimp My Treadmill http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-132149 Shimon Rura’s Blog » Pimp My Treadmill Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:52:06 +0000 http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/#comment-132149 [...] a week ago the treadmill I use in my treadmill desk — a Nordic Track A2350 — wouldn’t start. The display turned on and read [...] [...] a week ago the treadmill I use in my treadmill desk — a Nordic Track A2350 — wouldn’t start. The display turned on and read [...]

]]> By: nixon the hand » Blog Archive » Monkey Militias http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-126200 nixon the hand » Blog Archive » Monkey Militias Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:17:10 +0000 http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/#comment-126200 [...] Have you ever seen cats on a treadmill? Well, these neuroscientists did that for a monkey, and then hooked the monkey brain to a robot in Japan on a treadmill, then shut off the monkey’s treadmill. The robot kept walking, taking steps toward our impending doom. [...] [...] Have you ever seen cats on a treadmill? Well, these neuroscientists did that for a monkey, and then hooked the monkey brain to a robot in Japan on a treadmill, then shut off the monkey’s treadmill. The robot kept walking, taking steps toward our impending doom. [...]

]]> By: linda lee http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-118782 linda lee Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:20:27 +0000 http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/#comment-118782 Hello, I found you when I was looking for photos of other people who created their own treadmill workstation desk. I would like to show your treadmill on my site http://treadmill-workstation.com. I will of course link back to you. Thanks Hello,

I found you when I was looking for photos of other people who created their own treadmill
workstation desk.
I would like to show your treadmill on my site http://treadmill-workstation.com.
I will of course link back to you.
Thanks

]]> By: Jonathan '05 http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-112941 Jonathan '05 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:44:44 +0000 http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/#comment-112941 This is awesome, and I actually found it while Googling for "sake of" (for a puzzle I'm making, too complicated to explain) and finding it as the 33rd hit. Clicked through when I saw your name. Awesome to run into this, consider it Delicioused! This is awesome, and I actually found it while Googling for “sake of” (for a puzzle I’m making, too complicated to explain) and finding it as the 33rd hit. Clicked through when I saw your name. Awesome to run into this, consider it Delicioused!

]]> By: matthew http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-112387 matthew Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:33:42 +0000 http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/#comment-112387 never seen anythink like that. www.homefitnessmovers.com never seen anythink like that.
http://www.homefitnessmovers.com

]]> By: Josh Simms http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-100212 Josh Simms Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:30:48 +0000 http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/#comment-100212 If you don't want to build your own (like I did) I came across a pretty interesting alternative that says it will be a lot less expensive than the WalkStation. It is called TrekDesk and it is pretty cool I think. You can read about it at www.trekdesk.com. It even has an exercise ball chair for those moments when you just cant walk and work at the same time. If you don’t want to build your own (like I did) I came across a pretty interesting alternative that says it will be a lot less expensive than the WalkStation. It is called TrekDesk and it is pretty cool I think. You can read about it at http://www.trekdesk.com. It even has an exercise ball chair for those moments when you just cant walk and work at the same time.

]]> By: Sedihawk http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-93162 Sedihawk Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:02:07 +0000 http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/#comment-93162 That's a great setup Shimon. I have done something similar to this, but I set it up to play videogames, believe it or not. Early this decade I became addicted to the PS2, but I also needed to spend time with my wife and then-newborn son, AND I needed to get in my workouts. So what better way than combine two things I enjoy? What I do is set the TV on a high platform, like this site suggests. These days I actually have a 22" LCD monitor that works great with an XBox 360, so having it set up high isn't a problem. I set the treadmill at the highest incline of 10, and set the speed at 4 MPH. It's at just the highest intensity I can actually play something and enjoy it, yet I'm still getting a good workout. I usually alternate between 60 and 90 minutes a day, 5 days a week, first thing in the morning. I satisfy my gaming "Jones", I get great cardio, and my time is free the rest of the day for work, time with family, etc. I also lift weights immediately afterward 3 days a week, but nothing too intense, just to keep fit. It takes some getting used to, but after a week or so you totally adjust. Give it a shot sometime. It makes the boredom of cardio on a treadmill fly by! That’s a great setup Shimon.

I have done something similar to this, but I set it up to play videogames, believe it or not. Early this decade I became addicted to the PS2, but I also needed to spend time with my wife and then-newborn son, AND I needed to get in my workouts. So what better way than combine two things I enjoy?

What I do is set the TV on a high platform, like this site suggests. These days I actually have a 22″ LCD monitor that works great with an XBox 360, so having it set up high isn’t a problem. I set the treadmill at the highest incline of 10, and set the speed at 4 MPH. It’s at just the highest intensity I can actually play something and enjoy it, yet I’m still getting a good workout. I usually alternate between 60 and 90 minutes a day, 5 days a week, first thing in the morning. I satisfy my gaming “Jones”, I get great cardio, and my time is free the rest of the day for work, time with family, etc. I also lift weights immediately afterward 3 days a week, but nothing too intense, just to keep fit.

It takes some getting used to, but after a week or so you totally adjust. Give it a shot sometime. It makes the boredom of cardio on a treadmill fly by!

]]> By: Geeks in Boston » What’s your proudest non-computer hack? http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-82506 Geeks in Boston » What’s your proudest non-computer hack? Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:57:01 +0000 http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/#comment-82506 [...] That’s just a fun discussion question, with a few good stories in the responses. My answer, still kinda computer-related, is that time in high school that my friends and I built a computer lab so we could study Computer Science AP. (Although my treadmill desk and simulation of a door using a paperclip also came to mind.) [...] [...] That’s just a fun discussion question, with a few good stories in the responses. My answer, still kinda computer-related, is that time in high school that my friends and I built a computer lab so we could study Computer Science AP. (Although my treadmill desk and simulation of a door using a paperclip also came to mind.) [...]

]]> By: The Treadmill Desk: Exercise for the Sake of Hacking · Treadmill Reviews and Information http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/comment-page-1/#comment-73999 The Treadmill Desk: Exercise for the Sake of Hacking · Treadmill Reviews and Information Wed, 05 Dec 2007 20:12:36 +0000 http://rura.org/blog/2007/11/14/the-treadmill-desk-exercise-for-the-sake-of-hacking/#comment-73999 [...] Original post by shimon [...] [...] Original post by shimon [...]

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