It was my 2009 and 2008 resolution, probably my 2007...and actually, might as well throw 2006 in there too-- working out more of course! So, I have officially found a way to do it, and actually do it pretty regularly. Right now I'm walking on my treadmill...AS I TYPE!!! How cool is that? No, I'm not really sweating yet, I'll wait until I'm done typing and put on an episode of 30Rock to watch . My exercise hating husband who is super busy all the time, crafted a keyboard addition to our treadmill, along with a flat screen t.v. and computer, and voila....he can walk and play a video game, and I can walk and blog. I know what you are thinking, something along the lines of "girl, get outside and go for a run in the fresh air." Nice in theory, but it is getting dark, and with the wind chill is probably 20 degrees. Too cold for this lazy girl's butt. Besides, who wouldn't want to walk/run in the comfort of their warm home and steal an hour of frivilous no-news allowed t.v. watching? I drive by all the brave women running outside and I think, "you are a greater woman than I." The cushie gym we joined last summer, well, I might go if it wasn't 20 minutes away, but who can spare 40 minutes of driving AND an hour workout? I find myself saying, "honey, I need to go workout, watch the kids"....do I want to workout? NO. Do I want an hour to myself with no other obligations? YES. Honestly, I think I might even be starting to work up a sweat now (incline baby, incline).
As a side note, I'm wearing my Hard Tail yoga pants and sports tank...I wasn't joking when I said I wear these ALL the time. Signed, ME {lv}
I love this idea! I want to do it. How did your husband do it. Just a regular keyboard on the eliptical and some kind of a long cord to connect to the main computer and another cord to connect the tv and the computer? Can you post a picture of what it looks like? perfect idea.
Posted by: Dee | January 28, 2009 at 02:31 PM
I'll see if I can snap some pictures so you can see first hand! Basically he just took a board (about the width of the keyboard) and cut it so that it lays across the handlebars--covers about 1/2 the handlebars on our machine). Then he took the wireless keyboard and a wireless mouse and it lays on the board (he also wired the board onto the handlebars so it would not move). The computer is a laptop that is connected straight to the t.v.via this cord that looks like a USB, but wider-wasn't hard to do, there were directions on the internet I guess (and since our laptop has wireless internet, the internet is streamed onto the t.v.--you see the computer just like you would if your t.v. was a monitor). It is awesome because then I can just use the keyboard and mouse, log onto the internet and pull up netflix.com, which has "instant" downloads--so I can watch 30Rock and tons of other stuff while I'm exercising.
Posted by: Lauren Visconsi | January 29, 2009 at 09:23 AM