Using a convenient treadmill for energy/brightness, while still able to work on the computer or read at the same time.

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If you've ever explored the "Physical" section of the site, you've most likely run across my approach to exercise:  Making Exercise Easy, which also leads to the discussion on Convenient, Easy How Exercise Equipment - And Making It Certain That You Will Move!.

At the end of the latter piece, I posted the latest update.  Here it is, with a whole bunch of other electronic and health decisions I've made:

ALL THEORY ASIDE, THIS IS WHAT I ENDED UP WITH

The reclining bike was "ok" but not very usable for me.  And I didn't tend to bounce much on the rebounder, though it was nice at times. However, I needed something that forced the speed.

 Only a treadmill fit that criteria.  I also wanted to have it be easy to just hop on it at various times, especially when I was dropping in energy.  But to spend much time on it, I needed to be able to do something else while I was doing it.  It faces the TV, so I can watch TV (I have no subscription so I can only watch movies).  So I either read a book or use my iPad (whereon I can type, using my SurfShelf Treadmill Desk ($40). I perhaps overbought, but I wanted something fairly powerful, ending up with a ProForm 2000 (I paid to have a professional put it together) .   [I also have a recreation facility, that is included in my HOA dues, two blocks away.]

Anytime I want to read or do many things on the internet, I hop on the treadmill (wearing my slippers with the rubber soles), and I type anything I need, using my Clamcase keyboard, which converts my ipad to a laptop, for easy typing!  

This works, all theory aside!  (The only criteria for doing anything lies not in the "idea of" but in actually getting the desired optimal results!)

(If I did more work at the treadmill, I would have considered the LifeSpan TR1200-DTS Treadmill Desk.  If I were still working in a private office, I would have it in a far corner, and just tell clients I use it to stay sharp during the day...)

Oh, I now use the Fitbit Blaze (black), instead of my Apple Watch, as I don't have to tell it when I go to sleep or start exercising.  However, I set the Sleep Cycle night time monitor on my iPhone and look at that every morning to see that I have a 100% sleep quality score, sleeeping on my new mattress and outragously expensive pillow ($200 if you don't catch a "sale").  (While we're at it, I use the Fitbit "smart scale", with body fat %, connected by bluetooth to the computer which graphs and records every weighing.)

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Its interesting to see the inevitable learning curve, where experience (if we pay attention) teaches us much more.  I would have preferred to make a giant quantum leap to wisdom, but, alas, I am limited to being a human instead of a fictional super-hero.  

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