Exercise. I prefer to fit it in during my day, either a morning or lunch ride or run. By the end of the day, my motivation has been sapped, it’s just that much harder to hit the road and workout.
The good news is that you don’t have to wait until the end of the day when you’re tired and it’s getting dark to get your daily exercise in… you can run, ride or walk while you work.
Today there are quite a few options, from treadmill desks, to cycling desks, to under desk pedal systems and desks that clamp to your bike bars.
The Atlantic has an interesting article on the trend, and some scary health facts about sitting. As James Hamblin of The Atlantic has said, “Sitting is the new dying.”
Bicycle Desks: Better Than the Gym
“Research has found excessive sedentary time to be a risk factor for many physical and psychosocial health outcomes including mortality, obesity, cardiometabolic-disease risk, cancer, stress, depressive symptoms, and poorer cognitive function.
Moreover, Carr says that research has shown that this relationship cannot be ‘exercised off’: The negative effects of sitting all day aren’t cured by regular exercise.
The study found that those who pedaled more reported improved concentration at work, suggesting there are productivity gains to being active at the office.”
Read the full article at The Atlantic – Bicycle Desks: Better Than the Gym