Robert Perrett

Posts Tagged ‘entertainment’

I go on the ComputerDeskOverTreadmill sometimes over 2 or 3 hours if I am watching a really good movie that I am really engrossed in it. This is in addition to the  other things which take  additional time. I spend an hour or two answering or communicating e-mail. And as I wrote before I also spend time with the computer games.

I probably should tell you that my ComputerDeskOverTreadmill is associated with a specific computer. That is I have only one treadmill and other computers without treadmills.

You don’t have to get dressed to be on the ComputerDeskOverTreadmill. Many people enjoy walking outside in the great outdoors. That’s fine and dandy if you live in a neighborhood with lots of outdoors. But who wants to get dressed in the morning just to exercise. Why not just exercise with the clothes that you have on when you get up in the morning, and then after you are done exercising on the ComputerDeskOverTreadmill, then you can take a shower. It’s much easier and much more convenient to do it that order. And better yet, it’s just simply better to get on the ComputerDeskOverTreadmill in whatever you’re dressed (or not) in.

Think about it. You’re being entertained and doing thing that excites or interests you, while being productive working on the computer and getting fit. You just do one thing, walking outside and looking at the great outdoors. Are you being as productive with your time as you could be? Your time is very important, while it can be fun just to be outside walking for the sake of exercise if you are into that sort of activity.

Many people require an additional motivational factor in order to do this. There exists a need to have something else besides walking and/or running on a treadmill in order to stick with it. Almost everyone loves to be entertained, but nobody wants to be bored with boredom walking on a treadmill looking at a wall ( no matter what the color of the wall). Nor do they want to just walk about the same boring block and scenery that they see every day walking.

It’s true there are beautiful hiking trails that are fun to  explore. I know I am one of those people. There are hiking trails near where I live in. I remember hiking and exploring when I was a younger. It was very beautiful, but while I was there exploring the hiking trails, I was thinking and looking forward to going home to play a computer game which seemed more exciting to me at that time.

This is the day of the after picture.  See the difference, it is a huge contrast between the old setup. The main reason why I got rid of my old TV, VCR, and DVD setup was that the conversion of Digital TV forced it’s hand upon me.  I had two converter boxes already and thus used up my coupons, and couldn’t get another coupon for a third TV. I went ahead with this idea in my head. I always had this idea to do this, but I wasn’t sure if this would work, and so I took the plunge, and it work a lot better than I  had expected.

The Computer Desk over Treadmill is just a desk to put the keyboard and mouse on top of it while one is walking on the treadmill. The LCD computer monitor is in front,  and the computer is on top of a gray bookcase. It’s a great way to exercise without thinking about it, and I walk and surf the web all at the same time.

New Computer Setup

Old TV, VCR, and DVD Setup

You are all wondering what created the Computer Desk over Treadmill concept. Originally it was just a TV with a VCR, and a DVD player in front of the Treadmill just to watch movies.  All that one could do was just watch TV, and DVD’s. I was always hooked to the internet, checking my e-mail, and reading. Stay Tuned for tomorrow’s post and see the change of setup.