This is precisely what you shouldn't do. This is what the "system" wants you to do, to work while you exercise, to work while you're with your family, ... What you should do is work the hours you have to and not one more, then you get up, take your bike and enjoy nature.
A cycling desk / Zwifting with a split keyboard
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#62This is madness. But having said that, I might try to do the same.
I agree- utterly insane. He should be using Emacs.
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#63This is precisely what you shouldn't do. This is what the "system" wants you to do, to work while you exercise, to work while you're with your family, ... What you should do is work the hours you have to and not one more, then you get up, take your bike and enjoy nature.
The negative effects of being sedentary are known, and it requires extra effort in exercise to just offset the health risks of being sedentary during a full workday. It seems obvious and logical to me that if we can be less sedentary while working, it would be meaningfully beneficial to us mentally and physically. The system wants us to work. It's up to us to design how we work in a way that isn't as destructive to us.
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#64This is precisely what you shouldn't do. This is what the "system" wants you to do, to work while you exercise, to work while you're with your family, ... What you should do is work the hours you have to and not one more, then you get up, take your bike and enjoy nature.
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#65So are you putting pressure on your wrists with your wrists bent at an angle while typing? I think this is totally awesome in principal, but isn't that basically asking for some carpal tunnel issues? It's kind of hard to tell from the photos and videos though which are both at weird angles.
I would also be worried about putting pressure on other body parts (groin area). This is a nice idea, but I'm not sure if a racing bike is right for it - the lean-forward posture minimizes drag while cycling, but that's of course irrelevant here. So a bike with a more upright sitting position, or even a recumbent bicycle, might be better?
That! Moving your legs to avoid sitting all day seems fine but putting yourself in an unergonomic position like on a road bike seems counter productive. Your neck and lower back will probably tighten up badly over time.
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#66This is precisely what you shouldn't do. This is what the "system" wants you to do, to work while you exercise, to work while you're with your family, ... What you should do is work the hours you have to and not one more, then you get up, take your bike and enjoy nature.
Is it ok to do work while you're exercising? Is it ok to exercise while you're doing work?
Student of the Talmud asks the rebbe: "Rebbe, am I allowed to smoke cigarettes while I study the Talmud ?" The Rebbe categorically says "no, it would be highly offensive to smoke while studying the Talmud". Student then asked: "Am I allowed to study the Talmud while I am smoking a cigarette?" Rebbe: "Well.."
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#67This is precisely what you shouldn't do. This is what the "system" wants you to do, to work while you exercise, to work while you're with your family, ... What you should do is work the hours you have to and not one more, then you get up, take your bike and enjoy nature.
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
I hooked up a shelf over the handlebars of an indoor trainer. With regards to stressful, I found anytime I had to concentrate on something - the pedaling would drop off. The cycling while computing was best for movies or video games (particularly RPG's being the best)
Yeah, I've found the same problem (with a standing desk): as soon as I need to concentrate I stop maintaining my cadence. Maybe it's something I could train myself out of but I haven't been worried about it; cycling is my "productive" thing, I don't need to double it. So far I've just been using the (open source!) app Auuki to drive my smart trainer while I stream television. Works great on NixOS. https://auuki.com/…
I don't have this setup myself, but I imagine Caves of Qud would work great. Its turn based so you don't have the problem of needing perfect control, in fact sometimes I need a good minute or so to think about my next move. I can easily sink hours into it anyway, might be worth me looking into
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#69Trying to do productive work via a keyboard on a bike isn't going to catch on. A walking desk is better for that. I've had the idea of creating a custom game controller on the handle bars though, in a similar setup to this to play some simple games.
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#70This is precisely what you shouldn't do. This is what the "system" wants you to do, to work while you exercise, to work while you're with your family, ... What you should do is work the hours you have to and not one more, then you get up, take your bike and enjoy nature.
Work at a desk, then take time to go ride a bike, it may super charge your work.
Going for a ride is a great way to get into a flow state and really think.