exercise

Hi all--

Christefano made a request to have these slides posted here to the group. They are my side of a two part Drupal Fit presentation from Erin Clerico and myself at the Los Angeles Drupal meetup. I have 2 atricles that inspired me and then some slides showing metrics from my use of the Jawbone Up. Overall they are a snapshot of what we discussed and may not have as much weight as the presentation itself.

http://www.slideshare.net/stevenator/drupal-fit-treadmill-presentation

The Washington Post has an animated infographic with exercises that can be done in the office. Each is rated by how difficult, sweaty, and humiliating/embarrassing it is. A lot of them seem to be dance moves from the 80s/90s.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/health/workout-at-work/

Seattle Druapl developer Jared Stoneberg (RockSoup) has built his own treadmill desk so he can get exercise while he works.

DIY Treadmill Desk

Thought I'd share this article: Phys Ed: The Benefits of Exercising Before Breakfast

Some excerpts:

The men who ate breakfast before exercising gained weight, too, although only about half as much as the control group. Like those sedentary big eaters, however, they had become more insulin-resistant and were storing a greater amount of fat in their muscles.

A big sorry for the Windows users, but this app is for the Mac platform. I can only imagine that there are other programs for the windows and others. Time Out by Dejal is donation based so there really is no excuse for at least trying it out.

When it rains and I cannot walk my dog outside I stay inside and use my Nintendo Wii Fit Plus. I know it seems fake to those who do not own one. But seriously. Twenty minutes alone on Wii Fit will not do a whole lot but at least you got up. When you hit the 30 minute mark there's indication you've definitely have been working out. The variety is the most enjoyable part of the program as some of the games are silly fun and if you have pets you can add them to the game and they appear next to you in some workouts and its cuter than I'd like to admit.