Article 5T95G Why did I build a walking desk? Because I could | Warren Murray

Why did I build a walking desk? Because I could | Warren Murray

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Warren Murray
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What kills exercise for me is the knowing you are doing it, and the waiting for it to end. My pandemic project changed that

I have been working from home since 2011, long before the pandemic, and getting enough exercise without a daily commute to the office has proven a challenge. I exercise most effectively when it's just built into my day, like cycling to work was previously.

My home office is also my person-cave and it is rigged out with a small couch and a TV. At some stage I independently discovered the concept of temptation bundling" before it became a thing. At night I was binging TV shows while doing what I called the Batman Workout - situps, pushups and pull-ups, which was all Christian Bale's Dark Knight ever seemed to need. By the time all six seasons of The Sopranos were finished, I actually was on my way to getting slightly ripped. But then I must have hurt my back, run out of good TV shows, or got the shits with it or something because I stopped.

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