Treadadoro?
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neadodsLast week, I learned about the Pomodoro Technique (named after a tomato-shaped kitchen timer) in which someone divvied up the task he had to do into 25 minutes of work followed by 5 minutes of relaxation.
You can get pomodoro timers - not the kitchen ones -- okay, yes the kitchen ones too, but I mean pomodoro apps that you can program in the length of the tomato task and the break and if you get a longer break after x number of tomatasks.
ANYWAY, I'm trying a variant on that, because I have a lot of tasks on my plate right now that are short and quick, but involve sitting. A lot of sitting. Lots and lots and lots of sitting.
Also, I have a 4-foot stack of magazines to go through.
Solution: To go through sitting tasks until I get all squirmy, then walk slowly on the treadmill for the length of time it takes to flip through a magazine. Lather, rinse, repeat. A couple of breaks of this and I still haven't equaled what I would have done had I gone to the weekly park walk, but that I'm up and moving at all (and that the magazine pile is slowly shrinking) are things I shall count as accomplishments. Perhaps in future when I've conquered Mount Magazines, I might read a chapter of a book or a longfic.
Alternatively, I could use that time to flip through one of my gazillion cookbooks with a pack of post-it notes. It's not going to build speed or endurance, but it promotes walking and it's a break. That's gotta count for something.
You can get pomodoro timers - not the kitchen ones -- okay, yes the kitchen ones too, but I mean pomodoro apps that you can program in the length of the tomato task and the break and if you get a longer break after x number of tomatasks.
ANYWAY, I'm trying a variant on that, because I have a lot of tasks on my plate right now that are short and quick, but involve sitting. A lot of sitting. Lots and lots and lots of sitting.
Also, I have a 4-foot stack of magazines to go through.
Solution: To go through sitting tasks until I get all squirmy, then walk slowly on the treadmill for the length of time it takes to flip through a magazine. Lather, rinse, repeat. A couple of breaks of this and I still haven't equaled what I would have done had I gone to the weekly park walk, but that I'm up and moving at all (and that the magazine pile is slowly shrinking) are things I shall count as accomplishments. Perhaps in future when I've conquered Mount Magazines, I might read a chapter of a book or a longfic.
Alternatively, I could use that time to flip through one of my gazillion cookbooks with a pack of post-it notes. It's not going to build speed or endurance, but it promotes walking and it's a break. That's gotta count for something.
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Date: 2015-07-13 12:10 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-07-13 12:55 am (UTC)Last week, I walked although I was desperate for a nap. This week, I decided on taking the nap instead of walking. About another 2 hours of sleep did me wonders.
Next week... maybe I'll have coffee with breakfast. And hope that the humidity doesn't kill us all.
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Date: 2015-07-13 01:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2015-07-14 06:49 am (UTC)It's a good idea. If I can get past the writer's block, and maybe effectively block Tumblr from my computer, I might try it.
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Date: 2015-07-15 12:47 am (UTC)I got in a little over 2 miles tonight by telling myself that I was ONLY accessing tumblr while on the treadmill today. A little awkward - I was walking sideways a tiny bit to make up for the one hand on the ipad screen - but the only other thing that has kept me on the treadmill for over 40 minutes without noticing was Bejewelled. (Which is also on the ipad...)