Every morning I spend an hour on my stationary bike. I read as I pedal. I get my best thinking during that time. I am convinced that it is due to the movement of the blood throughout my body and brain.
A few years ago, on the TV program 60 Minutes, they featured a Mayo clinic doctor – Dr. James Levine – who rigged a treadmill with a keyboard and monitor. He sets the treadmill to a very slow pace, 1 mile per hour, and walks while he works on his computer! Recently he was productized this idea, into a product called a Walkstation.
When I have a lot of reading to do for work, I hop on my stationary bike for hours, sometimes up to 5 hours. Unfortunately, that gives me a very sore read-end. It’s time to buy a treadmill and rig it with my keyboard and monitor!