Leveling Fitness (or: Warcraft + Treadmills = OP?)
It’s been a few weeks since I got my treadmill desktop up and running. Now that I’ve logged some hours I can successfully walk and type at the same time– but can I walk and WoW? Time to sit down—err,...
View ArticleHow Not to Use a Treadmill Desk
Remember the treadmill desk I built a while back? Turns out there’s a bit more of a learning curve to walking while typing/mousing than I thought. The gaming + treadmill learning curve is being covered...
View ArticleAnd Miles To Go Before I Sleep
Today is the first day of my official Warcraft Gym Membership! For those of you who haven’t been playing along at home, this silliness is just my early New Year’s Resolution to spend more time on my...
View ArticleOf Touch Typing and Treadmills
You would think that using a keyboard would be an instinctive skill at this point– for all the years of piano lessons and jobs where touch typing was required. But yeah, not so much. To be fair, I am...
View ArticleGaming + Treadmill : Revisited
Now that we’re solidly into Week 2 of the Diablo III walk-a-thon, I figured it was time to run down a quick update of everything that’s changed in my gaming treadmill setup. (Some of these tweaks were...
View ArticleTreadmill Desk + Warcaft, 3 Years Later
It’s been a little over three years since it seemed like a good idea to turn my gaming adventures into something a bit more challenging. While I’m still nowhere close to my hour-a-day goal, I’ve come a...
View ArticleRespawn Points and Treadmill Gaming
I played World of Warcraft (and Diablo, and Firefall, etc.) while walking on a Treadmill for a little over three years. It was fun, I was in better shape than I’d been for quite some time, but then the...
View ArticleBuilding a Treadmill Gaming Rig
Playing computer games while walking on a treadmill is one of the few weird skillsets that I’m proud of developing over the years. Thanks to Nerd Fitness and their 4 week challenges, I’m finally...
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