John Stecher's World » Fitness http://www.johnstecher.com A blog about my life, family, and friends Tue, 12 May 2009 22:20:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 My sweet new work chair http://www.johnstecher.com/2009/01/07/my-sweet-new-work-chair/ http://www.johnstecher.com/2009/01/07/my-sweet-new-work-chair/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:47:45 +0000 john http://www.johnstecher.com/2009/01/07/my-sweet-new-work-chair/ So Lindsay prodded me by making fun out of me for hours and then emailing me today making fun of me to tell everyone about my new work chair. I have been trying to figure out how in the hell to get some exercise sitting in the office on a daily basis pounding away code (or powerpoint sadly) and I stumbled across some pretty fit folks that were using a exercise ball as their office chair and I said screw it I know what I am getting. So I picked up my exercise ball and tried it out as a chair for the first time yesterday and damnit it’s a hell of a lot more physical than I imagined. I can pretty much sit on it for about 2 hours before my abs and lower back start to burn. I was skeptical that it would actually do anything but you really do subconsciously put in a good deal of physical effort to keep yourself balanced on the ball and in a normal seating position.

I picked up a 75cm Weider one since I am 6′3″ pumped it up to the max and she was beautiful. I’d recommend anyone out there try it cause hell if what I read on multiple health websites is true and you can really burn up to 200-300 calories more per day just sitting on it thats an easy way to lose weight. :)

That’s right guys I am not embarassed to say I sit on a ball at work instead of some ergonomic chair. :P

]]> http://www.johnstecher.com/2009/01/07/my-sweet-new-work-chair/feed/ 1 Ahh yes the joy of New Year’s resolutions http://www.johnstecher.com/2009/01/05/ahh-yes-the-joy-of-new-years-resolutions/ http://www.johnstecher.com/2009/01/05/ahh-yes-the-joy-of-new-years-resolutions/#comments Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:13:49 +0000 john http://www.johnstecher.com/?p=5 While I can’t say I don’t make them myself (and then subsequently break them) the one I find most humorous is the “I am going to get fit one”.  Not because its not a great goal but because everyone starts at the same time in the first week of January and packs the gyms full.  My wife and I had the joy of running into this early this morning first starting with having to park about a mile away from the Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center which makes for a lovely walk in the lovely 4 degree weather up here.  Once inside it wasn’t horrible but I can only imagine its going to get worse.  Would make a lot more sense it would seem to outfox the other New Years resolutioners, who’s will if its anything like mine with resolutions only lasts about a month, and actually start in February thus having a nice peaceful and quiet gym all to yourself with a close parking spot. :)

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