Computer Desk Over Treadmill

Sedentary Behavior
Sedentary recreational behaviors, such as watching television and videos, using computers, and playing video games, are considered to many people as important parts of their daily lives. They are also risk factors for obesity and/or being overweight. Eliminating such behaviors is but one strategy for preventing adult and childhood obesity and/or being overweight.

Sedentary?

Sedentary suggests that something is sitting. Sitting is important for this something (recreational behaviors) to be considered as sedentary. The risk factors for obesity and/or being overweight are tied up with the sedentary part of the behavior. Change the behavior to a multitasking behavior. Multitasking is doing two or more things at once. Now multitasking becomes, one, sitting, and two, the recreational thing.

Eliminate the sitting part and replace it with a physical activity (multitasking) such as walking. The recreational behaviors described above can be done walking on a treadmill. Knitting, crocheting, and bead stringing?  Multitasking can handle that also -- no problem. We no longer have a sedentary behavior problem.

• The unexpected thing about multitasking is that females can handle it better than males.

• Moreover, fitness benefits accrue to whoever participates in the multitasking activity. Multitasking is not a weight exclusive benefit.

Now we have the problem of convincing people that they can do it. I thought that also when I first developed the program but after loosing 40 pounds while building the confidence to spend 3 to 4 hour stints walking while watching exciting DVD movies, I know it is not a problem. The problem is starting.

What about the guy we heard about with a computer game addiction problem that was spending 80 hours a week playing games? I don’t know about the addiction part of the problem but I do know that if he multitask for the 80 hours, he would have walk between 160 to 240 or more miles that week.

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