Muscle Driven Development

Quick intro to Treadmill Desks -- features, benefits, integrating into your daily routine. Given at RubyConf 2012, Nordic Ruby 2012, RubyNation 2014, and many other conferences

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1. Muscle-Driven Development John Paul Ashenfelter @johnashenfelter !
2. 15 pounds
3. Fail
4. Fail
5. Make it Pass
6. Math • 1 pound = 3500 calories • 1 beer = 150 calories
7. I Drank 350 Beers!?!!
8. Math of Losing a Pound • 1 hour of walking = 150 calories • 23 hours of walking per pound • 4.5 hours/day for 5 days
9. REFACTOR
10. Treadmill Desk • Treadmill is ~$500 • SurfShelf ~$39 • Anthro sells one for $4k
11. Make it Pass
12. 1lb/week 4.5 hours/day 1 pomodoro = 25 minutes
13. 9 pomodoros/day
14. Pro Tips • Treadmills are cheaper in Feb after new years resolution fail • Start at 0.8mph, 1.2 is easy, 1.5 isn’t hard • Track your time
15. Benefits Weight loss of up to 50-70 lbs in a single year without restrictive dieting Reduces stress and depression symptoms 30%-47% faster and more effectively than medications (source: Harvard Medical School) Improves memory and cognitive abilities as much as 15% in a 6 month period (source: University of Illinois) Long-term Success: Requires no extra time, effort or motivation 50% reduction in the risk of Type 2 Diabetes (source: American Diabetes Association) Reduces the risk of cancers 30-70% (source: National Institutes for Health) Slows physical and mental aging processes 90% reduction in risk of initial heart attacks (source: American Heart Association) 70% reduction in the risk of stroke (source: American Heart Association)
16. Thanks John Paul Ashenfelter @johnashenfelter ! *Machine Learning today at 2:05