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Re:Show HN: Jumper, a robot to help you exercise every day by highd on Saturday October 15, 2016 @10:48PM (#12716625)
Somewhat off topic - has anyone used a desk bicycle (pedals) or treadmill for a significant period of time? Being able to do that for an hour every workday would be an amazing health improvement basically for free (in terms of time), but I have difficulty imagining anybody sticking to it.
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Re:Show HN: Jumper, a robot to help you exercise every day by FigBug on Saturday October 15, 2016 @10:58PM (#12716644)
Yes, one of my co-workers had a spin desk. He said you couldn't really ride with a heart rate above 100 bpm and still concentrate. He was doing a huge amount of very low intensity riding, it didn't have much benefit, but hugely increased appetite.
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Re:Show HN: Jumper, a robot to help you exercise every day by highd on Saturday October 15, 2016 @11:17PM (#12716696)
Ouch - worst of both worlds!
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Re:Show HN: Jumper, a robot to help you exercise every day by aroc on Saturday October 15, 2016 @11:25PM (#12716718)
No kidding - happy to hear some feedback about how well those actually work. I've been wondering.
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