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The Treadmill Desk! Fitness for Nerds

2012-07-24 · John · watch on YouTube · Personal life · personal update

John explains why he got a treadmill desk: nerd cred, jealousy of Hank's new fitness after their Memorial Day noodle war, and evidence that sitting too much raises the risk of death.

What is said

00:00:00 — John walks on his new treadmill desk in his new office; reason one: leveling up his nerdiness

  • ★★ John is in his new office, walking on his new treadmill desk. — 00:00:00
  • ★ In the description John says he has been writing on the treadmill desk for more than a week, loves it, and has walked over six miles that day. — 00:00:00
  • ★ John's first reason: he is a nerd and heard a treadmill desk lets you level up your nerdiness. (playful) — 00:00:08 · nerd

00:00:14 — Reason two: the Memorial Day beach noodle war (John claims victory) and Hank's quiet new fitness

  • ★★ John recalls their Memorial Day beach weekend noodle war: it was widely reported Hank won, but John says Hank abandoned his noodle, so John won. (playful) — 00:00:14 · Hank Green
  • ★★ John says after the noodle war Hank picked him up and slammed him into the water, and John realized Hank has gotten fit. (playful) — 00:00:44 · Hank Green
  • ★★ John says Hank has quietly followed an exercise regimen for months and become kind of buff; several people commented on it on Hank's last video. — 00:00:56 · Hank Green
  • ★ John says he didn't get the desk just because Hank got fit and he's jealous, but admits he was partly inspired by his Memorial Day dunking. (playful) — 00:01:05 · Hank Green

00:01:13 — Reason three: irrational health behavior, and the mortality risks of sitting (and reclining) too much

  • ★★ John says he is obsessed with how, in trying to save ourselves, we kill ourselves: we act irrationally about health, as when he uses hand sanitizer while driving. — 00:01:13
  • ★★★ John says people who sit more than eleven hours a day are twice as likely to die from all causes over the next 15 years as those who sit under four hours. — 00:01:30
  • ★★ Living on the internet, 'the world capital of sitting', John resolves to stop sitting and be a stander and a walker. (playful) — 00:01:40
  • ★★ John says reclining counts as sitting, and sitting too much increases the risk of heart attack, diabetes and certain cancers. — 00:01:46

00:01:57 — His new novel to be written while walking, or fitness junk in the basement; sign-off and a treadmill stunt

  • ★★ John says his entire new novel is going to be written while walking, or the desk will end up like the other fitness gear in his basement. (playful) — 00:01:57

Humor (significant)

  • John recalls that he and Hank ran into the ocean both wearing their shirts — 00:00:19 > «to protect the public»
  • John insists the footage shows Hank abandoning his noodle, which means he lost — 00:00:37 > «Anybody who abandons their noodle has lost the noodle war!»
  • John thought the sitting statistic wouldn't apply to him because he usually doesn't sit... — 00:01:43 > «... I recline.»

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