The Treadmill Desk! Fitness for Nerds
2012-07-24 · letter vlog · John · 2:20 · watch on YouTube
Topic: Personal life (also: Health) · mode: 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
The parts of the video and what is said in each (★ — how much it matters to the video).
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
- ★ John's first reason: he is a nerd and heard a treadmill desk lets you level up your nerdiness. (playful) — 00:00:08
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 · cancer
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
In the description and comments
- ★ 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. — video description
Humor (significant)
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John recalls that he and Hank ran into the ocean both wearing their shirts — 00:00:19
“to protect the public”
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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!”
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John thought the sitting statistic wouldn't apply to him because he usually doesn't sit... — 00:01:43
“... I recline.”
Threads in this video
- told · John gets a treadmill desk and writes while walking (2012) — John shows his new treadmill desk, explains why he got it, and says he will be a stander and walker who writes his new novel while walking. (00:00:00)
- update · John moves from his small shared office to a new office with a river view (2012) — John films from his new office. (00:00:00)
- retold · The Green family reunion in Seaside, Florida (2012) — John retells the Memorial Day beach weekend (May 2012) with Hank: the shirts-on swim and the noodle war he says he won before Hank slammed him into the water. (00:00:14)
- told · Hank's quiet exercise regimen makes him fit and 'kind of buff' (2012) — John says Hank has quietly been on an exercise regimen for months and become kind of buff, as commenters noticed on Hank's last video. (00:00:56) → refers to The Universe is Weird: A Song
Where the stories that moved here went next
- John gets a treadmill desk and writes while walking (2012) — followed over 3 videos (2012–2013); last: update, 2013-05-07
- Hank's quiet exercise regimen makes him fit and 'kind of buff' (2012) — followed over 2 videos (2012); last: update, 2012-07-27
- John moves from his small shared office to a new office with a river view (2012) — followed over 3 videos (2012–2013); last: update, 2013-05-07
Mentioned
Central: sedentary lifestyle · treadmill desk
Also: cancer · diabetes · Memorial Day · myocardial infarction · nerd · risk perception
Only in the description or credits: Mayo Clinic
Later videos replying to this one
- 2012-07-27 · Tumblr: The Musical (Hank) — answers (update on Hank's quiet exercise regimen makes him fit and 'kind of buff' (2012)) — Hank thanks John for talking about his buffness; now everybody wants to see him shirtless, which he says would be unimpressive. (00:03:17)