Update, January 21, 2011: I got a new, wider bike seat and tried it out today. My ischial tuberosities are touching down on the padded part of the seat instead of the edges. MUCH better! The seat (or saddle) is the “Large Wide Size Sofa Gel Comfort Style Bike Seat” from amazon.com. [...]
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Bicycle without Pain?
Posted in Health, tagged bicycle, bike, ischial tuberosity, saddle on January 2, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
New Year’s Resolutions
Posted in Health, tagged exercise, resolution, weight loss on December 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Every year for the past 25-ish, my New Year’s Resolution has been to “get healthy.” Anyone who knows anything about making goals would say that “get healthy” is too broad of a goal. For you to have any chance at achieving a goal, it has to be broken down into smaller, manageable goals. So this [...]
Creating an Hourly Reminder in Windows
Posted in Health, Writing, tagged desk, exercise, task on July 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Did you know that someone was actually paid to research and discover the fact that women blink twice as often as men! I don’t think any technical writers were in that study. As a technical writer, I sit at a desk all day, rarely having the occasion to move anything but my head, eyes, hands, [...]
How do you stay on an elliptical machine for more than 30 minutes?
Posted in Health, tagged elliptical, exercise, treadmill on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Update: This post was first posted on writeriam.blogspot.com on Feb 17, 2009. Still don’t like that elliptical machine and we’ve since bought a treadmill–and updated my playlist. I don’t call it a “dreadmill” because I actually like it; however, when I’m on it, I keep thinking of all the more important things I ought to [...]
