The New Sport, Cube Biking

In the interest of fitness research I'm taking one for the team here at work. For those of you out there who say they don't have time to work out here is something you can do. 

Family members and friends reading this...does this really come as a shock?  I've already gone through the ankle weights under my suit pants and pedometer propmptly attached first thing in the morning so I don't miss any steps (which I still do).  This isn't that far off.

Meet the InStride XL or what I like to call....the cubicle bike. 

Yes, this is me the first day in gold heels and dress pants biking in my cubicle.  Eat your heart out Jamie Oliver.  Watch my fitness revolution take off.

I envision cube biking competitions. Cube Bike Magazine.  A whole line of cube bike workout attire/business suits.  

All right, all joking aside, you aren't going to get any sick cardio in at your desk people. It's just slow, steady, in control. Think toning. The first day I had it no one knew I biked for 40 minutes. I even talked to someone while I was doing it.

Have you heard of those treadmill/workstations? 

                                      

Trust me, I already contacted the facilities manager to see if I could get one and they laughed.  I just stared. 

What are you laughing at?  I'm serious.

Okay, okay, I can see the down sides.  1) Liability, people could fall off, 2) cost, upwards of thousands of dollars, 3) not everyone is at a fitness level that they could actually do this. 

That's what's great about this little thing.

1) You can't fall off it (except for those people who occasionally fall out of their chair for some odd reason or miss it and it rolls away).  

2) Cost.  I got this one for $17 bucks on eBay. 

3) You can do this sitting and there is no work disruption. 

4) Keeps you from freezing your toucas off when they have the air cranked to sub zero temps so people don't fall asleep doing cubicle work.

I know, I'm probably that crazy workout person at work who takes the stairs to the sixth floor when there is a perfectly good elevator that comes complete with Muzak and works out on her lunch break and now even has a bike at her desk but as I said in my last fitness post...humans were not meant to sit on their @sses all day! 

I have been using it going on three weeks and the goal is to do at least an hour a day.  On the scale I'm down almost four pounds. Now mind you this includes really watching what I'm eating as well. 
  

Here are my questions to you.

1) For those of you that don't work out....when are you going to start?  No excuses!  If I can bike in gold heels then you can find a way.

2) For those of you workout queens and kings, what are you going to do to kick it up a notch?

In addition to my usual I'm also adding body pump on Monday and P90X abs or walking at night.