the four minute cross trainer

[pianistimo]

being an avid bicyclist and wondering about this leap of faith - i gaze at this marvel in popular science.

www.fastexercise.com

the maker propounds it's efficiency.  i can't understand the concept yet.  guess i'll read some more.

[pianistimo]

ok.  i am curious why the high price.  have to read some more.  it's all in the math, i guess.  81cents a day if two people live 30 years and use it around 18,000 times for four minutes each time.  the real selling point is that after u use it 18,000 times u still have about 120,000 free useages after that. ahahahhahaaaa  this is funny to me.  people would be so fat by then they'd not even be able to get on that thin little seat. 

[pianistimo]

ok. here's my question.  can u play the piano by learning it in four minute increments?  can u get ur heart rate up in four minutes?  i mean - i'm barely even out the door in four minutes.  usually still filling up the water bottle. 

the problem with bicycling is that u can't always exercise ur upper body.  but, if u get really good at using a bike with no hands - u can do circular motions with ur arms whilst riding.  i used to do this before i broke my leg.  it's kind of like swimming - where u get full range of mobility with ur arms. 

**hmm wonders what 'full range of mobility' means on a piano bench.  sometimes u see pianists sort of touch their elbows behind their back before they start.  i usually just rotate my neck around.  am thinking of a full swivel for everything.  maybe a piano bench with built in warm up routine sort of like this machine.  it would fall away after four minutes and leave u ready to play the piano.