TV’s on my exercise equipment? Forget that, I want a browser!

I just don’t have enough time to get everything done in a typical day.  And the thing that suffers the most is my workouts.  By the time I do my job and respond to all my emails and check out my social networking platforms and read all the blogs I am interested in and send out my twitters and write the occasional blog entry and attend to my personal commitments (aka kids) and, well, you get the idea.  The point is that I find it hard to find time to actually workout. 

When I do workout, I typically work out at home in front of the TV.  I have an elliptical machine, spinning bike and weight bench.  Last week I went into a new gym for the first time and they had TV’s on the workout equipment like the elliptical machines and treadmills.  I thought “great, TV!”  But I found myself cutting my workout short to get back to all my other “higher” priority stuff.  You know the stuff I didn’t get done.  Now some would tell me to change my priorities.  We all know that is easier said than done.  Then I had an idea.

Forget the TV on the workout equipment.  I want a browser, keyboard and mouse that is easy to use while on a particular workout machine.  This could be easily done for the Elliptical machine or Treadmill.  The keyboard and mouse could be built into the machine in locations where you might typically rest your hands.  I can hear the purest now saying that you should be resting your hands on these machines.  You get a better core workout when you don’t.  Okay, purest.  Don’t rest your hands but I have work to do so I am going to.  This would work for spinning bikes as well.  With full fledged browsers on the exercise equipment, I could kill two birds with one stone.  I could check my email and do all my social networking platforms.  I would definitely choose to do this over TV during a workout. 

My guess is that this is probably already being developed or has been developed but if not, I thought of it first!  Not really.  I don’t care who takes the idea and runs with it.  I just want someone to develop a browser, keyboard and mouse into the exercise equipment that allows me to still get a good workout but also allows me to do all my browser activities.  You won’t only be helping me.  This could go a long way towards helping the obesity crisis we have in this country.