//The rise of working-while-working out from home

The rise of working-while-working out from home

Working and working out happen at home now. These products ask: Why not do them at the same time? | Getty Images

Desk-bike hybrids and office chair-friendly ellipticals are peak productivity.

It’s a desk! It’s a bike! It’s a … desk bike! While most gyms and fitness studios across the US were shutting their doors (and then prematurely reopening them in some states), the “working out while working from home” category of merchandise was climbing toward massive mainstream appeal. Thanks in part to millennials’ obsession with bettering themselves, the self-improvement industry is valued at $11 billion. We’re committed to a lifetime of optimization, so we’re putting pressure on ourselves to make the most out of isolation. Because if we’re not doing something — or everything, all at once — then clearly we’ve wasted a tremendous amount of time that we’ll never ever