What keeps you on the treadmill?

Lylora
Lylora Posts: 21
edited October 4 in Fitness and Exercise
Or on the elliptical, or cross-trainer, or whatever you use?

For me it's reading my kindle! It's easy to use on an exercise machine, it stays open unlike a book, and it's super lightweight. My rule is I'm not allowed to read until bed once I leave the gym, so sometimes if I'm in the middle of a chapter even if my 40 min is up I'll keep exercising just so I can get to the end! Definitely keeps me exercising longer.

TIP: it's really easy to slow down or not pay attention to your HR, pace, etc, so my trick is to keep a half eye on my pace and try to keep it anywhere above 180 strides per minute.
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  • Leviram
    Leviram Posts: 77
    Treadmill I love to listen to my music on my ipod so I usually play it and I go into lala land for a good hour. Of course that is until somebody interrupts me and wants to get on the treadmill.
  • joejccva71
    joejccva71 Posts: 2,985 Member
    Moving my legs so I don't fall on my *kitten*.

    ...erm...sorry...

    Could you please repeat the question?
  • SarabellPlus3
    SarabellPlus3 Posts: 496 Member
    I read my Kindle on the treadmill sometimes, too! Works like a charm.

    I prefer running outside so far, but when I'm on a treadmill, the biggest thing that keeps me there is the gym daycare. LOL Working out (and then showering) has become my ''ME TIME", as a mom, with the kids having fun in the gym daycare.
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    willpower and music.
  • ahmpierce1
    ahmpierce1 Posts: 221 Member
    Good Morning America! If it weren't for that show, I'd never get my butt up and on the treadmill so early!
  • Chowder_17
    Chowder_17 Posts: 141 Member
    My music and the fact the cardio room faces the mountains.

    I don't see how people can read and workout. I'm going at it 100% and don't see how its possible.
  • cocolo89
    cocolo89 Posts: 1,169 Member
    TV! when I'm at the gym and I'm watching a show, I will stay up to 1hr on the treadmill until the episode is over... ( not walking, running the whole time)
  • bjshields
    bjshields Posts: 677 Member
    Great music and/or fast-paced show, like an old "Alias" episode. Great question, by the way!:smile:
  • RichNice
    RichNice Posts: 66 Member
    Music...I'll listen to my HTC Inspire while watching watching ESPN/UEFA soccer....it has to be something with a steady beat which matches my motion on the elliptical though...
  • k9hrd
    k9hrd Posts: 351 Member
    The built in TV at the gym. I don't have TV at home so I schedule my work out around my favorite TV shows.
  • MikeSEA
    MikeSEA Posts: 1,074 Member
    watching reruns of various star trek incarnations (on my phone). Geek pride!
  • bjfmade
    bjfmade Posts: 543 Member
    music or watching some old tv series I have never seen. I started watching brothers and sisters. It is okay and I can only watch it if I am on the treadmill. One episode in average 45 minutes. Works great!
  • kristilovescake
    kristilovescake Posts: 669 Member
    Treadmill I love to listen to my music on my ipod so I usually play it and I go into lala land for a good hour. Of course that is until somebody interrupts me and wants to get on the treadmill.

    People interrupt you to get on the treadmill?! Sounds rude to me, especially if you're at a gym!
  • CountryDevil
    CountryDevil Posts: 819 Member
    I watch Netflix movies and other shows on my phone. If you tune into that and not the fact that you are on the treadmill, it is not as bad and I usually stay on longer.
  • Elizabeth_C34
    Elizabeth_C34 Posts: 6,376 Member
    If I can read, I'm not going hard enough.

    I do like to watch TV.
  • Jconner30
    Jconner30 Posts: 311
    A hurt ACL - still need to get my training in while not aggrevating anything. Allows me to heal. I listen to Rush Limbaugh (the BIG voice on the right) while I do the elliptical. I plan on doing it ONE more time then its back to the pavement :smile:
  • SimplyShanRunning
    SimplyShanRunning Posts: 885 Member
    Music

    and

    The lady that insists on always running beside me on the next treadmill who thinks she can run faster and longer Ummmm no bioatch :noway:

    I can not watch TV or read....I will fall that is all
  • drog2323
    drog2323 Posts: 1,343 Member
    Lookimg at my fat jiggling in the mirror.
  • CakeFit21
    CakeFit21 Posts: 2,521 Member
    nothing.
  • demonsoul
    demonsoul Posts: 16 Member
    Man wow yall have some good answers, um mine is i get bored on my lunch break at work. so why not hit the treadmill
  • glockster972
    glockster972 Posts: 704 Member
    Music and the big *kitten* I'm dragging along behind me all the time.
  • JennaM222
    JennaM222 Posts: 1,996 Member
    Music.
    Watching the beefed up guys lifting weights.
    Size 6 jeans.
    Victoria's Secret Holiday catolog.
    Screaming keep going you fatty in my head.
    Imagining one of those hot beefed up dudes who is lifting weights is watching me counting the minutes I can run for.

    I am clearly insane.
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    If I can read, I'm not going hard enough.
    yup, pretty much...
  • rocketpants
    rocketpants Posts: 419 Member
    Nothing!! which is why I don't usually use indoor gym equipment. I much prefer to do things outside, I find it much more entertaining.
  • andreabball
    andreabball Posts: 90 Member
    I STILL haven't found something that keeps me on the treadmill! I find I can run farther and faster outside than on the "dreadmill" any day! Today for example (it's raining here), I was on the treadmill for 30 minutes with my fav music AND the TV on and all I could do was look at the numbers to see what my pace was, how many more minutes I had, how many calories I was burning...it was making me crazy! I do much much much better when I can be outside, listening to my music, and enjoying my surroundings. Anyone else feel this way? I've gotta get a sweatproof/waterproof case for my iphone, or I'm never gonna make it through on the crappy rainy days!!
    -Andi
  • IronmanPanda
    IronmanPanda Posts: 2,083 Member
    Once I started having to run outside for my long runs I can't get back on the dreadmill. Anything longer than 10 minutes on that thing and I want to shoot myself in the face.
    If I'm running, I'm running outdoors I don't think there's anything that could get me to run for too long on it. On the flipside I don't even feel the need listen to music when I run outdoors.
  • Leviram
    Leviram Posts: 77
    Yes. And it's annoying. Then it's a community gym and I guess they don't want to go on the other stuff we have. I courteous if I see people on the treadmills I just go do the stationary bike until they are done or I go over to the elliptical.
  • KimertRuns13_1
    KimertRuns13_1 Posts: 702 Member
    My music keeps me going wherever I am ... treadmill, ARC, elliptical, bike, outside running...
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    I broke up with most exercise equipment. I'd rather run outside. How I continue running outside when I'm bored/tired? I don't run laps, or drive to a park to run, so I have to run back to my apartment.
  • andreabball
    andreabball Posts: 90 Member
    Once I started having to run outside for my long runs I can't get back on the dreadmill. Anything longer than 10 minutes on that thing and I want to shoot myself in the face.
    If I'm running, I'm running outdoors I don't think there's anything that could get me to run for too long on it. On the flipside I don't even feel the need listen to music when I run outdoors.

    AGREED!! I find it so hard now that I've started running outside!!
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