why do people run on treadmills as soon as they get on them?

no warmup or nothing
makes me cringe
not to be a snob but thats not the proper way to run
dont be that person who walks into the gym with hoody still on
gets on the treadmill and without a warmup much less a stretch
cranks it up and start pounding away on it

Oh, and...you're doing it wrong.

Who runs on the treadmill anyway? Go run outside and stop worrying about everyone else.

I don't 'warm up' either. It's been between 80 and 93 degrees for the last week on my runs. Pretty sure my muscles were warm enough at the start and blazing hot at the end.

I used to be guilty of this for about 5 years lol. My mindset was I am so unfit I better run whilst I still have energy! and then later as I became to spend more time in a gym and less time at home on treadmills I changed my reasoning to this is my warm up, so better push it before I start weights!

I am older and wiser now and I walk usually around 5 minutes before running.... or I do 10 minutes on the bike as a pre warm up, then hit the treadmill ... as a result I go longer and it doesn't hurt as much - ha! who knew?

... basically no one had ever explained it to me and I had never asked anyone - just ignorant about why easing into it is better

Running IS a warm up all by itself. Stretching before your muscles and body are warmed up is bad! And walking... Boooooring!

I also don't see the need to walk before I run. I've been walking all damn day. When I get on that treadmill (which isn't that often, because I prefer to run outside), I want to run. I work my way up, but not everyone's body is the same. Why do you care?

just dont wanna see folks injure themselves on something embarassing like a treadmill
warm those muscles up first folks then crank it up

Thanks random Internet dude for your bizarre concern and baseless advice.

I run with scissors in my hand.

No warm up either.

It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye...

just dont wanna see folks injure themselves on something embarassing like a treadmill
warm those muscles up first folks then crank it up

Thanks for the concern, mate, but your ~stretches~ are going to give me an injury faster than warming up via a run will do. A steady first mile, outside or on the treadmill, is going to warm be up just fine -- and that's discounting the fact that I spend all day on my feet at work walking around, and that I walk or cycle to the gym.

Jack LaLanne:

"Now, you listen to some of these so-called sports-medicine experts today--****! It's just shtick. It's just something else to sell. Warming up," he scoffed, adjusting a red ascot fitted neatly into his jumpsuit, "warming up is the biggest bunch of horse**** I've ever heard in my life. Fifteen minutes to warm up! Does a lion warm up when he's hungry? 'Uh-oh, here comes an antelope. Better warm up.' No! He just goes out and eats the sucker. You gotta get the blood circulating, but ****, does the lion cool down? No, he eats the sucker and goes to sleep. And that," he concluded, folding his arms into a variation of the pose, "is the truth."

no warmup or nothing
makes me cringe
not to be a snob but thats not the proper way to run
dont be that person who walks into the gym with hoody still on
gets on the treadmill and without a warmup much less a stretch
cranks it up and start pounding away on it

How would you know what they are doing is wrong?

Do they start sprinting off at a speed that would rival Bolt or do they just start jogging and keep jogging until the end of their run? If they were to start off sprinting then yes, warming up would be a grand idea, but if they just start off jogging, then precisely how would they warm up? Jogging is used as a warm-up by athletes.

Don't tell me about stretching either, stretching cold muscles is as bad as sprinting without a warm-up.