Treadmill tip I found

i hold on . but thats because i have the incline at 15% and otherwise ill probably fall off. i try to go a bit without but ya. been working good enough for me

jenncornelsen wrote: »

i hold on . but thats because i have the incline at 15% and otherwise ill probably fall off. i try to go a bit without but ya. been working good enough for me

If you need to hold the treadmill to not fall off, you are going faster than you should.

This will probably not end well.

I don't care what people do on the treadmill, but I always wonder about people on the stair machine. Not that they hold the handles - you're supposed to do that, and I do it too. I'm sure I'd fall and seriously injure myself if I didn't. But the people who lean forward and put all their weight on their arms... what benefit are they getting from the machine by draping themselves over it?

shortntall1 wrote: »

I wouldnt get on a treadmill if I had a balance issue..I wouldnt want to break something lol..Id figure on something else..I mean, why do it if you dont get the benefits you are supposed to? I would find something that I could do where I would get the full benefit. Hey do what you want. But for me, its a waste of time if I cant get what I am supposed to get out of it. It's like eating chips. No nutritional value but hey, its eating.

So people with balance issues aren't allowed to use the treadmill then? Bookmarking this thread for the next "no judges you at the gym" post.

I have to agree with Tinabob here. A big part of the reason I do at home workouts and avoid the gym is because of the people watching you and judging you. I know it shouldn't matter to me but it does. And why worry about what others are doing, it's obviously working for them at the time. Maybe they're just starting to work out and holding on is the only way they're able to keep it up? Either way, I don't see why it's anyone's business but their own.

Just my two cents.

Tinabob777 wrote: »

I'm sorry, but it's posts like this that make the anxious not want to go to gym.

Time and again, we see posts from people terrified to be judged in the gym. Then they are told, "no one is watching you" but you are! Why? They might be hurting their workout, but it's not hurting yours.

^^ This.
And it really is one of the reasons i chose to lift at home and own my own elliptical.

jenncornelsen wrote: »

i hold on . but thats because i have the incline at 15% and otherwise ill probably fall off. i try to go a bit without but ya. been working good enough for me

If you're holding on at 15% incline, then it's too steep for you to do. Holding on reduces 30%-50% of the resistance, so you're just better off lowering the incline down to what you can do without holding on.

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Opinion A.

Who gives a frack what other people are doing in the gym, as long as they aren't doing this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3QAvaaVZQc

Opinion B.

I simply don't understand why people use cardio machines to begin with. I mean, it's like standing around dong nothing, but sweating while doing it. Makes no sense to me. I'd much rather be in the squash court, getting my rage on while smashing a little black ball against a wall as hard as I can.

Your mileage may vary. For all I know, walking up an endless staircase might give you the wildest orgasms imaginable (which could be dangerous, falling down two steps from the convulsions might hurt). This doesn't happen to me, so I'll stick to things that are fun for me.

Actually, maybe that's why people hold onto the rails. They don't want to fall down when they reach their peak and their legs can no longer hold themselves up.