What keeps you on the treadmill?
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willpower and music.
^^This for me, too!0 -
I am going to try using my kindle next time.
But usually I just watch TV. I much rather be outside though0 -
Oh - AND I like doing intervals... for some reason, when I am only focused on a minute or two or three at a time - my time on the TM really whizzes by.0
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Netflix instant tv shows on my iPad. I've already finished Drop Dead Diva and now I'm on King of the Hill! =D0
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This would do it for me!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEH4Yum4nN4&feature=youtu.be
:drinker:
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When I am at my local gym... everything! Will power, music, TV, conversation....but when I travel for work (which is pretty frequently) it is my second husband, my Kindle that helps me along! I set it up on the treadmill and pick a speed and I am gone! My mind devours the story and I don't even know the time is ticking by... it is SO hard for me to get motivated to work out when I stuck in a hotel somewhere and reading is my one constant. I wear progressive lenses so the being able to enlarge the type makes it easy since I don't run with my glasses on!0
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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.
you know, a lot of the time, your right... although maybe not counting so much...0 -
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.0 -
Young and the Restless One Hour Monday through Friday... If I miss my scheduled cycling class.0
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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.
generally agree with all of the above!!!!!0 -
I don't agree with the posters that said you're not working hard enough if you're reading while you're on the treadmill. I know with the kindle or nook (which is what I have), in order to keep reading while running I just have to make the font much bigger so I can read while running hard. It was the only thing that got me through C25K but now I think I can only run outdoors cause I loooooooathe the treadmills at the gym.0
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the tunes:)0
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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.
lol:)0 -
Sadly, sometimes nothing keeps me on there. I'm very uncoordinated and frequently fell off when trying to run or do a fast walk on the treadmill. So I sold it.0
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i have set distances /goals everyday, music so i dont hear my breathing0
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I love to run, but to get me on a treadmill these days is gonna take a gun pointed at me.
And after about 5 minutes I'd just tell them to pull the trigger.0 -
I have tried and tried to stay on the treadmill, I have ran 2 halfs and have another in March 2012, but I never seem to run before the event... I try, but the longest I have been on a treadmill is about 10 mins... I manage longer on the cross trainer...........
I just warm up on the treadmill, then jump on the cross trainer, 30 seconds to kill myself then 1min recovery, do this for as long as I can, then jump off and hit the weights... I only do weights for about 20 mins, maybe longer as I still dont know 100% what I am doing just yet....
I find the treadmills so boring......... I have had friends who are personal trainers, with me, but for some reason I dont like them...
I do enjoy running outside, with friends, but alone, I find it boring... I just find running boring, I just like the feeling after a half, when my brain in feeling weird and I am on a high, so I book another half.. LOL xxxxxxxxx I would love to get that high from a treadmill, I have tried, but get soooooooooooo board...
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thought I might get some tips from this forum...................... xx0 -
Moving my legs so I don't fall on my *kitten*.
...erm...sorry...
Could you please repeat the question?
LoL Too funny!0 -
For me I use the R. bike and I just watch tv because with out some thing to do cardio is sooooo boring but it goes by fast for me when I am watching a program or movie.0
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I love to run, but to get me on a treadmill these days is gonna take a gun pointed at me.
And after about 5 minutes I'd just tell them to pull the trigger.
I'm with you!! Just shoot me!! (...only that would be the easy way out.)0
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