Do you folks have entertainment/listening/learning capabilities when you’re spinning the treadmill? I’m wondering if something like that would be useful for me. Specifically, watching informational videos, stuff like that.
My spouse watches the news, and my buddy watches movies, but both seem passive and I’m not really interested in that. Not sure if it’s worth the effort for me to set up a system where I’m say watching informational videos - I feel like it’ll be too hard if I’m jogging/sweating/panting. But, prepared to be wrong on this.
I need ideas too. I have gone thru Ted Lasso on the treadmill and started the West Wing. A movie feels too long. But the West Wing is not motivating me anymore. Need something else.
you’re not going to take in the “information” when your body is also trying to exert itself. Don’t bother. I watched a lot of Simpsons and X-Files while on treadmill. One Simpsons episode was good for 2.5 miles, one X-files was good for about 4.5 - 5 miles. Either one you can stop and start in the middle of an episode and pick it up next time and not be far behind.
Aside: I see people walking on sidewalks next to loud and busy streets, when there are perfectly cromulent quiet and non-busy streets AND parks close by that they could be walking on instead. WHY TF walk where they are? They don’t seem to be walking to shopping. Best I can think is that they walk to the local addiction store for their daily cup, drink it there?
I usually do audiobooks either inside or outside. Audiobooks work better outside since indoors means at Planet Fitness, where background music is a complication even with my very cheap earplones
That’s a good question. Are they maybe walking from their house to the park?
Another question - I will guess that there are about 120 adult homeowners in my neighborhood. The neighborhood is sufficiently isolated that it is unlikely that I will see someone not from my neighborhood walking in it, and anyone who would be going for a walk would likely stay in the neighborhood. I walk the 2 mile loop once or twice each day, and will vary the time enough that if another neighbor is regularly out, I will recognize them as a regular walker. I think there might be less than 10 regular walkers (say 3x a week or more). Most of them are walking their dog.
So it seems like a pretty uncommon thing to do, walk outside, regularly.
Now, bias, as treadmills at home and gym memberships should be financially accessible for everyone, so I can’t claim they are all sedentary.