Treadmill - Torture Device or Not.?

[Vankleek Hill Seagull]

Having just spent the best part of an hour working up a sweat (cos I'm a fat bastard), I've come to the conclusion that a treadmill is a torture device.

That's the short term view. Using it consistently over a longer period of time is a different matter. If it helps me lose weight and improve my physique, then it's highly recommended.

Discuss.!!!

 

[Lady Bracknell]

They look quite innocent those treadmills as they sit, quietly in yer gymnasium, but this is only a ruse to trick you into thinking they are not instruments of torture. In addition, they are instruments of public humiliation when people are encouraged to go on them in full view of passers-by as is the habit in New York. Walking past these places and seeing the contorted faces of horribly sweaty (and often horribly Lardy) people pounding away on treadmills produced a spectator event of the kind banned from modern circusses...

 

[perth seagull]

I think tread mills are a waste of time. Walking is not good cario. Going for a jog or cycling (or using an exercise bike) is far more effective.

 

[perth seagull]

I think tread mills are a waste of time. Walking is not good cardio. Going for a jog or cycling (or using an exercise bike) is far more effective.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Treadmills can also be the cause of abject humiliation.

On my first visit to a gym on holiday in the U.S. was relieved to find that most of the machines were same as I used at the gym back home. So thought I'd start off with the usual ten minutes brisk walk on the treadmill to bring the heartrate up. Set the digital display to 7 and started striding manfully away. Within seconds I'd gone flying off the back of the thing and been dumped unceremoniously in a heap on the ground, whereupon anxious fitness trainers and fellow gym users came running from all directions.

And the moral of my tale is: always check whether your holiday treadmill is set to kilometres per hour or miles per bastard hour