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Any tips on making time go faster on the treadmill?
by elchief 6y ago
Any tips on making time go faster on the treadmill?
- taneq 6y agoYep, just zone out. Try to cultivate some equivalent of highway hypnosis. Or just actually go walking out in the real world instead of using a treadmill. It's way more interesting. Bonus points if there's some offroad / bushwalk type stuff in there, it's great for all your control muscles.
- grugagag 6y agoWatch a movie or listen to a podcast, you'll zone out if your brain finds it interesting enough. And when you zone out time flies.
- staticassertion 6y agoI got myself an under-desk treadmill. I walk most of my day, without even worrying. Sometimes I lower it down to like 1.5mph, which is really slow, but otherwise I'm walking most of my day.
- gnicholas 6y agoI find that I go much faster on a rowing machine if I'm watching a show that has fast-action sequences like fight scenes or chases. I now watch sitcoms only when doing dishes, and keep episodes of faster-paced shows for when I'm exercising.
- emerged 6y agoHierarchically decompose your total distance and count it out at each order of magnitude. I used to row indoors quite a bit and would count each 100 meters, incrementing to track each 1000 meters. Helps both to focus on short term goals but also feel the progress toward the longer term goals. That said, my fitness incremented by orders of magnitude by getting outdoors and when confined to indoors finding a way to play video games at the same time. This week, I've done 3 rides greater than 50 miles for what it's worth.
- koolba 6y agoHow do you play video games and maintain proper form?
- emerged 6y agoNintendo Switch controller. One half per hand is ideal for cycling, IMO. I wound up getting an adapter to play PS4 games with a Switch controller (also PC emulators). But there are a bunch of good turn-based strategy games for Switch which work really well.
- maest 6y agoHow do you bake a perfect cheesecake?
- shajznnckfke 6y agoMaybe obvious, but music. I find upbeat “guilty pleasure” music works great for me. Or just anything with a fast enough beat that you enjoy. For me, this is a good opportunity to listen to kinds of music that I would find too distracting to use as background for other activities.
- elchief 6y agoYa, Rage Against the Machine is my go-to
- theonemind 6y agoI listen to a lot of audio books with noise cancelling earbuds. I try to remember to pay attention to each word so that I don't have attention left for the legs and situation.
- excalibur 6y agoFall on treadmill, sustain brain injury, spend several months in coma.
- nmfisher 6y agoGood running technique and concentrate on your breathing.
- mlboss 6y agoNot faster but some variant of HIIT helps. I do 6 cycle of 30 sec high intensity with around 3 min low intensity. It takes away the boredom you feel on treadmill.