Why is there such a lack of intensity on the treadmills compared to the weights area?

Walls are for Balls · 2014-11-18T21:28:45-05:00

With free weights, there are people grunting and shouting and giving everything they have to get that last rep. Then moving over to the treadmills I notice nothing but half-assed apathy. Chicks reading fashion magazines as they lackadaisical putter about at 3 miles per hour. Grown-ass men content to just stroll along like a flaccid noodle, not even breaking a sweat. WHERE IS THE PASSION?!? WHERE IS THE PAIN?!? If you're not going to put in the effort then just stay at home. God damn! Crank up the treadmill and go balls to the wall!!!

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11 years ago 11/19/2014 2:14pm EST

re: Alternate Reality

Alternate Reality wrote:
on the agenda for tomorrow wrote:
I just want to walk down the row of treadmills, unplugging them as I go by, and then softly say "fat, slow, and stupid...where did the passion go...you people make me sick" and then I would suddenly lunge up and slap the LIVING SHIT out of some random fattie just to get everyone's attention, and then scream "IF YOU PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, THEN YOU JUST NEED TO GO HOME!!!" And then I would go apeshit crazy and start flipping over treadmills and just generally f*cking up the place up.
... And then you woke up...

Yeah sorry, I forgot to add in that part of the story.

So I slapped the living shit out of some fatties, flipped over some treadmills, f*cked up the place...and then, fully satisfied, I curled up and took a nice little nap on one of the yoga mats...and then I woke up.

11 years ago 11/19/2014 2:21pm EST

re: college soph

college soph wrote:
Scootchie Pootchie wrote:
The treadmill is already moving, literally half the work is done by a machine.
Resistance traing requires you to do all or most(machines) of the work.
Explain to me how that works again

Not this again. Yes, the belt is moving, but you are staying in one place. The treadmill would only do the work for you if you were also moving forward.

11 years ago 11/19/2014 2:36pm EST

re: txRUNNERgirl

txRUNNERgirl wrote:
Not this again. Yes, the belt is moving, but you are staying in one place. The treadmill would only do the work for you if you were also moving forward.

That's all fine and well, but what if there are various grocery items on the belt alongside you and some pissed off grocery cashier is trying to scan the items as you clumsily run, stepping on tomatoes and tampons and shit.

11 years ago 11/19/2014 2:39pm EST

re: txRUNNERgirl

txRUNNERgirl wrote:
Not this again. Yes, the belt is moving, but you are staying in one place. The treadmill would only do the work for you if you were also moving forward.

It doesn't matter whether you do your jogging outside or in the gym on a treadmill. Jogging is never a good exercise.

Especially for women, focus should be set on full body compound exercises, especially for legs and GLUTES, e.g. squat, deadlift, lunges, hip thrusts.

Jogging won't do you good.

11 years ago 11/19/2014 8:41pm EST

re: Xfit_guy_the_real_1

Deer OP,

A real man keeps it on the crete bro.

Your welcome.

11 years ago 11/19/2014 9:42pm EST

re: Walls are for Balls

Because lifters understand on a deeply intuitive level what it means to grind out the reps through pure hate.

11 years ago 11/19/2014 11:11pm EST

re: txRUNNERgirl

txRUNNERgirl wrote:
Not this again. Yes, the belt is moving, but you are staying in one place. The treadmill would only do the work for you if you were also moving forward.

forward? If you stood still doing no work, wouldn't you go backwards?

11 years ago 11/20/2014 12:13am EST

re: Xfit_guy_the_real_1

Xfit_guy_the_real_1 wrote:
Speed up and hold a sprinting pace while pushing the belt back for 20-30 seconds. Then rest about 10-20 seconds and repeat 8 more times.

Treadmills can't go as fast as your sprinting pace, if you can sprint. Those 15mph ones can go your trying-to-sprint pace if that's all you can do.

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