Treadmill!

[kezia_88]

I have been using my treadmill for 3 months now I do it 3 times a week for 20mins, but it is becoming sooo boring i really dread doing that run but do it to keep fit! Is there anything else I can do to change it in any way or do something more fun?

Please any suggestions

thanks

[El D]

treadmill running is boring - get out in the sun and enjoy the scenery.

[purpose]

Been there. Done that. Got several t-shirts.

 

The ONLY thing I have found to be great aerobic exercise and NOT boring is to cycle. I was incredibly unfit before I started cycling and was desperate to find something I could stick with. Toyed with the idea of an exercise bike (while watching TV, listening to the radio etc.) but realized that it would also be boring.

 

Now, I cycle for an hour on a Saturday and Sunday morning - early so the roads/pavements are free of cars/obstacles.

 

The time goes so quickly and in just 5 weeks, I have improved amazingly.

 

There really is nothing like getting out into the fresh air to make you feel good (and to stop you getting bored!)

[ludwig]

Watch telly or listen to music. By the time you've watched coronation street or listened to an album you've done half an hour without noticing. Rig up a little portable on a wall bracket where your treadmill is.

[jno]

point it at the telly and watch all those videos that have been piling up for months.

[Ducati]

Agree with purpose - I'd been paying gym membership for years, and from day 1 was utterly bored rigid with it - some people say they enjoy the whole gym experience, and to them I take my hat off, because I found it tedious beyond belief and thoroughly unenjoyable.

 

Anyway, one day, having driven to the gym and sat on an exercise bike for about 15 mins or so, I realised it was a bloody stupid thing to do, when instead I could be riding a proper bike, in the fresh air and taking in all the scenery.

 

So, that weekend, I cancelled my �75.00 pound a month gym member ship, went and bought a bike, and started cycling everywhere.

 

This was five years ago, the bike has long since paid for itself, and now I cycle everywhere - to and from work, 'popping' round to the shops, going to see friends etc etc etc.......

 

Absolutely dread going out in the car, and will avoid it as much as I can - I don't actually enjoy driving that much (although I do love going out for weekend blasts on my motorbike - which as I've been off the road all week, I feel I've earned). 

[undercovers]

if your dead set on the treadmill try making the task more varied by starting an interval training programme e.g. 2 mins slow jog, 1 min sprint, 2 mins jog, 1 min sprint etc. Not only will this keep you thinking and stop the boredom - but it is also a great expercise programme to improve aerobic ability. Change the intervals weekly, trying to increase the time running fast while reducing the time running slowly

[jake-the-peg]

I took up Karate a few months after my son to keep flexible and get some excercise. It's quite a mixed group male and female old and young.

After 3 years now I'm a lot fitter, and more flexible than I've ever been.

No broken bones or injuries and it's certainly not boring!