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From: Dan Leifker on 23 Feb 2008 17:48 techman41973(a)yahoo.com wrote: > Is this something you get used to or is there some > technique to make reading on a treadmill more practical. I had the same problem and solved it by reading small paperback books that I could hold in one hand in front of me. After a while even this became a chore, so I switched to an iPod and listened to books on tape.
From: Dot on 24 Feb 2008 00:23 Tony S. wrote: > "Charlie Pendejo" <Charlie.Pendejo(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:118b558d-7528-433c-8724-a5cdbfefcee2(a)v3g2000hsc.googlegroups.com... > >>techman41...(a)yahoo.com: >> >>>Walking on a treadmill at the gym can be boring. My eyesight >>>generally is fine. But I tried reading (magazines) while walking >>>but it strains my eyes a bit and the its the general movement >>>from walking makes it difficult to keep focussed on words. >> >>While I endorse the other answers you've received, what you're really >>supposed to be doing is looking at the girls, not the words. Their >>vertical motion on the treadmills will match yours which then >>eliminates the blurriness. > > > Yea, I quite agree! One gym I went to had the machines facing the pool, > which can be a blessing or a curse ;) One of mine had them facing the outdoor windows. Our xt class has them overlooking the gymnastics floor below. Which is ok, unless they're running shuttle workouts cross directions to the tm. Almost landed on side barrier one day as I was watching their workout. One gym has them looking at overhead tv screens, so you're not looking down at them like those cardiac theaters. (I was exploring options regarding gyms a couple years ago to assess alternatives for icy days.) > > To suggest something else for walkers: my sister's favorite winter workout > is mall-walking. We don't have a local mall at the moment (kinda died, torn down last summer, new one coming) but we have a new Wal-Mart super store with wider aisles than the old store. I was able to find a couple decent aisles with no one in them to speed push the cart down them. Yes, I was desparate with the trail conditions. Dot -- "The goal is training and adaptation, not destruction and injury." - John Hardy http://www.mountainrunning.coolrunning.com.au/misc/training.shtml
From: Doug Freese on 25 Feb 2008 08:02 "bj" <bjones44(a)bellatlantic.net> wrote in message news:OJLvj.359$xg6.315(a)trnddc07... > <techman41973(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:5cd671e2-5224-4cd7-809c-cf229bad43b7(a)i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com... >>I spend about an hour each day on the treadmill. Most of the time I >> just walk (incline), sometimes I may run. Walking on a treadmill at >> the gym can be boring. My eyesight generally is fine. But I tried >> reading (magazines) while walking but it strains my eyes a bit and >> the >> its the general movement from walking makes it difficult to keep >> focussed on words. Is this something you get used to or is there some >> technique to make reading on a treadmill more practical. > > have you tried something in Large Print? > check your local library. Books on DVDs from the library!! Being read to is a blast and no visual issues. -Doug
From: bj on 25 Feb 2008 13:14 > "bj" <bjones44(a)bellatlantic.net> wrote in message >> have you tried something in Large Print? >> check your local library. > "Doug Freese" <dfreese(a)hvc.rr.com> wrote in message news:47c2bc49$0$4939$4c368faf(a)roadrunner.com... > > Books on DVDs from the library!! Being read to is a blast and no visual > issues. > I just watch TV, the few times I use a treadmill anymore. Before my dog died I used on 4-5x/week, watched TV, & tossed tennyballs down the hall for dog to chase; she was also good company just being there. I was mostly walking then, with brief bits of jogging, so there wasn't a lot of "bounce", but I never tried reading. bj
From: Teresa Bippert-Plymate on 25 Feb 2008 16:21
techman41973(a)yahoo.com wrote: > I spend about an hour each day on the treadmill. Most of the time I > just walk (incline), sometimes I may run. Walking on a treadmill at > the gym can be boring. My eyesight generally is fine. But I tried > reading (magazines) while walking but it strains my eyes a bit and the > its the general movement from walking makes it difficult to keep > focussed on words. Is this something you get used to or is there some > technique to make reading on a treadmill more practical. I run on my dreadmill now and then at home, and try to have a supply of DVDs with races and tris recorded. It seems to be easier for me to keep from being bored if I'm watching others running, particularly if they happen to be running at a similar cadence! Another option: podcasts. Download from your computer - nearly any subject you can think of you can listen to... Teresa in AZ |