TVs on treadmills

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Saturnal wrote:

IMO, if you can focus on a TV show while doing cardio...you're not doing it hard enough.

I can concentrate on a show just fine while within target heart rate range for cardio. However, it's not as easy to do while on a treadmill. Too much bouncing and balancing or something??

Ellipticals with personal TV's = awesome.
Never again would I have to suffer through another hour of Delaware vs. Delaware State.

Personally, I feel less guilty watching TV at the gym than I do sitting on my ass watching it at home. The only complaint I have about the built in monitors on bikes/ellipticals is that the screens often have bad glare.

Danimal

I just wish they could replace the t.v. with an ashtray so I could smoke while working out.

mca47

I like the TV, and I also like my Ipod.

What beats both of them is the hot blond with the tight workout clothes on the machine in front of me!
Oh man! If she is there, I'm pretty sure I could run all day long!


Too bad she's married... :(

PJGARDEN

I hate the TVs on the treadmill. Thank god my gym doesnt have them. I used a treamill with a tv 1 time at a hotel while I was out of town. It was horrible. I got a little motion sick while I was running so I turned it off. I like my iPod. Its helps me block out everything else but still concentrate on working out.

I agree that every gym is lacking something. I don't think I have ever been completly satisfied with a gym. The gym I'm at now is where the high school kids go to socialize. I really don't care what they do but when there is a pack of them sitting on 3 or 4 machines in a row it gets annoying. Their not working out just talking and mgmt at the gym won't do anything about it.

GreenTeaDisease

PJGARDEN wrote:

I hate the TVs on the treadmill. Thank god my gym doesnt have them. I used a treamill with a tv 1 time at a hotel while I was out of town. It was horrible. I got a little motion sick while I was running so I turned it off. I like my iPod. Its helps me block out everything else but still concentrate on working out.

I agree that every gym is lacking something. I don't think I have ever been completly satisfied with a gym. The gym I'm at now is where the high school kids go to socialize. I really don't care what they do but when there is a pack of them sitting on 3 or 4 machines in a row it gets annoying. Their not working out just talking and mgmt at the gym won't do anything about it.

yes it makes me motion sick too! when it's off too- from watching the reflection in the screen bounce around. I thought I was crazy...

you know, I actually really liked this one bally's I used to belong to, believe it or not. where it was lacking was the areas I don't really care too much about, like a nice locker room. but for the most part it was just a gym. plenty of free weights and room to use them, and the cardio machines were facing mirrors which was awesome! good spin classes and I had a good trainer there too. the gym at the university where I went to grad school was pretty good too. some of the free weight equipment needed to be fixed or replaced, but for the most part it was a good place to work out. again, just a gym with no bells and whistles.

ReeenkRoink

My Gym has them and they bugged me out at first but now Im used to it. They also don't work unless you plug in head phones, which sucks. I like to listen to my music and watch a game if its on. Otherwise I just don't have it on.

Here's a trick you can use besides bringing extra headphones.
On the box connected to the treadmill where you can change the station and adjust the volume there is a cord from the TV that plugs into the back of it. If you unplug that the tv will stay on. You can't change the channel, but it works. I usually do this and leave it on. I pay enough a month to that place, they shouldn't be trying to cheap out on the electric bill.

RolandTD20Kdrummer

TV's on treadmills. Yes excellent. My gym has them on the bikes as well.

Anything to drift the mind off into another time zone so that is passes more quickly is awesome imo.

know1

GreenTeaDisease wrote:

yeah I think I will do that. doesn't solve the problem of having a TV screen 2 inches from my face while I'm trying to run though...what a pain, seems like every gym is lacking in at least one element.

It will be less reflective if it's on, though.

Pearls&Stones

I CAN NOT go to a gym. If that was my only option, I'd never exercise. I have a treadmill and a bike (with moving arms) in my basement. They both point directly at my tv. These situations are what music DVD's and tv show DVD's were made for. "Immagine in Cornice" is perfect for working out. You get Pearl Jam tunes synced up with something to watch to keep your eyes away from the clock.

Some other DVD's I like while working out...

Pearl Jam "Touring Band" "Showbox" and "Garden"
Rolling Stones "4 Flicks" and "Biggest Bang"
U2 2001 in Boston, 2005 in Chicago
Dave Matthews "Listener Supported" and "Central Park"

plus, various seasons of South Park and Aqua Teen Hunger Force

CHANGEinWAVES

we canceled our gym membership this year and bought an elliptical...same kind they had at the gym(the hubby has bad knees). We have a tv in the exercise area in the basement but I usually put on Pj concert Dvds they really get me pumped!