Reading on treadmill question

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>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.
bj
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Depends on what you want to read .....MP3 player and audiobooks? I use
these both on my exercise bike and when taking my boring therapeutic walks
round the neighbourhood.

Barb

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>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.
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> 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.
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"Charlie Pendejo" wrote in message

> :
>> 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

To suggest something else for walkers: my sister's favorite winter workout
is mall-walking.

-Tony, who catches up on DVRed movies and programs on the dreadmill
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Tony S. wrote:
> "Charlie Pendejo" wrote in message
>
>
>> :
>>
>>>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
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"bj" wrote in message

> wrote in message
>
>>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
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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
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> Books on DVDs from the library!! Being read to is a blast and no visual
> issues.


Places rent through mail too. I use a lot when driving. Not running.
I beleive some may be downloadable mp3s too.
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> "bj" wrote in message
>> have you tried something in Large Print?
>> check your local library.
>

"Doug Freese" wrote in message

>
> 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
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Well I think it is better to just watch a movie while doing the treadmill than reading.


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