Rajat Chauhan Rajat Chauhan

The best treadmill: No, not the one you know

There is more to a treadmill than you know so far.

Idea of exercising for me is to get out of the rat race that today's life has to offer. Physical and mental benefits are a by-product. 

'The trouble with a rat race is that even when you win, you are still a rat.' 

As much as you are told to just do it for a sound body, sound mind or to become forever faster, walking or running on a Treadmill makes you more of a rat.

Rat gets on a wheel. 

Sooner than later, you'll realise that you have been 'f***ed'. There is no point being polite about it. 

Each time someone mentions to me that they use treadmill, I think of these hamsters below.

Hamster Wheel : I saw these guys and couldn't resist filming them. Here is the shortened version of the shorthaired syrian hamsters adventure in dominating the wheel. Music : Swissy Missy by Bert Kaempfert

There is a major flaw with running on a treadmill. It is a belt that is moving. If you can learn to sync your hopping well, you'll be able to stay on the treadmill even when the belt is moving at very high speeds that you can't otherwise do on the ground. 

There is another problem. The idea of exercising is to connect better with yourself. In gyms you'll have loud music or news channels showing some soap opera. If you happen to be using the treadmill at home, your partner, children or parents could be yelling at you. Wasn't the idea to get away from the circus for just a bit? 

Below is a great treadmill on a bike that takes care of all of the above. I am not a big fan of cycling as compared to running, but this one is just different, very different. You don't yet again sit on your back side.

Wacht niet langer en bestel nu online úw Lopifit via www.lopifit.nl/winkel Wandelend een fietser bijhouden? Het kan met de Lopifit, de unieke fiets voorzien van een loopband. Hierop bereikt u met een normale wandelinspanning een snelheid van 25 kilometer per uur. Bovendien bezorgt het u veel plezier en is het een buitengewoon gezonde manier om uzelf voort te bewegen.

Now stop being a rat. One Life. Get Off Your Arse (GOYA).

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