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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How can you read a magazine while exercising??[/quote]

Unless you're trying to use walking on the treadmill as a means of "going for a light casual walk" while it's pouring rain outside. But generally, if you can read while you're exercising, you're not exercising nearly hard enough.[/quote]

If you're on a machine where you're not bouncing a lot, like a stairmill or an elliptical, you certainly can read a magazine. [/quote]

It's pretty hard to do if you're getting your heart rate up and sweating, even fast walking, on an incline, or a bike. The people I see with magazine are always looking very leisurely. Not sweating, not going fast or looking strained, no color in their face from the increased blood flow. I wonder if these are the same people who say they go to the gym and complain about the scale never moving. [/quote]

This is actually sort of funny. With the exception of running on a treadmill or taking a spin class, I would love to see someone working so hard on say, a recumbent bike, or even an elliptical, that they couldn't read a magazine. I can set my treadmill to 15% incline and walk for an hour at 4.0 mph, get a great workout and still read a magazine. [/quote]

Please tell me you're not holding on to the treadmill. Otherwise you are definitely not getting a "great workout:[/quote]

LOL - I love the old partner in the office gym leaning back on the treadmill while holding onto the handrail. I asked him, "how fast do you think you could actually go without holding on?"[/quote]

This bad habit is rampant at a couple of the gyms that I frequent, and I have no idea how it caught on. There is no semi decent personal trainer that would suggest doing this - and it's also bad for your posture. What on earth kind of exercise does this mimic???

[img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mD4plOhEiiA/U_qaE89kwzI/AAAAAAAAIU0/75mGdPNPHD0/s1600/Treadmill%2BLifefitness.jpg[/img]

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[img]http://www.peakptfitness.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1429045090300-300x300.jpeg[/img]

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THIS WOMAN IS A BAD INFLUENCE, DO NOT DO WHAT SHE IS DOING

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This woman knows how to do things right

[img]http://www.askthetrainer.com/image-files/incline-trainer.jpg[/img]

Also this woman - you go girl

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Clearly I feel very passionate about this subject. I just don't understand how and why this terrible trend caught on.

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