How to stop hate treadmill
Sport And Fitness / / December 19, 2019
I have some experience in running: doing it for almost two years and ran seven marathons. All this time I hated the treadmill, and almost every runner ceremony will name three to five reasons, turning to him personally this activity into a living hell.
But a couple of months ago I found myself in a situation where it is necessary to run and nowhere to run except track. In the New Year holiday on the island of Bali, the temperature was usually about 39 ° C, while I promised myself to run 100 kilometers in 10 days. Well, not to get out of shape.
The hotel showed a small gym with a couple of treadmills and to retreat was not of their own promises. For 10 days there I managed to run on the track 108 kilometers and unlearning hate unfortunate simulator. I offer you my experience obtained in the format "problem - solution".
To run on the track hot and stuffy
If you look closely, many fitness centers allow you to adjust the temperature in their rooms. It is necessary to make colder, and the run will be more pleasant.
The hotel's fitness center to Bali I went about 15 minutes before the next race, and daily put the air conditioner on low (18 ° C). If you look around, you will surely see the panel from the air conditioner, or the administrator of the hall is easy to agree to help you tighten up on time, central air-conditioning.
The larger the hall is the people, the more unpleasant run.
A feeling that the stuffiness even in the presence of a number of another person significantly increases the level of comfort is reduced. It makes sense to take a path away from other people. This can be difficult in the conditions crowded roomBut than to suffer in the stifling atmosphere, it may be wise to come earlier or later?
This is a subtle, almost philosophical point! If you are going to suffer because of the lack of air, you probably quickly throw a run for the whole winter, or will engage in significantly less and lose form. If we make the effort to come and not in the most poppin time, you are more likely to be able to run. However, it should at least try? By the way, you can wear a minimum of clothing - will be even less hot and stuffy.
Dorogushchy need to buy a subscription to a fitness club
It's true. But there are several life hacking, how to make access to the track for less. Firstly, you can find the most modest fitness room. Cost of services may differ in two or three times, depending on the "stuffing". Second, the clubs offer tickets not for a year and a month or quarter. This is just enough to train in the cold season.
More walk to the nearest good hotel and ask the staff if you can not deal with them in the gym. Four- and five-star hotels must offer guests access to the gym, to have as many stars. However, they often let visitors from the street for a very small fee. Personally, I have been doing it for such a scheme in the gym of the hotel, which is located in my backyard, and it comes very cheap.
I'm too lazy to travel far in my fitness to run
Perhaps you have chosen some wonderful fitness club, which is not very conveniently located, and it spoils. Than to have a subscription to a great gym, but do not use it, it is better to spit on the money spent and buy a ticket to where you will be able to physically get to often. And there running.
If Bali gym was not 30 meters from the door of my room, you do not even know if I could keep my promise to run 100 kilometers there or not. Still, the old rule in marketing «location, location, location» works here in full.
If running on a track - stress for you, you do not need to strengthen its inconvenient location of the track away from your usual route.
Another life hacking - to buy a home treadmill. Forgive the seeming banality, but everything is not so clear. Firstly, it is relatively inexpensive. Searching the internet, you can easily find a suitable simulator at a fairly low price. Plus, you know exactly unnecessary dusts couple of tracks, as they have bought them, but do not run, and they will sell you one for a knockdown price - ask at facebook! Or Avito.
By the way, there are treadmills foldable and occupy no more than one and a half square meters. In addition, it is quite liquid commodity - you should be able to sell it, if it is not you need. And, excuse me, you do not live alone, right? Can run everything. Imagine how many tickets would cost in the fitness club at all.
On the track running boring and monotonous, but it's cold outside, but the fun
Yes, dull. However, when I ran into the hall in Bali, I had a goal, which is certainly not entertaining, but motivated. It runs just so it will be harder than running with a purpose. If you have decided to run on the track, then Make life easier and run, for example, 30 kilometers per week, or 5 kilometers every day, or 200 kilometers per month. When there is a purpose and a commitment to themselves - all given lighter than in the "try, suddenly turn out."
More positive comments about running on the track
Narcissism. In some fitness rooms you can run, seeing himself in the mirror. Thus there is a unique opportunity to observe his technique of running, without resorting to a movie. See if you put the right foot, do not throw if the heel in hand, does not rotate if the upper part of the body around its axis, and so on.
comfortable clothes. In winter, in the hall on the track you can run in the summer running form and not sweating excessively warm winter running clothes. In theory, if properly dressed for winter outdoor jogging, it should not be hot. But this is only in theory, right? Another positive point: on the track can be run in light summer shoes, but on the street you will likely have to wear something heavier. Why all this?
Security. I know a lot of people who long to deal with, because they received injury when running on ice in winter. On the track it is very difficult to get hurt. Well, except that you zapnotes and fly away into the wall. No, it is sometimes nice to run and in winter the streets when the weather this has. But it does not have to do this all the time - and you can suffer. In general, the track - it is an opportunity not to risk when you do not want it, and still running.
So you've met with a number of pros and cons of running on a track. If I did not live in the northern metropolis, and in the beautiful southern town with a developed infrastructure for year-round races, then in any case would not have looked on the treadmill. But life is more complicated, so that the opening of the running season and Marathon had all winter to prepare predominantly on the track. And I do not suffer, and what you want.