There’s a lot of logic behind driving to the gym to use a treadmill.
I just can’t believe that anyone would ask why a person would drive to a gym (instead of walk) and then walk on a treadmill.
But there’s actually a lot of rhyme and reason to doing this.
I’m a former certified personal trainer, and I’ve driven to the gym for treadmill workouts.
I located two Web sites in which the question, “Why do people drive to the gym to use a treadmill?” is posed. Some of the answers are that people are lazy.
Hmmm. If you’re one of these critical folk, you won’t feel so insightful once you finish reading the following reasons why a person would drive to the gym and then walk (or run) on a treadmill.
Nine Reasons People Drive to Gym, then Use Treadmill (no particular order)
#1. To avoid getting heckled. Many walkers and joggers are self-conscious and just don’t want dozens and dozens of passing motorists seeing them move, especially if they’re considerably overweight.
Even an attractive woman may feel uncomfortable jogging along streets, not wanting to get whistled or hollered at by leering men in pickup trucks. There may not be a park nearby.
#2. A person may be in very poor physical condition, and would rather become fatigued and worn out inside a controlled environment than out on the streets.
#3. A treadmill has settings that a street or sidewalk does not. Set the machine at 4 mph and you guarantee a 4 mph pace. Outdoors, you may slow down and not realize it.
#4. A treadmill has an incline.
#5. Many people don’t like walking or jogging under a minimal or over a maximal temperature, and/or don’t like exercising outside if it’s windy.
What may seem like a “beautiful day” to you may be a bit too nippy for someone else to exert themselves.
#6. The only time a person may be able to walk or run may be in the evening when all the bugs are out.
#7. One who drives to the gym to use a treadmill might also have plans afterwards to do some shopping or visit some friends.
#8. The environment of a gym instills more discipline and drive in some individuals, being surrounded by like-minded people on other cardio equipment.
#9. After a treadmill workout, even though a person drives to the gym just to do this, they know deep down inside that they will follow up with a few additional exercises: with equipment that only the gym has, or with exercises that they can do at home (e.g., sit-ups) but wouldn’t simply because the home environment isn’t motivating enough.
Don’t fault those who drive to the gym to use a treadmill!
