I stopped walking outside in Nov 2013 because it started getting dark and started rebounding inside. I feel like I need to start walking again now that it is getting lighter again in the morning, but it's been so wet. When it is raining, the rain goes through the mesh on the tops of my walking shoes and my feet get wet pretty fast.
We bought a treadmill off Craigslist about two weeks ago. I've done it a few times and I like being able to track my speed and mileage! But it is sooooooooo boring to trudge along. I found that I was "dreading" it because of the boredom factor, so I'm trying to think of ideas to help that. I'm going to keep adding to my list so when I need new ideas, they'll be right here.
Right now I'm doing 15 minutes at 2.3 speed setting and no incline. Since I haven't been walking, this is plenty for me right now. That turns out to be only 1/2 mile! I'm still doing about 10 minutes of health bounce on the rebounder and Fitness Blender's Easy Warm Up Cardio Workout, which I can do!
Things to do to bust the treadmill boredom:
-YouTube "Let it Go" from Frozen
-Watch a movie
-Watch travel or virtual exercise DVDs or YouTube
-Listen to music (I think I need something visual on the treadmill even though the iPod works well when I'm outside)
-Listen to an audiobook while watching a travel video
It turns out that it is very difficult to watch a movie because I can't really hear it over the sound of the treadmill. I'm thinking I might have to listen to the iPod and watch travel videos...?
My choices are:
-music
-audiobook
-soundtrack
Hey, look at this! A treadmill desk! Now THAT would be amazing! I could do Facebook and surfing all while walking...hmmm.
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