How to Stay Entertained on a Treadmill

By Philip Yiga | October 4, 2016

When having a workout on treadmill, its can at-times be difficult to stay entertained and motivated especially when running/walking for a longer period of time without experiencing any change of scenery. So, the only way to stay dedicated and motivated during your workout-routine on a treadmill is by integrating entertainment into your workout and this will even prevent you from getting bored. On the other hand, some of the things you can do to entertain yourself when having a workout include listening to music, reading magazines and books, watching television, surfing the internet and a lot more. In fact, you can even decide to develop a variety of workouts with different entertain-options in order to make your workout-routine more exciting. All in all, I have compiled a guide below that will help stay entertained and motivated as you workout;

MEHTOD-1: Integrating Games And Media-Entertainment To Your Workouts:

1. Listen to music as you workout: listening to music as you workout will help to keep you entertained and motivated which in-turn will help you to push harder during any workout-routine. So, consider listening to music using stereo headsets and portable music-player when working-out at home. Additionally, consider selecting a variety of your favorite rock and dance songs that fall between 120-to-140bpm in order to achieve a more effective workout.

 

2. Try listening to different forms of audio-entertainment: in case you don’t want to listen to music when having a workout, then you may consider listening to different forms of audio-entertainment that are of interest to you. Some of the examples of audio-entertainment you can listen to include comedy-shows, talk-radio, audio-books and even educational audio-materials.

 

3. Consider watching television: you may consider watching television as you work-out on a treadmill and the good thing is that most gyms are equipped with suspended television-sets you can easily watch from a distance as your workout and even some treadmills are even integrated with television-sets over the console. However, you will have to position your treadmill directly in-front of the television while having a workout at home. Additionally, consider watching your favorite TV-shows and movies because these will help you get motivated and even enable you maintain your daily workout-routine.

 

4. Read interesting books and magazines: reading a book or magazine that interests you while having a workout can actually be a great way of staying entertained as you work out over a treadmill. However, this should only be done if the magazine or book your reading is securely secured onto a treadmill in order ensure optimum safety as you workout. So, try to get a treadmill that is equipped with an accessory holder/tray that can easily support your books/magazines or you consider using clips to secure the books/magazines to your treadmill as you workout. Additionally, you may consider a digital e-reader or even a tablet while having a workout.

 

5. Get fun-games to play as you workout: you may consider getting fun-games and then play them while having a workout over the treadmill. So, you can play games like counting-games, running-games and a lot more depending on what you prefer. Additionally, you may decide to increase on the treadmill-speed to a pace of the game in order to achieve more effective workout-results.

 

MEHTOD-2: How To Achieve An Entertaining Workout-Routine:

1. Go for a different interval/running-program daily: today, most treadmills are designed with settings that enable you to select from different workout-programs in order to keep you motivated and entertained. In fact, you can browse these running-programs using the integrated control or buttons over the treadmill-console. You may also consider reading the included user-manual in order to determine the programs to select for certain workout-routines.

 

2. Consider training a different section of the body daily: you can also decide to focus on training different parts of your body on a daily-basis while having a workout over your treadmill in order to achieve more effective results. In fact, most treadmills don’t provide someone with a complete body-workout and this why you need to integrate either a strength-training or cardio-training to your workout in order to make your exercising-routine more interesting and entertaining. So, you may consider doing some strength-training, muscle-building and other cardio-workouts over your treadmill but make sure that you slow-down it pace for best results.

 

3. Try racing with the person next to you while on a treadmill: racing with the person just next to you while having a workout on a treadmill will actually help to keep you entertained and motivated which is actually a great thing. In fact, racing with a friend when on treadmill will actually enable you know how far you can endure a particular workout-program and even improves on your workout-routine.

 

4. Try setting daily exercise-goals: working-out towards a daily set-goal will actually help to keep you motivated, entertained and even focused through your workout-routine. So, you will need to set goals that help you meet your fitness-goals and you will then have to gradually increase on your goals as time passes for best workout-results.

Tips To Consider When Entertaining Yourself Over A Treadmill:

• Always be extra-careful as your playing games or watch television over treadmill because once you lose attention and control over the treadmill you will be most likely to crush and injure yourself.
• Always place your treadmill directly in-front of the treadmill in order to achieve a clearer view of what your watching while keeping track of your workout.
• Avoid playing games that require much of your attention because such games won’t actually enable you to concentrate on your workout and this may lead to serious accidents and injuries.
• Always time your treadmill to specific pace that matches your music-style in order to achieve a more effective workout that will enable you to easily meet your fitness-goals while getting entertained and motivated.
• Try to be attentive when starting your workout over treadmill and you should only begin playing games or listen to music after getting used to walking/running over treadmill for best workout-results and safety-precautions.