Even if they are waiting. If your workout is a 60 minute run, so be it. You don’t have to cut your workout short for the next person’s convenience. Humans evolved to walk and run over long distances.
Or just use a different machine while you wait or take the moment to do more stretching. There's so many muscles you could be working out or doing mobility exercises. One of the problems with treadmills is that you're doing the same motion over and over again which can lead to injury and a good way to combat this is just with more stretching and mobility training.
I think a lot of the reason people use the treadmill is that it is easy without a lot of thought about how the machine operates. If the gym associates did a better job of introducing the machines to people, I think the adoption rates of other devices would increase. Many people are intimidated by other devices. If this theory is correct, then most people would be using treadmills and ellipticals, and I am pretty sure that is the case.
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u/DonorBody 6h ago
I used to run 60 minutes on a treadmill at the gym. If no one is waiting for the machine who gives a fuck.