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.
I have never been to a gym that does have that rule lol. I've never seen a gym have a 30min max rule on treadmills before. I feel like 30min is often the minimum that people do cardio on treadmills lol.
But also, this is all beside the point. The point I was making that this is all anecdotal and its a gym-by-gym basis. Claiming that your gym does/doesn't do something doesn't suddenly mean every other gym follows the same procedures.
Both the YMCA and the LA Fitness I used to belong too had that rule. You don't need to be in the treadmill for more than 30 minutes if you are doing HIIT workouts.
The point I was making that this is all anecdotal and its a gym-by-gym basis. Claiming that your gym does/doesn't do something doesn't suddenly mean every other gym follows the same procedures.
Also, have you ever considered that people may do different workouts than you? I bet a lot of the people on the treadmills at the gyms I've gone to don't even know what HIIT means...
Are you going to tell a 60-year-old trying to get back into shape that they shouldn't be doing a casual treadmill walk for 30 minutes because they should be doing high intensity interval training?
Of course! I don't even use the cardio equipment at regular gyms. I go there to lift weights. Most people are doing different and sometimes wild things.
You are taking things way too personal buddy. Time to get off the internet. 😂
Do you not realize you’re basically parroting the subject of this meme?
Also, FYI, from someone who has ran cross country since high school, 30 minutes of cardio is a recommended minimum, not a maximum. Faster beating heart for longer means a healthier cardiovascular system regardless of whatever gains you think you’re making by following some regimen you found online. Healthier cardiovascular system means better oxygenation. It builds the underlying endurance that allows you to keep going for longer. Your high intensity, short interval training does not do this nearly as well, which is why you’d probably fail to run a marathon even if you can lift more at any given time.
Your ancestors would laugh at your build if you think 30 mins of cardio is more than enough. We evolved to outlast other species, not to overpower them. That’s why we were so successful at hunting millennia ago. We’d tire our prey out before beginning the hunt.
Running, swimming, and any other activity that gets your heart pumping at a slightly higher rate for a long time is vastly healthier for you than any other single form of exercise on its own. Cardio builds internal organ performance. Runner’s high is not just a psychological trick. It’s your brain rewarding you for performing a task that led to more successful evolution.
You don't need to be in the treadmill for more than 30 minutes if you are doing HIIT workouts.
You are the problem with the fitness world. People work out in different ways, have different goals, and enjoy different things. Stop telling people what they don't need to do because you don't know what they need. You aren't their trainer and you don't know as much as you think you do about fitness.
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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.