crimzy
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Originally Posted by TheClemsonKid
http:///forum/post/3011411
I actually did a paper on this in college on how running is affected by the mind and the body.
There were these trials set up at Clemson, where people were put on a treadmill with a variety of different things to keep their minds occupied. While the control group was in a plain room, with nothing but a wall to look at.
As it turns out, when people get "tired", it's usually their mind telling them so, not their actual bodies.
The people in the control group lasted the shortest amount of time across the board.
They figured it was because the less you have to think about, the more likely you were to focus on how tired you "think" you should be getting. The ones who lasted the longest were those who were listening to music that they choose.
I also remember another group that seemed to last a long time was when there was an "attractive member of the opposite s ex" within plain view.
So the moral of the story... if you want to try and run, park yourself behind a hottie with an iPod playing your favorite tunes!
Originally Posted by GeriDoc
http:///forum/post/3012143
It's boredom on a treadmill! Human beings have enormous capacity to run. There are tribes in Africa that hunt by chasing their prey into exhaustion. It is hypothesized that the loss of fur from our bodies allowed us to shed excess heat during exercise more easily, giving us a greater ability to run long distances. So...we have the biological ability to run long distances, we just get bored with the whole thing when we work on a treadmill.
I have been running with no music or anything at all. This is probably why running for 15 minutes feels like an eternity. Got to start adding some music to the mix.
http:///forum/post/3011411
I actually did a paper on this in college on how running is affected by the mind and the body.
There were these trials set up at Clemson, where people were put on a treadmill with a variety of different things to keep their minds occupied. While the control group was in a plain room, with nothing but a wall to look at.
As it turns out, when people get "tired", it's usually their mind telling them so, not their actual bodies.
The people in the control group lasted the shortest amount of time across the board.
They figured it was because the less you have to think about, the more likely you were to focus on how tired you "think" you should be getting. The ones who lasted the longest were those who were listening to music that they choose.
I also remember another group that seemed to last a long time was when there was an "attractive member of the opposite s ex" within plain view.
So the moral of the story... if you want to try and run, park yourself behind a hottie with an iPod playing your favorite tunes!
Originally Posted by GeriDoc
http:///forum/post/3012143
It's boredom on a treadmill! Human beings have enormous capacity to run. There are tribes in Africa that hunt by chasing their prey into exhaustion. It is hypothesized that the loss of fur from our bodies allowed us to shed excess heat during exercise more easily, giving us a greater ability to run long distances. So...we have the biological ability to run long distances, we just get bored with the whole thing when we work on a treadmill.
I have been running with no music or anything at all. This is probably why running for 15 minutes feels like an eternity. Got to start adding some music to the mix.
