Quotes About Treadmill

Sadly, senescent companies can't be euthanized. Instead, semi-comatose, they hang on, closing facilities, killing brands, throttling R&D, shedding staff, merging with lethargic rivals, and lobbying for regulatory help. These are "treadmill companies," and there are more of them than you think.

The problem with the treadmill is I just don't know what to do in my head. You either stare at the mirror or concentrate on the TV. It makes me ill because I can't relax on a treadmill.

I try to go to the gym. I either go on the rower or watch a TV show on the treadmill, and then I do some weight lifting.

social treadmill effect: You get rich, move to rich neighborhoods, then become poor again. To that add the psychological treadmill effect; you get used to wealth and revert to a set point of satisfaction. This problem of some people never really getting to feel satisfied by wealth (beyond a given point) has been the subject of technical discussions on happiness.

To this point it probably looks like I am setting this up as a slam-dunk case for ambulating while working, and getting ready to lambaste treadmill-resistant managers as insensitive and tragically shortsighted knuckle draggers. Well, they are.

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor; and if one is a member of a captive population, economically speaking, one's feet have simply been placed on the treadmill forever.

I can't run on treadmills; they drive me nuts.

I did not scream, not yet. I had a series of odd thoughts as adrenaline blasted through my body. "Do I want to die to this song? It's a good song but do I want to die to it? What song would be a good song to die to? I should make a death playlist for my iPod for when I have time to decide before I die what song I want to hear. I'm an older guy. I could be on a treadmill and feel a pain shooting down my arm. Better pick a tune, fast.

Nothing lifts me out of a bad mood better than a hard workout on my treadmill. It never fails. Exercise is nothing short of a miracle.