The Absurdity of These Real Life Arguments Is Unbelievable

Phantom Running

This was recent—someone who doesn’t run tried to tell me that running on a treadmill doesn’t count because you can just lift up your legs and that the track does all the work.

I tried to explain that while it isn’t 100% the same as running outside, your body wants to stay relative to the moving track so yes, you are propelling yourself forward, and many outside runners—myself included!—run on treadmills at some point for training when the weather isn’t cooperating.

I’m pretty sure we would be able to tell if we weren’t exerting any effort on the treadmill. He said that people who run on treadmills are lazy and we are all wasting our time pretending to work out. Okay buddy. Story credit: Reddit / _banana_panda_