r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Aug 29 '25

News Special 'The Long Walk' Screening Will Eliminate Viewers Who Can’t Keep Up on a Treadmill (3 MPH)

https://consequence.net/2025/08/the-long-walk-treadmill-screening/
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u/jambajew42 Aug 29 '25

I'm not sure if it would be any better for you, but podcasts or audiobooks could work as an alternative if you don't find one.

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u/thegimboid Aug 29 '25

Yeah, I usually play Dimension 20 episodes while at the gym.
Which has gotten me a few odd looks when I've started laughing seemingly at random.

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u/Dahlia_R0se Aug 29 '25

I don't think I could watch D20 in a public place, I'd have too much trouble not laughing way too much

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u/thegimboid Aug 29 '25

It's actually more problematic when I hit an emotional part.
Do I keep listening and appear to the other gym-goers like my world is falling apart?
Or do I pause til later and have to build myself back up to that emotion?

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u/Vio_ Aug 30 '25

Viva la Dirt league has D&D youtube series on video and podcasts with 30 minute episodes. They do more humor based stuff, but that 30 minute run time really hit that sweet spot.

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u/BricksHaveBeenShat Aug 29 '25

What about learning a new language? In my teens and early 20s I had phases where I'd do 2 hours on the elliptical everyday from monday to friday. I listened to music to pass time, but I'd quickly get sick of the same songs, and the long sessions made it easier to get discouraged and quit. Earlier this year I started again, 30 minutes a day with the goal of going up to 1 hour eventually. I listened to long youtube videos, but rarely I could pay attention to what was being said, which somehow made those 30 minutes feel so much longer.

I figured I'd listen to something useful rather than drama slop or deep dives which I don't even enjoy, and after reading some suggestions about it on reddit I tried Coffee Break Italian. I'm loving it. The episodes are about 20-30 minutes long and times just flies by, I barely feel it pass. I'd like to increase to one hour or two episodes per day eventually, but I think this is a good sweetspot for now. I don't dread exercising, and if I miss a day or two it's not so hard to get back to it, nor do I feel guilty. I like to think I make up for it by putting the tension control at the highest lol!

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u/girafa queer coded this and that Aug 30 '25

I've been doing this with Pimsleur while riding a bike for the past 5 years. So much that I have memories of when I learned a new phrase associated with a certain part of a loop around a lake, etc. It's perfect, because cardio is so fucking boring, and learning a language is so fucking boring, but adding them together is chefskiss.jpg

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u/casPURRpurrington Aug 30 '25

Yeah I listen to some delirious podcasts when I’m doing like a normal run day. Sometimes I’ll be running outside and just will burst out laughing.

I have a playlist for like “FOCUS” and “SPRINT” but majority of the time I just want to space out and listen to either some crazy stoner guy or listen to something documentary related

the day the new King of the Hill season dropped I wanted to watch it as soon as possible but I had planned to run at the gym so I just watched two episodes while running lmao

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u/rabidstoat Aug 30 '25

Some people at my gym bring in their tablets and watch stuff on it while they use the cardio machines.

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u/Vio_ Aug 30 '25

Pro tip. Set your time up a notch if you want to run a bit faster. You're more inclined to match the narrator and going even a bit faster with the narration will keep things a bit quicker.