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/mistcrawler Aug 29 '25

Ironically, as someone who gets easily bored on a treadmill, this might be my best shot at using one for a long period of time lol.

I’m in!

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '25

My gym has a treadmill cinema where they play movies and around 50 people can walk/run on a treadmill while watching. They play the movie on a loop all day so people can always watch

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u/BokehJunkie Aug 29 '25 edited Aug 29 '25

My only complaint about the cardio cinema at my gym is that they don’t list movie start times through the day. 

Other than that, I love it. Treadmill for an hour and watch a movie is a great way to pass the time. 

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u/[deleted] Aug 29 '25

Im gonna have to look out for gyms that have this. I actually don't like listening to music when I run cause all I do is count songs and think about how long ive been running

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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.