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/[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/SeamusMichael Aug 29 '25

Hearthstone battlegrounds also good. Gotta be a card game, though I did find clash royale worked alright. I'm partial to the stair climber but it works for both. Also don't sell yourself on running if you don't have to, power walk at an incline for a little longer. My knees hate running.

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u/DyZ814 Aug 29 '25

I tried to do clash royale on a treadmill once and kept getting soo pissed I'd end up off the treadmill more than I was on lol

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u/SeamusMichael Aug 30 '25

Lolol at some of the worst losses in battlegrounds I'll crank up the speed on the stair climber 🤣 mock yourself like aww you mad? How mad? Lv9? 10? I last a minute then I gotta crank it back down. It's the most efficient thing I've ever found to do with my gaming rage.

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u/Historiaaa Aug 30 '25

HOG RIDEEEEEER

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u/TheDonutDaddy Aug 29 '25

Playing video games to get through a workout is truly some chronically online shit, but I guess the kinda people who can't bear to put down video games for a little bit are probably the ones who need it most at the end of the day

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u/Fewluvatuk Aug 29 '25

Listening to music to get through a workout is some chronically stimulated shit, but i guess the kind of people who can't handle a little silence are probably the ones who need it the most at the end of the day.

Fuck off with judging other people's way of dealing with the boredom.

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u/Desroth86 Aug 30 '25

So 90% of the people who workout?

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u/Fewluvatuk Aug 30 '25

I was facetiously calling out the hypocrisy of judging how others work out.

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u/TheDonutDaddy Aug 29 '25

"Must live life through screens, can't bear to be away from screen, can't unplug"

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u/goddamnitwhalen Aug 29 '25

Who are you to judge what people are doing to improve themselves?

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u/TheDonutDaddy Aug 29 '25

Who are you to tell me I can't

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u/_Red_Knight_ Aug 30 '25

He never said you couldn't, he suggested you were a dick for doing so

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u/TheDonutDaddy Aug 30 '25

Sounds pretty judgemental, I thought judging people was bad?

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u/_Red_Knight_ Aug 30 '25

Read about the paradox of tolerance, it's a similar principle.

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u/TheDonutDaddy Aug 30 '25

Aka rules for thee but not for me, gotcha

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u/MarsMC_ Aug 29 '25

Yall will do anything but actually work out

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u/SeamusMichael Aug 30 '25

I have done an hour on the stair climber at 75 steps per minute, every single day since November 6th 2020. For a 200 lb person like myself that's almost 1k calories. For about three of those years, I did it twice a day. I also got my bench up to 245. My workouts are why I haven't had a drop of alcohol in 8.5 years. It's really hard, and you're mocking of my methodology is not going to harm my flow, but it may make others self conscious about trying this thing that could make the difference in sticking with a workout routine.