Exercising at the gym mostly consists of doing repetitive motions for periods that are longer than we\u2019d like, right? And usually in a place where the d\u00e9cor is industrial. Walking on a treadmill or riding an elliptical bike involve pretending to be on a journey, except that the view doesn\u2019t change \u2013 and it wasn\u2019t much of a view to begin with!<\/p>\n
Audiobooks are great for two things. First of all, a good workout book helps with motivation, and motivation isn\u2019t always strong for many of us. Secondly, a well-read story transports us from our actual, mundane situation to somewhere in our mind. Seattle PI discusses the value of a good narrator, with a wide variety of suggestions (not all, it should be said, manly in taste):<\/p>\n
http:\/\/blog.seattlepi.com\/happilyevenafter\/2012\/01\/26\/the-ultimate-motivation-for-working-out-audiobooks\/<\/a><\/p>\n Julia Sweeney (who I shall assume is not anyone\u2019s dad)\u00a0 has a fine piece in the Guardian about audiobooks and the treadmill:<\/p>\n \u201cI own a treadmill. My treadmill goal is simple: burn 500 calories. To do this, I need to be on the treadmill for one hour; 60 eternity-long minutes. And then I have to do it again and again, four or five times a week, every week.\u201d<\/p>\n Her recommendation is audiobooks \u2013 in her case, about Keith Richards!<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/lifeandstyle\/2011\/jul\/01\/treadmill-exercise-audiobooks<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Exercising at the gym mostly consists of doing repetitive motions for periods that are longer than we\u2019d like, right? And usually in a place where the d\u00e9cor is industrial. Walking on a treadmill or riding an elliptical bike involve pretending to be on a journey, except that the view doesn\u2019t change \u2013 and it wasn\u2019t … Continue reading “Audiobooks At the Gym”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audiobooks-for-dad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":412,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions\/412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.audiobooksnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}