fitness equipment, weight lossOver the years, I have been apart of big gyms, small gyms and the little bit of fitness equipment I have at home. Variety is always the best for weight loss but I have found the single factor in helping me workout longer along with music is TV. My apartment complex has TVs built onto the treadmills and elliptical machines. Unless there is a big game on or something I will always be listening to music but still turn the TV on.

A good show behind music pumping through headphones keeps my brain busy enough so it doesn’t have to think about the act of working out. With the TV subtitles on it only takes an interesting story or show paired with motivational music to have me completely forgetting I’ve been running for 30 minutes. My favorite shows on the treadmill are police or hot pursuit programs. You don’t really need to hear anything to understand what’s going on and there is nothing like watching a person trying to drive through cornfields with the boys in blue behind them to keep the mind occupied.