Have you ever figured that walking your dog is like working out on a treadmill? But instead of taking the stroll outside, the machine simulates the same experience for you. At least now, you can all go sweaty and smelly for all the hell you care! You also need not worry about dogs pooping on the streets while you take the shame of putting up with their shit!
Treadmills were invented as early as 1875. Not that our early fathers were inborn metrosexuals or fitness conscious buffs, but the machine is actually created for animals. They were the first to strut the walk while working on every inch of their muscles. If we use
treadmills for fitness, for animals, it's more like a torment of industry. In the absence of technology, animals literally run the machines for threshing and other agricultural uses. The first was a "lever power" treadmill designed in different sizes and shapes for horses, dogs, and sheep who had to take the toll of improving human life.
Only after a century did we find out the health benefits of treadmills.
Robert Bruce and Wayne Quinton pioneered the design of this machine for cardiovascular diagnosis and evaluation. The idea soon evolved and commercialized. Now we have treadmills at home, sometimes in the office, but mostly at the gym.
Next time you're working out on that treadmill, take your dog as inspiration. Don't slack off and just keep on moving your limbs. Dogs don't have much choice but to do it. But you have the choice to stay fit.
