Treadmill
noun
A machine that you walk or run on while staying in the same place.
He runs five miles on the treadmill every morning.
Often appears as...
- run on the treadmill
- walking treadmill
noun
A situation in which you keep doing something but never make progress.
She felt like she was on a treadmill, working hard but never moving forward.
Often appears as...
- on a treadmill
- treadmill of life
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A machine that you walk or run on while staying in the same place.
He runs five miles on the treadmill every morning.
Often appears as...
- run on the treadmill
- walking treadmill
noun
A situation in which you keep doing something but never make progress.
She felt like she was on a treadmill, working hard but never moving forward.
Often appears as...
- on a treadmill
- treadmill of life
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Fitness
The word 'treadmill' often relates to exercise, health, and gym culture.
Joining a gym, I spend half an hour on the treadmill to stay fit.
Pro Tip 2/3Stay Stationary
'Treadmill' implies movement without changing location, useful for indoor workouts.
It's raining outside, so I'll use the treadmill for my daily run.
Pro Tip 3/3Modern Convenience
A 'treadmill' represents technology that enables exercise at home or in a gym.
With a treadmill at home, there's no excuse to skip a workout.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Fitness
The word 'treadmill' often relates to exercise, health, and gym culture.
Joining a gym, I spend half an hour on the treadmill to stay fit.
Pro Tip 2/3Stay Stationary
'Treadmill' implies movement without changing location, useful for indoor workouts.
It's raining outside, so I'll use the treadmill for my daily run.
Pro Tip 3/3Modern Convenience
A 'treadmill' represents technology that enables exercise at home or in a gym.
With a treadmill at home, there's no excuse to skip a workout.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Fitness
The word 'treadmill' often relates to exercise, health, and gym culture.
Joining a gym, I spend half an hour on the treadmill to stay fit.
Pro Tip 2/3Stay Stationary
'Treadmill' implies movement without changing location, useful for indoor workouts.
It's raining outside, so I'll use the treadmill for my daily run.
Pro Tip 3/3Modern Convenience
A 'treadmill' represents technology that enables exercise at home or in a gym.
With a treadmill at home, there's no excuse to skip a workout.
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Diagnosing a zombie:...
When it's warmer outside, people wear less clothing, but if I strip down to my birthday suit, it doesn't make it sunny. It's like having someone run on a treadmill and saying "Look at how much more his arms move when he runs faster! The arms must be where running happens." That's why working with people with brain lesions is so important to neuroscience.
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The transformative power...
Well it's more that you've played on a treadmill. As you've been walking through that world, we've been cleverly causing the parts of it that you're not in to vanish, and the parts of it in front of you to appear. A good trick, but not the basis for the revolution that I promised you in the beginning of this talk.
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How to live to be 100+ -...
down the treadmill does when they do do intentional physical activity it's things they enjoy they tend to walk the only proven way to stave off cognitive decline and they all tend to have a garden they know how to set up their life in the right way so they have the right outlook each of these cultures
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Dan Buettner: How to...
That burns calories just as much as going on the treadmill does. When they do do intentional physical activity, it's the things they enjoy. They tend to walk, the only proven way to stave off cognitive decline, and they all tend to have a garden. They know how to set up their life in the right way
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Peter Singer: The why...
to get more, spend more, and to maintain the same level of happiness, it's kind of a hedonic treadmill. You never get off, and you never really feel satisfied. Becoming an effective altruist gives you that meaning and fulfillment. It enables you to have a solid basis for self-esteem
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How can social media...
would not in fact have any real political political impact largely because any medium that's used to distribute videos of coure use on treadmills couldn't possibly also be serious but that's the same logic is suggesting that the Declaration of Independence can't be important because
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How social media can...
kittens on a treadmill but you know that's the internet for you but nine of the ten in those first hours and within half a day donation sites were up and donations were pouring in from all around the world it was just an incredible coordinated global response
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Want to be more...
One person said this. And it's a creative idea, because it's appropriate and it's novel. You either did this test and came up with ideas while you were seated or while you were walking on a treadmill. They did the test twice, with different objects.
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Could we treat spinal...
until we started to observe something extraordinary. This is an animal that received an implant. Now she's not walking perfectly, but she's moving those back legs and she's even starting to lift herself up. And on a treadmill,
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Virtual Reality Rehab PIPE...
this is the first time I ever put her on the treadmill so we're gonna wait a little bit more in order for her to relax treadmill helps the brain to keep moving forward you know and it
Video examples
Diagnosing a zombie:...
When it's warmer outside, people wear less clothing, but if I strip down to my birthday suit, it doesn't make it sunny. It's like having someone run on a treadmill and saying "Look at how much more his arms move when he runs faster! The arms must be where running happens." That's why working with people with brain lesions is so important to neuroscience.
Video examples
The transformative power...
Well it's more that you've played on a treadmill. As you've been walking through that world, we've been cleverly causing the parts of it that you're not in to vanish, and the parts of it in front of you to appear. A good trick, but not the basis for the revolution that I promised you in the beginning of this talk.
Video examples
How to live to be 100+ -...
down the treadmill does when they do do intentional physical activity it's things they enjoy they tend to walk the only proven way to stave off cognitive decline and they all tend to have a garden they know how to set up their life in the right way so they have the right outlook each of these cultures
Video examples
Dan Buettner: How to...
That burns calories just as much as going on the treadmill does. When they do do intentional physical activity, it's the things they enjoy. They tend to walk, the only proven way to stave off cognitive decline, and they all tend to have a garden. They know how to set up their life in the right way
Video examples
Peter Singer: The why...
to get more, spend more, and to maintain the same level of happiness, it's kind of a hedonic treadmill. You never get off, and you never really feel satisfied. Becoming an effective altruist gives you that meaning and fulfillment. It enables you to have a solid basis for self-esteem
Video examples
How can social media...
would not in fact have any real political political impact largely because any medium that's used to distribute videos of coure use on treadmills couldn't possibly also be serious but that's the same logic is suggesting that the Declaration of Independence can't be important because
Video examples
How social media can...
kittens on a treadmill but you know that's the internet for you but nine of the ten in those first hours and within half a day donation sites were up and donations were pouring in from all around the world it was just an incredible coordinated global response
Video examples
Want to be more...
One person said this. And it's a creative idea, because it's appropriate and it's novel. You either did this test and came up with ideas while you were seated or while you were walking on a treadmill. They did the test twice, with different objects.
Video examples
Could we treat spinal...
until we started to observe something extraordinary. This is an animal that received an implant. Now she's not walking perfectly, but she's moving those back legs and she's even starting to lift herself up. And on a treadmill,
Video examples
Virtual Reality Rehab PIPE...
this is the first time I ever put her on the treadmill so we're gonna wait a little bit more in order for her to relax treadmill helps the brain to keep moving forward you know and it
Example 1 of 10
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Geoff Mulgan
English Educator
So is civil society prepared for the future? Probably not. Most organisations have to live hand to mouth, juggling short-term funding and perpetual minor crises. Even the bigger ones rarely get much time to stand back and look at the bigger picture. Many are on a treadmill chasing after contracts and new funding.
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Jason Statham
British Actor
I go to this gym full of stunt men. There aren't any TVs or treadmills there. This is a spit-and-sawdust kind of place. It has a lot of great training aids - trampolines and bags and every weapon ever invented to do harm to a human being. If you want to know how to throw a knife, it's great.
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Kate Klise
American Author
As writers, we must keep throwing problems at our characters. Conflict is the heart of good storytelling. Hiking in nature along a twisting trail can remind us what a good story feels like. It's the opposite of a treadmill - or an interstate highway.
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Tom Riley
English Actor
I love to run. When the weather's bad, I should get on the treadmill in the basement gym of my apartment building, but I lack the motivation.
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Paula Deen
American Chef
I'm making little changes in my life to take care of myself, like putting in a mile or two on my treadmill every day.
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Janette Turner Hospital
Australian Novelist
We inherit plots. There are only two or three in the world, five or six at most. We ride them like treadmills.
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Sherlyn Chopra
I like to set challenging targets every time I swim or run on the treadmill or indulge in weight training.
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Grizz Chapman
American Actor
Hit the gym... Working out is the key to your life. All you need is a half an hour on the treadmill.
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Randy Savage
American Wrestler
Being a wrestler is like walking on the treadmill of life. You get off it and it just keeps going.
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Toni Garrn
German Model
I love to sweat, I love to dance on the treadmill, and I need that in my life.
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Geoff Mulgan
English Educator
So is civil society prepared for the future? Probably not. Most organisations have to live hand to mouth, juggling short-term funding and perpetual minor crises. Even the bigger ones rarely get much time to stand back and look at the bigger picture. Many are on a treadmill chasing after contracts and new funding.
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Jason Statham
British Actor
I go to this gym full of stunt men. There aren't any TVs or treadmills there. This is a spit-and-sawdust kind of place. It has a lot of great training aids - trampolines and bags and every weapon ever invented to do harm to a human being. If you want to know how to throw a knife, it's great.
Quote examples
Kate Klise
American Author
As writers, we must keep throwing problems at our characters. Conflict is the heart of good storytelling. Hiking in nature along a twisting trail can remind us what a good story feels like. It's the opposite of a treadmill - or an interstate highway.
Quote examples
Tom Riley
English Actor
I love to run. When the weather's bad, I should get on the treadmill in the basement gym of my apartment building, but I lack the motivation.
Quote examples
Paula Deen
American Chef
I'm making little changes in my life to take care of myself, like putting in a mile or two on my treadmill every day.
Quote examples
Janette Turner Hospital
Australian Novelist
We inherit plots. There are only two or three in the world, five or six at most. We ride them like treadmills.
Quote examples
Sherlyn Chopra
I like to set challenging targets every time I swim or run on the treadmill or indulge in weight training.
Quote examples
Grizz Chapman
American Actor
Hit the gym... Working out is the key to your life. All you need is a half an hour on the treadmill.
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Randy Savage
American Wrestler
Being a wrestler is like walking on the treadmill of life. You get off it and it just keeps going.
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Toni Garrn
German Model
I love to sweat, I love to dance on the treadmill, and I need that in my life.
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