How to spend ten minutes on a treadmill
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (326351)
Rockingham, Australia
July 9, 2020 3:30am CST
First the backstory. Vince and I used to play in brass bands. In fact, we met through the brass band movement.
Fast forward to the present. We’ve been trying to use our treadmill more regularly. Mostly we do ten minutes or so at a time. Vince has a leaking heart valve and starts to get chest pains if he overdoes the exertion.
I have found I can read while I walk so I’m working my way through our Reader’s Digest magazines, most of which I haven’t read. I hold the handrail with one hand and the book in the other.
I asked Vince if he is able to read while he walks but he says he can’t. What he does do is hum through the march Sussex by the Sea (twice with all repeats - this might only make sense to those who read sheet music) then once through Colonel Bogey and by then he’s done ten minutes. Whatever works I guess but I found this very funny.
Photo of us from a bygone era. Some of you will have seen it before.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45939)
• United States
9 Jul 20
You are gifted! I can't walk on a treadmill at all! The motion under my feet makes me dizzy. LOL.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45939)
• United States
9 Jul 20
@JudyEv can't believe you can hold a book, read, and walk on the treadmill. I can't walk and chew gum at the same time! LOL
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@JudyEv (326351)
• Rockingham, Australia
9 Jul 20
@ElusiveButterfly Another example of multi-tasking, haha. I have to be careful and hold on with one hand or I get a bit unsteady. 
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@moffittjc (118630)
• Gainesville, Florida
9 Jul 20
Wow, you two looked great in uniform! What a cool backstory! I don't think I knew that was how you two met.
When I used to run on the treadmill, I would create playlists on my phone set to the amount of time I wanted to be on the treadmill. Then I'd play the music as I ran. When the music was over, that meant I was done and could stop!
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@moffittjc (118630)
• Gainesville, Florida
11 Jul 20
@JudyEv You are making the effort, and that's what counts! Whether it's 10 minutes or 14 minutes or whatever, you are still do more than those people who are still laying on the couch.
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@JudyEv (326351)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Jul 20
@moffittjc I'll remember that. Something is better than nothing. 
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@JudyEv (326351)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jul 20
Several times I thought I'd stop at ten minutes but had to get to the end of the article I was reading and ended up doing 14 minutes I'm embarrassed that that is all I do at a time but mostly I do that several times a day. My running days are certainly over. I've never been very athletic.But I do have other good points!! 
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
9 Jul 20
My question will be how can I get back to my regular exercise and that too in daily basis
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@JudyEv (326351)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jul 20
@amitkokiladitya I doubt I'd be exercising if it were hot.
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@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
9 Jul 20
@JudyEv yes ...but it is just the laziness and the heat that is holding me back
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@nitirrbb7 (4317)
• India
9 Jul 20
You both look cute in that picture, sorry but at first I thought you were both in Navy because of those dresses Reading Studying I wish I had those good qualities
Reading Studying I wish I had those good qualities2 people like this
@JudyEv (326351)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jul 20
@nitirrbb7 Not at all. I thought it was a very kind thing to say. I hope you have a great day.
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@nitirrbb7 (4317)
• India
10 Jul 20
@JudyEv Certainly you both look smart as well as gorgious too, I guess my previous comment didn't make something wrong come out of it
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@wolfgirl569 (95933)
• Marion, Ohio
9 Jul 20
I have mine set so I can watch tv while walking.
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@wolfgirl569 (95933)
• Marion, Ohio
9 Jul 20
@JudyEv I deliberately made room in the family room for it. If not I know I wouldnt use it.
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@gr8nana6 (6614)
• Conyers, Georgia
9 Jul 20
What a beautiful couple you all are. Like you said whatever works. When I went to the gym I would play music on my phone (with earplugs of course) and that made time go by faster, but I never could walk with just one hand holding on I need both otherwise I fall flat on my face. 
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@RasmaSandra (73801)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
10 Jul 20
Great photo, I remember ages ago while living in Latvia my husband and I got a discount on a gym for one year. Every day we went to use the equipment and did at least 20 minutes on treadmills. Walking side by side we just discussed our day and so on. However, the result of those treadmill walks for me was a painful right heel that stopped hurting after a while when we no longer went to the gym. I don't even know how or why it happened.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
9 Jul 20
It's nice to hear that you are both with the brass band before. I love the marching bands during the festivities. Fortunately there are still the marching bands here.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
9 Jul 20
@JudyEv that is a wonderful experience.
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@TheHorse (206891)
• Walnut Creek, California
9 Jul 20
Great picture! And what a great way to meet. I've gotten really good with crazy glue, guitar glue, and other sealants. Can I have a stab at your hubby's valve? A doctor told me once that I might have a "prolapsing" valve, but another (older) doctor told him he was full of sh*t. Ever since the two younger doctors' "intellectual discussion," laced with laughter, as I was sitting there wondering what the frig "prolapsing" meant, and why it was funny (read: male and female doctors in their early 30s), I have decided that the whole world is, in fact, full of sh*t.
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@kobesbuddy (74836)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 Jul 20
I played an alto horn a couple times, in the marching band. Usually, I played a trumpet or the French horn in concert band. I love this photo, it's very nice!
One of my heart valves leaks also, so too much walking creates chest pain.
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@JudyEv (326351)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Jul 20
It seems leaking heart valves are quite common. Do you have tablets or a spray to use if necessary?
Vince has been told there is no real cause for concern as in he's not going to have a heart attack but if his chest starts to hurt then he eases up.
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@kobesbuddy (74836)
• East Tawas, Michigan
10 Jul 20
@JudyEv It's the mitral valve, which they said isn't a heart attack. I just slow down and the soreness goes away. I was on Inderol for a while, but now I'm not taking anything.
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@GardenGerty (157710)
• United States
9 Jul 20
I love the picture, I had not seen it before. I have not tried a tread mill in ages but I always had trouble trying to read on exercise equipment. I would be more of a hummer.
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@FourWalls (62532)
• United States
9 Jul 20
I’m so clumsy I don’t like walking on a treadmill, so I walk at a walking track. Much easier that way!!
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@Marilynda1225 (80017)
• United States
9 Jul 20
I do love that picture of both of you.
I don't have a treadmill but probably would fall off if I tried to read while using it
Sounds like both of you have found a way to take the boring out of being on the treadmill
Sounds like both of you have found a way to take the boring out of being on the treadmill2 people like this
@LindaOHio (157596)
• United States
9 Jul 20
Great picture. I'm glad you and Vince are exercising.
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