At the gym - what's on the Tube?

[swestoyz]

Quite off topic, but I thought about this earlier today.

Each week I visit the gym 3 to 4 days after work, for about 60 to 90 minutes. A good chunk of that time is on the treadmill running 5K's. I'm not too fond of watching television at home but I do find that certain programing does make it easier to pass the time, and the miles.

Lately I've been on a HUGE Cash Cab kick, since they run 2 hours solid of it from 4 to 6 PM on Discovery. Keeps the mind occupied with great trivia and you can play along with the participants with ease. Before that I was enjoying Mad Money but found Jim to be getting a bit annoying. Days of our Lives actually hampers my mile times, so I try to steer clear of it. Also local news programing pops up from time to time and have found that I enjoy ABC Channel 9, KCRG, out of Cedar Rapids more than the local station here in Waterloo, KWWL - NBC 7. I've grown a crush on one of the news gals @ 5.

So - what do you watch at the gym?

Ben

 

[yogitunes]

The other guys of coarse...lol

any HGTV show or something in the form of comedy...keep it light and take your mind off the time and distance...I really like the elipical machine, seems to get all parts moving...but then when you get off you can't walk right for a while...but energized

 

[lebron]

SportsCenter

 

[yogitunes]

You actually go there to work out...most of us go there to shower, sauna, and of coarse "eye candy"...but imagine that a place to go and work-out they should have these places all over...i better look at my place again the next time i go...never noticed the weight machines...imagine that!

 

[jamiel]

It's irritating...there's a YMCA in the bottom of my work building, which used to have full cable availability (but no reading material), but they're having a set to with Comcast so only have limited channels (and not even all the over-the-air channels GRRRR). With full cable, I would watch either Food Channel or CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Co). Now I'm so frustrated I don't go there. The one near my house has 4 channels up on the walls, with FM broadcast of the audio, but my MP3 player doesn't have FM capability. This one has reading material though, so I'm on the elliptical reading with my earbuds in with whatever Brian mixed for me (I'm terrible...I just hand it to him and say "more")....i have learned how to recharge it (lol)

 

[jetcone]

The Today Show

But in the evening I am a big fan of Cash Cab & Man Vs Food!

 

[jaxsunst]

I watch my video podcast of Countdown with Keith Olberman on the elliptical or the bike. On lift days, I listen to upbeat 80's pop or my StephCast (only $4.95 a month if you buy a year in advance {ding}).

 

[peterh770]

Food Network, HGTV, Bravo or VH1.

Anything "short attention span theater".