# Do you feel disoriented on treadmills?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-disoriented-on-treadmills/521887>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 19, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-disoriented-on-treadmills/521887 "2009-12-19T21:10:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-disoriented-on-treadmills/521887/21 "2009-12-21T21:39:28Z")

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> [@Ludovic](#):
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> _On_ a treadmill, no. When I get _off_ a treadmill, that’s another story. (Short answer: no, I don’t fly)

This. I get so used to the ground below me moving that it feels weird when I’m standing on stationary ground again.

I never read when I’m doing cardio, though. I figure that if I’m going slow enough that I can concentrate on a magazine, I’m not pushing myself as hard as I should.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-disoriented-on-treadmills/521887/22 "2009-12-21T21:42:18Z")

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I always feel like I’m running diagonally, even though I’m not.

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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-disoriented-on-treadmills/521887/23 "2009-12-21T21:47:38Z")

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I don’t have any trouble on a treadmill. I own one and use it all the time. But some equipment does seem to fuck with my equilibrium. I don’t know what they’re called but the things like the Gazelle? I’m barely okay while on them, and will immediately tip over once I stop.

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