When it comes to physical activity, the treadmill often feels like a form of cruel and unusual punishment. Well that's because it is. In the early 1800s, an English Civil Engineer named Sir William Cubitt devised the World's first treadmill as a means of punishing and reforming England's prisoners. Disgusted by the idleness of the... Continue Reading →
A Brief History of the Treadmill
When it comes to physical activity, the treadmill often feels like a form of cruel and unusual punishment. Well that's because it is. In the early 1800s, an English Civil Engineer named Sir William Cubitt devised the World's first treadmill as a means of punishing and reforming England's prisoners. Disgusted by the idleness of the... Continue Reading →