The Treadmill Originated in Prisons
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Exercising on a treadmill often feels like torture, and that’s not exactly a coincidence.

Hence why they’re called tread-“mills”—they were used to power mills to pump water or grind grain.

  • Ketchup@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    But soon the guards started doing it after work to see what all the hubub was about (and to rip those quads). Next thing you know the prisoners were put back on the streets, and the first 24 hour gyms were open.

    TIL the history of Gentrification