Treadmills Were Meant To Be Atonement Machines
6th May 2018
Two hundred years ago, the treadmill was invented in England as a prison rehabilitation device. It was meant to cause the incarcerated to suffer and learn from their sweat. It would mill a bit of corn or pump some water as a bonus.
Whenever I see anybody on a treadmill, I ask myself, ‘Were you bad?’