Walking faggots

Every time I go to the gym now I see dudes walking with high incline and holding on to the treadmill bars?
I am a runner who switched to lifting after college, I don't understand but running to tone your legs... is this cardio or just working in their glutes? And why is it so gay looking?

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Have fun blowing out your kneecaps at 35. The reason anybody does incline treadmill is obviously to warm up and burn fat, not to tone anything. Use lifts to tone muscles, not jogging.

Incline running:
>doesn't fuck your knees up
>doesn't fuck your back up
>doesn't have any shocking impacts
>excellent cardio workout
>excellent calorie and fat burner
>awesome way to LARP as Sisyphus.

I think it just went viral years ago and the meme stuck. Always the most clueless noobs that do it. I guess it's better than doing nothing but fuck me what a waste of time and money.

I walk for 5 minutes to warm up my knees, I don't care how shit it looks. my gym has ground floor (machines+stuff), basement (free-weights), and first floor (cardio and more machines)
all the cardio bunnies and basically all the people who don't go into the free-weights basement only ever see me as this:
>that 30yo boomer who comes upstairs, walks for 5 minutes, doesn't even break a sweat, then leaves 3 times a week but then comes in on saturday morning and runs his balls off for 5k

it would seem really weird, if anyone ever paid attention to me

Well I've ran for decades never had knee problems. Still get in 15 -25 miles a week. Im 31 so idk, I know runners in their 60's and show no signs of slowing. Maybe you just have shit knees.

I do this shit except I hold on to the front like I’m clenching a boxer or something.

Burns mad calories, and is relatively easy.

I also workout in my company’s gym during my lunches so it’s the most effective workout for burning calories for the time that I have.

Do you run on grass or asphalt?
If you've been running 25 miles per week on asphalt for decades, you have fucking superhuman knees.

As a runner I can say I can do this all fucking day and not be half as tired as just running for 2 miles at a steady pace.

In college mostly asphalt or on a track. Usually 60 -80 miles a week. But usually on sidewalk unless it's a race.

Exactly bro. I usually just watch Netflix/YouTube while I do it for my hour lunch.

Burns like ~1000 calories and I’m not toast for when I have to go back to my desk and write code for the remains 5 hours of the day.