This is from Mid-Day Diary….but oh !! so apt.

And this is for the women who chat constantly with each other while working out on the treadmill. They discuss their social life, the classes they conduct, the movies they are to watch among other things.

While walking on the treadmill your pace should be comfortable enough to allow you to speak — but only just.

Long conversations about ma-in-law’s quirks or a recently cooked dish that everybody loved, interspersed with giggles, exclamations, explanations and questions are certainly not okay. All this just proves too that you are not working out hard enough.

Women (and we say that because most women tend to do this) talking over another person’s head while on the treadmill are also irritating with a capital ‘I’.

Then, there are inane cellphone conversations on the treadmill that are enough to raise hackles and tempers alike. In fact, talking while exercising is bad for a scientific reason too. It is quite energy-depleting, sending the breathing rhythm that sets in during exercise awry. The only thing that should be flying, instead of all this conversation, is the sweat off your brow.