Gymgoers are slaves

[romanstock]

The prison treadwheel was introduced in 1818 by the British engineer Sir William Cubitt (1785–1861) as a means of usefully occupying convicts in the prisons at Bury St Edmunds and Brixton. There had been simple two-person treadmills in prisons before, used for raising water and grain preparation; these were on a large scale and for a different purpose.[4] Cubitt observed prisoners lying around in idleness and opined that it was better for "reforming offenders by teaching them habits of industry."[5] It was intended to be pointless and to punish; straps and weights provided resistance to the motion. Later, when prison philosophy changed, using the energy to power pumps and corn mills became acceptable.

And in 2026, it's back to being pointless

 

[Jgns]

Wish i didn’t have to hit the gym it’s so ass

 

[tansel]

goatis talked about this

@Prøphet

 

[Daddy's Home]

0 days in the gym btw..

 

[Thief]

You are only allowed to agree with this if you are reasonably fit, fat people with tubs of butter on them belong on the treadmill as they are a waste of resource otherwise

 

[Wasted time]

The prison treadwheel was introduced in 1818 by the British engineer Sir William Cubitt (1785–1861) as a means of usefully occupying convicts in the prisons at Bury St Edmunds and Brixton. There had been simple two-person treadmills in prisons before, used for raising water and grain preparation; these were on a large scale and for a different purpose.[4] Cubitt observed prisoners lying around in idleness and opined that it was better for "reforming offenders by teaching them habits of industry."[5] It was intended to be pointless and to punish; straps and weights provided resistance to the motion. Later, when prison philosophy changed, using the energy to power pumps and corn mills became acceptable.

And in 2026, it's back to being pointless

It's not pointless. It's a kind of exercise so it's better than not exercising at all.

 

[Prøphet]

Yes treadmills are for slaves

But not strength training

In Ancient Rome strength training was a luxury encouraged only for the aristocrats of the highest class

Because they knew the slaves could become dangerous if they did the same

There is also evidence our ancestors the early hominids instituted a similar system where the tribe leaders put on the most muscle while the slaves were kept weak to hunt and gather fruits to supply the brain with glucose

If the slaves were to become strong so to speak they would overthrow the leaders to eat their flesh and drink their bodily fluids for energy