I'm a far too infrequent user of a gym, but every time I do go I see loads of mongs with the incline set to max, speed set to a fast walk, pounding away but at the same time holding onto the handles of the machine. As I see it they are pulling themselves along and not getting any benefit at all, am I wrong?
Last night there was a bloke doing exactly as I've described who needed to change his music on his iPod, so he lets go of the handles, immediately has to change from a walk to a jog to keep up with the pace. As soon as he's done switching his music he grabs the handles again and settles into a walk.