My routine is boring on purpose: four nights a week, 35 minutes, incline 6, pace 3.2. The treadmill has a tiny screen, but I cast to the garage TV and treat the watchlist like an optimization problem.
One 40-minute video essay for the steady middle; two short clips for the cooldown, or I start negotiating with myself and end at 22 minutes. Cooking shows are out — they used to be comfort viewing, now they mostly make me notice how little I want them.
Currently rotating old tech documentaries and bad reality shows where nobody eats on camera. What’s in your cardio queue? I need something long enough that the last five minutes don’t feel like a hostage situation.