South Carolina men’s basketball coach Frank Martin will tell you the treadmill is easier.
He knows when he runs on a treadmill, he can take it. When he runs outside, his knees flare up and he can’t walk for two days.
He used to make his players run along the floor when they were being distracting, not practicing the right way and dragging things down. That was back before he worked with Bob Huggins and strength coach Scott Greenawalt.
That’s when the treadmill came in, a Greenawalt innovation.
This didn’t 100 percent fit what Martin wanted.