This reminds me of the time I was in Telluride, Colorado to run a race. Telluride is one of the most beautiful places I’ve ever visited and there are people in the hotel working out in the way you just described. I couldn’t for the life of me understand why they would be inside when they could be walking, biking, running or whatever in those mountains.
Too many modern humans are indeed disconnected from nature.

Ted Talk heard and received!