--- title: Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson, Bruno Mars: Treadmill Dance Video description: He doesn't lose his balance once canonical: https://time.com/3747706/uptown-funk-treadmill-dance/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-03-17T17:48:35.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:47:52.838Z og:title: Watch This Guy Perform an 'Uptown Funk' Dance Routine on a Treadmill og:description: He doesn't lose his balance once og:url: https://time.com/3747706/uptown-funk-treadmill-dance/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch This Guy Perform an 'Uptown Funk' Dance Routine on a Treadmill twitter:description: He doesn't lose his balance once twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch This Guy Perform an 'Uptown Funk' Dance Routine on a Treadmill > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 17, 2015 5:48 PM UTC by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Mar 17, 2015 5:48 PM UTC Everyone from [flight attendants](http://time.com/3738844/flight-attendant-dance-uptown-funk/) to [high school teachers](http://time.com/3683229/uptown-funk-dallas-high-school-teacher-dance/) to [Michelle Obama and Ellen DeGeneres](http://time.com/3744326/michelle-obama-uptown-funk-dance-ellen-degeneres/) has been dancing to “Uptown Funk” lately, but this guy’s treadmill choreography is perhaps the most impressive. During his minute-and-a-half routine, professional dancer and choreographer Carson Dean pulls off all sorts of jumps, spins, kicks and even a few flips without ever losing his balance. You can totally hear him saying in his head, “Don’t believe me? 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