How the hell did y'all walk around with Discmen???

A Gen Z'er here. My dad just got me this discman,I'm amazed by this thing. Incredible sound quality,but I can tell it's a incredibly delicate and very inconvenient thing to use while moving,how did y'all manage to run with it like they portray it in movies??? I'm so confused Ps: Holy shit this thing drains batteries fast I got it in the morning and it already died 😭