Why are treadmills becoming so popular? Why does everyone have one and not go to the gym as much? What is so great about a home treadmill? Below you will have all of these and many more questions answered as you are given ten reasons for having a home treadmill.

* First, they save time. People say they don't have enough time to spend at work or with their family, so how could they have time to go to the gym. Treadmills save time because the gym is now brought to you.

* Second, there are no more monthly or yearly gym fees. You have to renew your gym membership at least once a year and a typical treadmill will serve you up to 10 years or more.

* Third, there is the convenience factor. In the time it would take you to get ready and drive down to the gym, you could have already got 20-30 minutes exercising on the treadmill in your home.

* Fourth, it works for whole family. As with most gym equipment that requires age to use some of the heavier stuff, a treadmill only requires that you can walk to use it because it can set speeds for you and your family.

* Fifth, people have been shown to stick to an exercise regimen that involves a treadmill because you can do other stuff while you are exercising. This means that there is not the typical boredom factor that is present in most workout routines.

* Sixth, there is no weathering out days where the weather outside and dictate what you are doing on the treadmill. As they can be put outside and insider, there is never an excuse on why you did not get to exercise today.

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