Buy Home Treadmill : Things To Watch Out Before Buying A
Treadmill
Treadmills are known to be the most popular and most effective
home exercise and fitness equipment with 33% of the sales and is
capable of burning around 850 calories per hour
Treadmills basically serve two purposes :
a) Walking.
b) Running.
No matter, you are running casually or running seriously
Treadmill is just the perfect equipment for you. The more energy
you put in, the more speed you get out of it. Treadmills are
great assistance for your cardiovascular muscles. It burns
around 860-900 calories in an hour as per the studies which is
an amazing feat for any jogger or weight looser .
Best part is, the chances for injuries and extra stress to
critical joints is very less in case of TREADMILLS. It works 247
and 12 months a year. No snow, No sun can effect it, it just
keeps working:-)
Things to look out in Treadmills before buying it: Treadmill
Tips
It all boils down to the capacity of your pocket. Treadmills
can vary from 1000$ to 3000$ (oops that too costly ..right ) but
you have to choose it very wisely because your investment has to
last very long. So expect to pay somewhere around 2000$ for
buying a quality product. Something less than that means you are
loosing on quality in some way. Try to go in for best
Treadmills. But before buying, here are some points to be taken
care of.
a) For Home use : Go in for DC motors as they are less noisy.
For commercial use, Go in for Ac motors but they are a bit
noisy and requires a dedicated line.
---------------------Random Tip : If you are buying a treadmill
for running purpose, make sure it has a running platform of at
least 60 inches.
b) Horse Power : Do check out the Horse Power of the machine.
It shouldn't be less than 1.5 CONTINOUS DUTY Horse Power because
anything less than this can be quickly worn out. The concept
behind this is, the heavier the motor would be, the larger it
will works for.
c) Heart rate Monitors : An optional Feature.
d) Incline Adjustment : You can adjust the incline of the
treadmill as per your needs and as per your cardiovascular
muscles need.
e) Deck : A Good Deck operates at low temperature and doesn't
need much maintenance.
f) Belt : It should accommodate your longest stride That means
the length of the Belt should be no less than 48". Width should
be no less than 17".
g) Electronic Board. You can cut your expenses here. Generally
the normal Treadmill has speed, incline, time, distance and
calories.With the addition of other features , price go up. You
can always compromise on additional features according to your
pocket.
h) Frame : High alloy Steel is preferred over the aluminum
Frame . Select Welded Frame over bolded Frame.
i) Find out does your treadmills has emergency shut-off?
j) Incline range should vary from 0 percent to atleast 10%.
k) Listen to its noise in running state and make sure it isn't
too irritating for you.
l) Last but not the least, do look out for services and set-up.
make sure it is included in the price. Also watch out for
Warranty.