Treadmills Buying Guide
Treadmills are the most popular fitness equipment choice mainly because they are so easy to use and versatile and offer a good cardiovascular workout. You can use them for a light walking session or use them for more aggressive run training and best of all this can all be done in the comfort of your own home can be used rain or shine. If you are short of space consider purchasing a folding treadmill, these offer the same benefits of a normal treadmill but can be folded to take up less space following your workout.
Treadmill Benefits and Features
A treadmill is a great way to start a new fitness regime. You can start off with a gentle walking motion and then gradually build up to a gentle jog and then on to a full blown run.
Nearly all treadmills feature an adjustable incline level, this can be motorised which you usually find on the more expensive models or a manual incline where you may have to adjust the height of the running bed. The steeper the incline, the more resistance is offered to the runner and greater effort is required which in turn will burn more calories.
The more expensive models of treadmills have cushioned running beds. Benefits of this are that a more cushioned running bed will absorb more of the impact instead your joints leading to a lower impact workout.
All of our treadmills feature some sort of preset exercise programmes to assist your with your individual workout . These programmes usually take the form of a cardio and/or fat burning exercise to workouts to target individual goals.
During exercise it is important to keep an eye on your heart rate as you need to be working in the ‘fat burning zone’ to gain the best overall benefits of a cardio workout. Heart rate monitoring combined with the heart rate programmes allow you to monitor your effort during your workout session.
Most computer monitors will also allow you to track speed, time, distance, calories burnt to measure your individual progress. With this information you can then tailor the workout to your own individual requirements.

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