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Electric Treadmills, The Most Useful Cardio Machines

23rd June, 2010 - Posted by health news - No Comments

The popularity of electric treadmills is untouched by any other cardio apparatus.New technologies come out every so often with innovative technology but they will never match up to the treadmill. It is common knowledge that in the fitness industry that if treadmills stop selling then there would be a dramatic collapse in the industry.

There are various reasons why one would by a treadmill running machine, the main reasons include to lose weight, tone up or to simply improve their lifestyle. The first task when buying an electric treadmill is to work out how much funds you have spare.With so many different brands in the fitness market place it is difficult knowing which one can deliver you the best value for money.

Similar to other industries you can become very vulnerable to manipulative marketing campaigns that persuade you that there treadmills are the best on the market. The retail price of an electric treadmill is a good place to start to give an indication of the quality bracket it should fall into.You should be charged according to what the manufacturer spent producing the electric treadmill.

You must be careful in some instances you will be charged more because of the brand name. Three things that must be taken into account are as follows.How much the user weighs is important as this changes the way the treadmill runs. If the user is over 14 stone it can cause some difficulties with the way it runs.

The number of users and how much time you think you will spend on it every week needs to be well thought out.A normal amount of time spent on an electric treadmill is considered to be two 30 minute sessions by one or two people. If there a lot more users than one or two people or you tend to train for longer periods of time then it is worth investing more money into an electric treadmill.

The drive system creates all the power.The deck, motor and belt make up the drive system. The drive system really excels with a combination of both good components and engineering. Unfortunately a lot of electric treadmills don’t live up to both.
There are a couple of ways of judging quality, the power transfer should feel smooth maintaining a consistent pace and feel and sound likes it’s not struggling. I wouldn’t advise going for belts that are too wide or thick. To power the treadmill it is better to have a smaller surface area to keep the drive system running.

Elaborate programmed workouts are used as a buying incentive by salesman but you need to be realistic about what you will actually use. I wouldn’t advise stretching your funds to get an electric treadmill with more programmes. They can add variation to your workout but you probably wouldn’t use the majority of them.