How to buy a treadmill: What to consider before buying a treadmill?

How to buy a treadmill: What to consider before buying a treadmill?

By PowerMax Fitness / 28 Jun 2018

Purchasing a home treadmill can be one of the most sensible investments for your health. The treadmills are easy to use, efficient in burning calories, highly convenient and they offer an ideal way to manage weight along with strengthening your muscles to improve your cardiovascular fitness. 

There are many factors that impact the treadmill price like the kind of equipment used, the belt size, and its incline amongst many other things. 

If you are not a gym bunny as is the trend nowadays, getting a treadmill online can turn out to be just what you need to do your exercises and yes, it doesn’t have to be regular if you don’t want it to be. You and your family can benefit from having a treadmill at home.

It is vital to select a treadmill that will fulfill all your needs and will not put a strain on your pocket. Prior to deciding the kind of treadmill, you will buy, it is essential to be aware of the features that you should look for in a treadmill. 

After knowing all the features, you will be able to make an informed decision on which features are important for you and that will be the guide that you need to buy a treadmill online or offline.
 

The factors that you should take into consideration are:


•    Brand,
•    Electronic or manual,
•    Running area,
•    Auto or manual incline,
•    Pre-built programs and pre-sets,
•    Power use, 
•    Supported weight, and
•    Price, which is very important. 

 

Brand


When you are checking the treadmill prices, you have to pay utmost attention to the kind of brand that you will probably make your check out to. It is because a brand represents high quality, the level of service and ultimately your satisfaction.

 

Electronic or manual


If you have ever used a gym treadmill, then it was probably an electronic one. The electronic treadmills have built-in motors that run the mat on which you can walk on or run. Whereas, a manual treadmill is a treadmill that does not have an electronic motor and requires efforts to be put in by the user in order to work. 

Obviously, a manual treadmill is more reasonable than an electronic one but if you have the budget to buy the electronic treadmill then go for that.

 

Running area

It is important to know the area where the treadmill will be placed because no good can come out of exercising in a cramped area as it will make the treadmill less usable and more usable for drying your clothes on.
The larger the running area, the better!

 

Auto or manual incline

As you grow stronger by walking, one of the easiest ways to keep maximizing your strength is by increasing the intensity of your workout. 
Aside from the speed, a good way to increase workout’s intensity is to increase the incline. The higher the incline, the better the intensity!

 

On modern treadmills, there are two ways to adjust incline:


•    Manual
•    Automatic

Adjusting manually means physically adjusting the angle of inclination by adjusting the treadmill.
Whereas, automatic incline means that the angle of inclination can be adjusted with just a push of the button. 
From the perspective of using treadmills, the verdict is that automatic inclination is much better. 

 

Pre-built programs and pre-sets

Most of the treadmill online is expected to have pre-programmed routes and many other settings. Some of those settings are:
•    Running at high speed for 2km then slow speed for 2km then again speeding up.
•    Imitation of a terrain for 1km, then running on a flat surface.
•    Brisk walking at an incline for 20 minutes, then fast running for 20 minutes at constant speed.

The kind of programs that you will get on a treadmill will depend on the model and brand you purchase.

 

Power use

You wouldn’t feel great if the electric bill for running on a treadmill will cost you to lose some more weight. So, remember to check the amount of power the motor of your treadmill uses and for safe side, buy a powermax treadmill.

 

Supported weight

The supported weight factor is something that the majority of the people do not think about. Just like any other machine, treadmill too has a limit to how much weight it can support, ranging from 100 kg to 200 kg.
In case you are overweight, it is important to know just how much weight your treadmill can support. 

 

Price

Your budget is the key factor that matters the most in treadmill price. Depending on that you may see a number of options for purchasing treadmills.
Once you have your treadmill home, try new variations every day because doing something each passing day will turn out to be boring.