Treadmill Buying Guide Highlights Features

This simplified treadmill buying guide will come in handy when you are ready to buy a treadmill. Perhaps you’ve been using one of the treadmills at the health center. For the sake of convenience, you’ve decided it is time to get one of your own. You’ve printed out reams of information listed on your favorite search engine. The question quickly becomes one of trying to decipher the information that the buying guide is giving to you.

Here are a few tips for comparing the machines gleaned from home treadmill reviews:

• Quality level:  Your treadmill buying guide should give you some indication of the quality level of the machines you are comparing. For the home user, treadmills come in about three different quality levels. These are entry, medium and best. There are also commercial or hospital grade machines, but these are generally beyond the range that most home users will need.
  
• Frame construction:  The buying guide should give you some indication of the frame construction. Is it aluminum or steel? Is it bolted or welded? The treadmill's frame must be solid and feel stable when you are using the machine. You do not want the feeling that you are going to fall off or that the machine is listing to one side or the other when you are walking or jogging on it.
  
• Deck and belt size:  Your buying guide should specify the treadmill's deck size. Space may be a consideration in your home, but deck size is important. The deck and belt should be large enough that you feel comfortable you will be able to stay on the belt while it is moving. People with poor balance need wider decks. If you are going to jog or run, you will need a longer deck than someone using a treadmill only for walking.
  
• Motor size: The treadmill buying guide should give you certain information about the motor. You need the horsepower rating. In addition to the horsepower rating, you also want to know if that is the rating for peak load or under continuous load. You are looking for a horsepower rating of at least two and preferably higher under continuous load.
  
• Electronic features: Every guide will give you a list of the electronic features for each treadmill in the comparison. These include such things as the speed, elapsed time, calories burned, distance walked or run, and heart rate. You will need to decide which of these features are important to you.

Treadmill buying guide information is readily available through your favorite search engine. You can also find them in your favorite library or bookstore. Health and fitness magazines will periodically publish exercise machine and treadmill buying guide information. Compare treadmills and their features and then try out some different models to get the best idea of just which machine will suit your exercise goals.

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