Buying a motorized treadmill
Motorized treadmills used to be regarded as inferior to outdoor running however the recent advances in technology mean that the benefits of having a motorized treadmill are now indisputable. With this in mind, the top five benefits are listed at the following paragraphs.
The hi-tech consoles on most treadmills allow you to accurately know your speed, the distance you have run, the calories you have burned and the length of time you’ve been running for. Some expensive models also keep a running tab of your pulse rate so that you can train at the optimum level for cardio fitness or fat burning.
You can often choose one of 6 or 12 preset programs for your training session, and some motorized treadmills even allow you to input a Target programs that suits your particular needs. This means that you know exactly how far you’ll be running and at what speed before you start your run, which is preferable to trying to calculate distances and speeds outdoors.
Most motorized treadmills also have an incline function which allows you to vary the incline that you run at. Hill runs are very beneficial for muscle building, and increasing the incline percentage during a training run can quickly improve your overall fitness and endurance. Some treadmills incline up to 15% which is often steeper than most of the hills you’d find on an outdoor run.
Having a treadmill allows you to run in any weather and at any time of the day in total safety. This means you can tailor your running schedule to suit you and if a pre-dawn run is what you enjoy then you can do it in the safety of your own home. Plus, you can still run effectively even if it’s raining, snowing, baking hot or blowing a gale outdoors.
Being indoors when running means you can stop whenever you like e.g. if you feel cramp coming on, if you get an injury or if you’re absolutely exhausted. If you were outdoors and any of these situations happened you’d still have the journey home to contend with and this can be difficult with cramp or an injury.
These are just a few of the benefits of having a motorized treadmill. Overall, these pieces of fitness equipment allow you to tailor your running sessions to your training needs while still being in the comfort of your own home – plus you can exercise the dog on them during the winter months!
