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Treadmills

 

A treadmill is an exercise machine for running or walking while staying in one place. The word treadmill traditionally refers to a type of mill which was operated by a person or animal treading steps of a wheel to grind grain (see treadwheel.)
The machine provides a moving platform with a wide conveyor belt and an electric motor or a flywheel. The belt moves to the rear allowing a person to walk or run an equal, and necessarily opposite, velocity. The rate at which the belt moves is the rate of walking or running. Thus, the speed of running may be controlled and measured. The more expensive, heavy-duty versions are motor-driven. The simpler, lighter, and less expensive versions passively resist the motion, moving only when the walker pushes the belt with their feet.

A treadmill is an exercise machine for running or walking while staying in one place. The word treadmill traditionally refers to a type of mill which was operated by a person or animal treading steps of a wheel to grind grain.

As a piece of exercise equipment a treadmill offers some obvious advantages - you can take excellent cardiovascular exercise without going outside and you can accurately monitor the time and type of exercise.

A treadmill provides a moving platform with a wide conveyor belt and an electric motor to drive the belt. As the belt moves, the user can walk or run at an equal rate.

The speed of running or walking on the treadmill may be controlled and adjusted to suit the exercise regime required.

See our full range of treadmills on our treadmills page.

 



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