Best Treadmill?
Discussion
Well you could do worse than buying mine.....
I have a Lifefitness T5i now nearly 6 years old, what you need is something with a good frame, long warranty and built for the pro-sumer market.
for example mine will do 12mph and 15degrees slope, has a quite pokey motor and compliant bed for running on.
Heart rate monitor and good programmes are also to me important, mine has 12 normal, 4 personal programmes designed to work with a polar heart monitor, so the speed and elevation of the treadmill work acording to your settings and heart rate.
I bought mine from the Fitness network in London......cost nearly 3k
You only ever get what you pay for, and car lewis treadmils aren't all that.....trust me.
Kevin.
I have a Lifefitness T5i now nearly 6 years old, what you need is something with a good frame, long warranty and built for the pro-sumer market.
for example mine will do 12mph and 15degrees slope, has a quite pokey motor and compliant bed for running on.
Heart rate monitor and good programmes are also to me important, mine has 12 normal, 4 personal programmes designed to work with a polar heart monitor, so the speed and elevation of the treadmill work acording to your settings and heart rate.
I bought mine from the Fitness network in London......cost nearly 3k
You only ever get what you pay for, and car lewis treadmils aren't all that.....trust me.
Kevin.
Spend a 10th of what you would on the treadmill on a pair of decent running trainers and 2 changes of goretex running gear and go out in the rain.....ya panzy.
Seriously, it has to be mega cold or raining sideways to make it unbearable to run in, you;ll be surprised how quickly you warm up.
Seriously, it has to be mega cold or raining sideways to make it unbearable to run in, you;ll be surprised how quickly you warm up.
dave_s13 said:
Seriously, it has to be mega cold or raining sideways to make it unbearable to run in, you;ll be surprised how quickly you warm up.
Lol, when I said it was foul out there, I was referring to the local people, not the weather! 
But I see your point. Any more recommendations?warmfuzzies said:
dave_s13 said:
Spend a 10th of what you would on the treadmill on a pair of decent running trainers
Agreed, normally about £100 or so for me, at a proper sports shop, not one of the generic chains...Kevin.
We are on our third in ten years; first was bought secondhand (Proform 525), the second was a new Reebok RT 1000 which was OK but noisy.
When we bought the latest one last year, the choice was huge. You can buy on line but there are not many places that have a wide range to view and try. After much searching and trying, we ended up with a Tunturi T30 bought from John Lewis for about £750-800.
It seemed to be the best folding machine for home use. Cushioned track, 12% incline, very stable and sturdy frame and a high continuous load motor output (2kw from memory). The other thing is that it's very quiet.
We were strongly advised against buying anything with a sprung track, i.e. coil springs supporting the track frame. Apparently these can cause problems with recoil from the frame back into the leg joints.
Had it for about six months and very happy with it.
When we bought the latest one last year, the choice was huge. You can buy on line but there are not many places that have a wide range to view and try. After much searching and trying, we ended up with a Tunturi T30 bought from John Lewis for about £750-800.
It seemed to be the best folding machine for home use. Cushioned track, 12% incline, very stable and sturdy frame and a high continuous load motor output (2kw from memory). The other thing is that it's very quiet.
We were strongly advised against buying anything with a sprung track, i.e. coil springs supporting the track frame. Apparently these can cause problems with recoil from the frame back into the leg joints.
Had it for about six months and very happy with it.
Obvious reply coming up...
Have you thought of joining a gym? If you're gunna spend £300 on a treadmill, that's six months at one of the chain gyms. 90% of home treadmills will be for sale at a car boot sale by then. A sauna full of bikini clad women should be enoguh to get you down the gym 3 times a week for longer than you'll keep using the treadmill for.
Have you thought of joining a gym? If you're gunna spend £300 on a treadmill, that's six months at one of the chain gyms. 90% of home treadmills will be for sale at a car boot sale by then. A sauna full of bikini clad women should be enoguh to get you down the gym 3 times a week for longer than you'll keep using the treadmill for.
They're just another novelty that will wear off. Like sandwich toasters.
Only good for a laugh. This is my friend being forced to have a heartattack for youtube
(I love you BigT)
Only good for a laugh. This is my friend being forced to have a heartattack for youtube
(I love you BigT)
jamoor said:
warmfuzzies said:
dave_s13 said:
Spend a 10th of what you would on the treadmill on a pair of decent running trainers
Agreed, normally about £100 or so for me, at a proper sports shop, not one of the generic chains...Kevin.
Your feet you choose. If you find a pair of running shoes that work, then no problem, I wouldn't suggest you use them as first port of call that's all.
Kevin
We've just bought a cross trainer so we've been through the research process a bit.
We've spent the best part of £800 on gym membership over the last year for both of us and neither of us have been more than a few times, lots of excuses, but mainly it's making time to get to the gym.
So we've spent the money we would have spent on gym membership for a year on a couple of bits of kit - at least if we don't use them we'll have something to sell in a year (that's the deal, if we don't use them we'll sell next January). I'm transferring the cost to an interest free credit card and we'll pay it monthly like we would gym membership.
We decided on a cross trainer as it gives resistance training for the upper body - I walk 2.5 miles a day to work anyway so wanted to add something for the upper body. The best one piece of kit is probably a Concept II Rower but I've never got on with rowing.
Our choice was effected by me being 5ft 3in with a short stride length and more importantly by OH being 6ft 2in and weighing over 18 stone having weight trained for years. He was too big and for most domestic kit and anyway most of the domestic kit felt very unstable and not really up to the job.
We ended up buying a Nordic Track Elliptical XLT1200 from Costco last week for £550, (we could have got it a bit cheaper but Costco give fantastic aftersales service and where possible we buy from them because of this).
It's a really solid bit of kit, bleeding heavy and bigger than a cheap domestic one but crucially the stride lenght works for both of us and it doesn't wobble under his weight!!
We've also bought a TV with freeview and DVD for the "gym" (formerly dining room!) and OH has bought a set of rollers as posted above for his bike (he did competitive cycling a number of years ago). I don't like the look of the rollers - I'm really not sure I've got the balance for it! We already have some free weights and a gym ball.
We found that cheap kit was exactly that - maybe less of a problem for one user of a reasonable size but a problem for us. If you're used to commercial kit I think you'll notice the difference.
Our Costco has a couple of treadmills there and I looked at them this morning, they have a Pro-form one that was around £400 that looked OK, they had a Nordic Track that looked fab that was £900!! Pro-form and Nordic Track come out of the same manufacturer these days.
HTH - sorry it's long!
Edited to say: as just said above, watch ebay and your local free adds for decent kit being sold off.
We've spent the best part of £800 on gym membership over the last year for both of us and neither of us have been more than a few times, lots of excuses, but mainly it's making time to get to the gym.
So we've spent the money we would have spent on gym membership for a year on a couple of bits of kit - at least if we don't use them we'll have something to sell in a year (that's the deal, if we don't use them we'll sell next January). I'm transferring the cost to an interest free credit card and we'll pay it monthly like we would gym membership.
We decided on a cross trainer as it gives resistance training for the upper body - I walk 2.5 miles a day to work anyway so wanted to add something for the upper body. The best one piece of kit is probably a Concept II Rower but I've never got on with rowing.
Our choice was effected by me being 5ft 3in with a short stride length and more importantly by OH being 6ft 2in and weighing over 18 stone having weight trained for years. He was too big and for most domestic kit and anyway most of the domestic kit felt very unstable and not really up to the job.
We ended up buying a Nordic Track Elliptical XLT1200 from Costco last week for £550, (we could have got it a bit cheaper but Costco give fantastic aftersales service and where possible we buy from them because of this).
It's a really solid bit of kit, bleeding heavy and bigger than a cheap domestic one but crucially the stride lenght works for both of us and it doesn't wobble under his weight!!
We've also bought a TV with freeview and DVD for the "gym" (formerly dining room!) and OH has bought a set of rollers as posted above for his bike (he did competitive cycling a number of years ago). I don't like the look of the rollers - I'm really not sure I've got the balance for it! We already have some free weights and a gym ball.
We found that cheap kit was exactly that - maybe less of a problem for one user of a reasonable size but a problem for us. If you're used to commercial kit I think you'll notice the difference.
Our Costco has a couple of treadmills there and I looked at them this morning, they have a Pro-form one that was around £400 that looked OK, they had a Nordic Track that looked fab that was £900!! Pro-form and Nordic Track come out of the same manufacturer these days.
HTH - sorry it's long!
Edited to say: as just said above, watch ebay and your local free adds for decent kit being sold off.
Edited by Piglet on Saturday 12th January 12:13
kiwisr said:
I'm having a similar problem with elliptical trainers - there are literally loads of brands but very sparse information available in the form of reviews etc.
Shit loads of reviews out there, you just have to be patient, that's how i chose my gear, and then went and took a gander myself...K
go and join pru health insurance
they will bill you £20 a month for health insurance
then join one of their gyms (they have a decent network)
then you will pay between £0 - £40 per month depending on how much you go
if you go 2+ times a week on average you will pay nothing
if you go 1-2 you will pay more
if you go less than 1 you will pay even more,
a good motivator IMO.
they will bill you £20 a month for health insurance
then join one of their gyms (they have a decent network)
then you will pay between £0 - £40 per month depending on how much you go
if you go 2+ times a week on average you will pay nothing
if you go 1-2 you will pay more
if you go less than 1 you will pay even more,
a good motivator IMO.
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