Treadmills – indoor running improves aerobic fitness

Treadmills have been popular for long time as pieces of home fitness equipment. Many of them fold up so are easy to store and even quite small rooms of your house. When looking to buy a treadmill there are a few things you need to take into consideration like the size and whether it will fold up if you need to store it. However, some treadmills are manual while others use electric motors to turn the running belt, so you need to read the reviews carefully to decide which treadmill is best for you. Generally the more expensive treadmills will be motorised, and this is what most people want.

If you want just a basic treadmill, you don’t have to pay a huge amount. The costs of these treadmills usually vary with features, with a higher spec treadmills including speakers for your iPod, fans, LCD displays, etc.  You just need to decide what is important to you and what you can live without. If money is no object then the top of the range treadmills like the Sole F80 (2011 Model), can provide just about every feature possible.

In the table at the top of this page, you can see the top-rated treadmills with the star rating they have achieved on this site. The star rating is a combination of our editor’s rating plus the ratings of those visitors that leave comments and ratings for a particular product. If you wish to leave your own comments and ratings for any treadmill we have reviewed, visit the review page and scroll to the bottom. You’ll find the comment box and the star rating system so you can leave us your thoughts.

Below is a list of all the treadmills we have reviewed on the site.

Smooth Fitness 7.35 Folding Treadmill Review

There are the standard things you should look for in an efficient at-home piece of gym equipment, and treadmills in general. And then there’s the va-va-va-voom. The Smooth Fitness 7.35 Folding Treadmill definitely has the va-va-va-voom. It is a sleek, exciting looking treadmill that will get your heart pumping just standing in the room with [...]

Proform Power 995 Treadmill Review

Sole F80 2011 Model

Are you ready for a real workout? Walking and jogging are the best aerobic exercise you can get, and the Proform Power 995 Treadmill is just the machine to bring the power of aerobic exercise into your home. It is a brilliantly designed machine that has everything you could hope to find in a health [...]

Horizon Evolve SG Compact Treadmill Review

  There are so many reasons a regular exercise schedule is good for you. It not only improves your physical health, regular aerobic exercise also improves your mental health and well-being too. As you workout, your body releases endorphins, a natural pain killer than makes you feel great. It’s the main reason exercise, no matter [...]

LifeSpan TR 1200i Folding Treadmill Review

  Walking and jogging are great ways to get in shape, and maintain a healthy lifestyle. It isn’t always convenient to go out walking on the roads, however. Weather can make it uncomfortable. It’s either too hot, too cold, raining or maybe even snowing. Streets can be slippery and icy, and dangerous if traffic is [...]

TrekDesk Treadmill Desk: Walk While You Work! Review

Finding the time to work out can be in an incredible challenge. Many of us work, have children, maintain households, commitments, and barely have time to take care of ourselves. The TrekDesk Treadmill Desk gives multitaskers the ability to work out while doing desk work. Is It a Treadmill or a Desk? The answer is: [...]

Bowflex Series 7 Treadmill Review

If you’re on the market for a treadmill to help you reach your fitness goals at home, then you may be finding all of the options available to be a tad overwhelming. Choosing the right treadmill isn’t something you wanna jump into blindly seeing as how you’ll be dropping a good chunk of change on [...]

Merit Fitness 725T Plus Treadmill Review

I looked at purchasing a treadmill for quite some time and one of the treadmills that I just had to look into was the Merit Fitness 725T Plus Treadmill. The features of this treadmill are what made me have to learn more. A lot of people love the ease of the incline the way it [...]