Good treadmills

for £100 less he could have gotten this

http://www.restylefitness.co.uk/buy...Assembled-Manufacturer-Return-RETURNNETL17711

which has a better motor, is made by a slightly better manufacturer as well.

that isn't a top of the range treadmill like the kia - audi comparison used earlier.

this would be more like a VW golf.

if you wanted a BMW - Range Rover of the treadmill world then it would have to be a technogym, beware though their top end model costs £16,000.

technogym is what is used in most decent commercial gyms like virgin active, etc.

imo you would have been better off with the nordictrack i linked above, plus £100 better off.
 
Actually having read reviews the nordictrack has problems with creaking and belt grinding/slipping. Everything I've seen about the Reebok was positive. Plus the Reebok is a brand new product with much more warranty than that returned Nordictrack. Yes it may have just been a genuine return but why risk it when it could be a refurb with only 6 months warranty.
 
Well sweatband got back in touch and it seems the Reebok isn't due in for a number of days and they've offered me a free upgrade to the Nordictrack T14.2. I'm guessing I'd be pretty stupid not to accept this offer as it's worth more, has better warranty and better features.
 
great deal for a brand new in the box treadmill

so in the end you didn't buy from argos (like i suggested)

and ended up with a nordictrack (the manufacturer i suggested)
 
Suarez7 said:
Yeah got there in the end. Thanks all for your input.
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Motor: 3.0 CHP DurX' Commercial Pro Motor (4.5 HP)

pretty good motor, should last you a long time.

I have the T19.0 which has a 3.5 CHP and 5HP peak output.

the only bad thing I can say about it is that I don't like the way it slows down (far too abruptly).

say you wanna run for an hour, rather than set it for 60 mins, i set it to 65 mins now and after i hit 60 mins, i just walk the last 5 mins.

otherwise as soon as it hits 60 mins it just stops as if you hit the emergency stop button, no gradual slow down, it's pretty much within 1-2 seconds stopped dead.

whereas the technogym at virgin active would take 5-10 seconds to slow down so you gradually stopped, which was a far smoother process, the way nordictrack do it, could cause a serious injury imo if you aren't clock watching.
 
Thanks for the warning, certainly don't want to be running 10+mph and come to a dead stop, I'll probably just use the controls on the panel to gradually slow the pace.
 
Echo the slow down "ability" of the Nordic Track, our local sweatshop has one that I used last year for gait analysis and (being used to our Life Fitness one) I nearly killed myself lol. As Psycho Sonny says get into the practice of entering more time and then dealing with your own warm down. Its a good idea to do this anyway as you can then adjust it to your own style.
 
Yeah the first time it happened certainly woke me up. Now I know to set additional time and slow down manually.

I'm surprised I reacted so quickly, could have easily done some major damage
 
MrMoonX said:
Treadmill urgh! Go outside its better and free
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I have a knee injury and if I run outside or play football (the twisting and turning) ruins my knee, it's so bad I cannot walk properly for 2 day's afterwards, especially up/down stairs.

But I can run on a treadmill fine for several day's straight zero issues.
 
People don't seem to realise that running on pavement ***** your knees up, might not seem like it at the minute but as you get older they will likely be wrecked.
 
Suarez7 said:
People don't seem to realise that running on pavement ***** your knees up, might not seem like it at the minute but as you get older they will likely be wrecked.
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i personally do not think that is completely true.

first of all you have to take bio mechanics into the equation, it is the biggest factor on how much shock the knee's have to absorb.

if you run say with 100% proper natural biomechanical movement, in a decent pair of running shoes (measured to your style), then i reckon the wear and tear of your knee's cartilage would be minimal even when running on pavement, because your feet and ankles will absorb most of the impact then your calves and lastly your knee will get just a small amount.

obviously though it would be better to run on something softer like grass (which can be a huge problem when it rains, which is roughly 300 days of the year in Scotland, so i would get maybe 60 days at best a year to run on grass), or a track be it indoor or outdoor, but i dont think i have one locally that is "free".

physio say's i have bad bio mechanical movement, but tbh there's nothing i can do about it, my chiropractor say's my right leg is half an inch longer than my left leg (i had never noticed this in all my life until he told me so a couple of years back), and i can feel it is now when I run, both my feet land completely differently.

so therefore it's literally impossible for me to correct it, especially since this is how i have been running my whole life, it would be pretty hard to change it all now.

therefore i stick to a treadmill.

also the cost of a treadmill when you separate it out over several years is literally nothing compared to some of the crap that people on here buy.

take a look at all those guy's buying star trek magazines for instance in the GD thread, then there's guy's who are over 20 stone in weight paying hundreds of pounds on a regular basis to watch live football, etc.

personally i would rather be playing football than even watching ronaldo and messi in the flesh, it's far more enjoyable, sadly my knee doesn't agree with me, and i suppose it is ironic that it was injured whilst playing football.

i mean my treadmill was around £950, spread that over say even 3 year's and your talking less than £1 a day, hopefully my treadmill lasts more than double that though.

anyway it's bad bio mechanical movement which messes up knee's more than anything else tbh, with the correct movement, the shock should be so little that your knee's should theoretically be fine.
 
I have mixed feelings about road running vs treadmills. A year ago I was 100% a treadmill only runner and throughout last winter I hibernated inside on the treadmill (I suffer from a bit of exercise-induced asthma and cold air really bothers me). However coming out of the end of what was 8 months only on the treadmill I suffered an IT band injury that if I am honest I blame on the repetitive and non varied stride / foot plant that occurs then running on one. Road running I really believe helped me get over that injury.

Secondly I really don't subscribe to the whole "treadmill running is easier" notion, I can run further and faster out on the roads. I find treadmill running much more physically and mentally demanding than I do outside, its hotter, not as interesting and the temptation to stop is far greater. I prefer to be outside now but I still do around 10K a week on the TM because sometimes you just want a quick run whilst watching the football etc.

They definitely have their place imho, we've had our Life fitness one since 2006 and its had its belt and deck changed once in that time.
 
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Suarez7 said:
People don't seem to realise that running on pavement ***** your knees up, might not seem like it at the minute but as you get older they will likely be wrecked.
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That's simply not true! Treadmills create far more exact repetition of movement which causes hot spots and injury than running on a varied surface.

They are easier physically but I find them a total mind **** I get bored after 10mins I seriously do not know how people run on them for hours
 
MrMoonX said:
That's simply not true! Treadmills create far more exact repetition of movement which causes hot spots and injury than running on a varied surface.

They are easier physically but I find them a total mind **** I get bored after 10mins I seriously do not know how people run on them for hours
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well my treadmill has ifit, and it allows you to download programmes, even courses for free.

yesterday i ran the first 8km of the boston marathon for instance.

where the treadmill automatically inclined as it would on the course, so it varied the workout from what i normally do which is run at a constant 1.5% incline.

on top of that i had music (digital radio) blasting through a hi-fi to keep me occupied as well.

i also have a nexus 7 and sky go extra, problem with that is the built in speaker is too quiet to use on it's own and i hate wearing earphones or headphones due to the wire causing issues, the treadmill has an aux in though and a fairly loud speaker system itself, so i just need to get a compatible wire which would be a 3.5mm male lead on both ends off ebay to hook the tablet up and basically i have my own personal tv on the treadmill.

i'm unsure on the quality of the speaker on the treadmill though, so I could use my mini-x speaker as well.

anyway with sky go extra i can download a show to watch anytime (no buffering, HD quality, etc) or watch live tv in select channels anytime (i have the full package anyway so i can see all the channels on sky go apart from ESPN).

plus if your used to weightlifting, which is basically as boring as a workout gets, lifting weight repetitively, then mixing it up with some running can be a delight.

i don't run for hour's endlessly on a treadmill, the longest i have ever done is 90 mins whilst watching the scottish cup final. most of that was a combo of walking and running as well. most of my runs are anywhere between 15-45 minutes.
 
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