I've been considering getting a home treadmill, after using one in a hotel recently and rather enjoying it, plus as the weather is getting worse going outside to run is getting less inviting!
I had been looking at Nordictrack as they seem quite nicely featured for the price (probably looking £1.5k-£2.5k, but cheaper is always a good thing), though seems like to get the full features you need a subscription at £35 a month, which seems a bit pricey.
I then discovered Apple Gymkit but generally sounds like that is only available on really high-end commercial treadmills, although generally that was from older threads, so maybe that has changed? Are there affordable treadmills that support it now?
Also, any suggestions in general? Something that works well with Apple Fitness would be ideal. Space shouldn't be too much of an issue as I have a suitable room with a hard floor and plenty of empty space in the middle, but obviously being able to fold it up would be very useful. A screen with a decent amount of feedback is also something I would like, or one that supports sticking an iPad on it and using an app or something.
Currently my 5k pace is about 25 minutes on a treadmill (28 in the real world), so obviously want something that will allow me to improve on that (Nordictrack claim to go to 3 minute kilometres, so that would be more than enough!).
I had been looking at Nordictrack as they seem quite nicely featured for the price (probably looking £1.5k-£2.5k, but cheaper is always a good thing), though seems like to get the full features you need a subscription at £35 a month, which seems a bit pricey.
I then discovered Apple Gymkit but generally sounds like that is only available on really high-end commercial treadmills, although generally that was from older threads, so maybe that has changed? Are there affordable treadmills that support it now?
Also, any suggestions in general? Something that works well with Apple Fitness would be ideal. Space shouldn't be too much of an issue as I have a suitable room with a hard floor and plenty of empty space in the middle, but obviously being able to fold it up would be very useful. A screen with a decent amount of feedback is also something I would like, or one that supports sticking an iPad on it and using an app or something.
Currently my 5k pace is about 25 minutes on a treadmill (28 in the real world), so obviously want something that will allow me to improve on that (Nordictrack claim to go to 3 minute kilometres, so that would be more than enough!).
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