Home Treadmill Advice

[The Doc]

We are on our second treadmill, my wife is a serious runner and will do two to three 5k runs a week.

The current one is branded Roger Black and is going very strong. It is nicely made and functional.

The last one wasn't Roger Black, I can't remember who made it,. It wore out the motor (I replaced it) then the circuit board fried,. And I couldn't find a replacement.

I would suggest you don't need to spend mega bucks, but the cheaper it is the more likely you'll need to repair/fix it.

[hogthrob]

Reading with interest as I quite like the idea of having one under my standing desk for some long meetings.

Rammstein's keyboard player had a similar idea.

[chrisparker]

Just check your ceiling heights for space. It something that's easily overlooked but treadmills can be a good step up off the ground say 250mm, add your height in trainers 1850mm, plus 100mm for bounce and you'd be left with 200mm/20cm clearance on a standard 2.4m house ceiling meaning you could be punching the ceiling if you finish your run with fists in the air like Rocky if you like to run with the machine on an incline.


My brother in law bought a decent treadmill for his garage and roof joists are close for comfort (for me) when running on his treadmill.

[M1011]

just join a gym and use any equipment you want , unless you buy an industrial gym machine you are wasting your money , same goes for rowing machines (buy a concept 2 or forget it).
most home gym equipment just ends up being an expensive cost hanger that ends up taking some time to get rid of because it wont fit in a car.

I bought a Concept 2, and that also has ended up being an expensive coat hanger

[bins]

Kettler are good

[pugster]

I bought a Concept 2, and that also has ended up being an expensive coat hanger

yeah that happens - i cant help with lack of interest /motivation :) , i was talking from the viewpoint of buying cheaper machines which break and you cant get the parts for them - concept 2 parts are easy to get (same goes for other industrial/gym capable machines).

fitness machines are like most other things you buy - if you pay cheap you are going to be be replacing it pretty soon with something you wish you had spent the money on in the first place.