Best Budget Treadmill? Consider A ProForm
When buying a treadmill, there are heavy duty treadmills and there are softer cheap treadmills. Depending on how you intend to use the treadmill determines how much you should spend. A lightly used treadmill, such as walking or light jogging, should cost at least $1000. A treadmill for regular moderate jogging should cost between $1300 to $1500 and more if you plan to do heavy running every day.
But a lot of people decide they want a treadmill before knowing exactly how it will be used and usually end up not being used at all. In such cases, or if a tight budget is your primary factor, then ProForm treadmills offer some of the best quality in the budget treadmill category.
Remember these treadmills are budget machines and not designed for heavy use. This means that you shouldn’t rely on the treadmill to hold up if you will be running sprints every day or you are excessively overweight, or just a really heavy person. And while the treadmills come with suggested weight limits, the numbers are usually on the optimistic side.
ICON Fitness, the manufacturer of ProForm Treadmills, has expanded the brand to become the largest brand line of treadmills. This being the case, almost anyone looking in the budget treadmill category will find a ProForm treadmill to match their needs.
For the price these treadmills are actually incredible values. The specifications tend to match or even exceed the competition in the same group of treadmills and even the low end treadmills come with a generous selection of features.
These machines are designed with a large selection of pre-programmed workouts for almost every type of fitness goal. The features allow you to control the speed, incline, and duration of your workout based on your personal physical condition and goals.
Workout programs focus on different levels of fitness plus your input to help you achieve goals in different areas such as wellness, endurance, weight loss or body shaping. Some even include audio coaching with built in flat screen televisions, sound systems, and audio inputs for your MP3 player.
If you are considering a ProForm treadmill, there are some basic guidelines to you may want to heed. And going as low as you can find is probably not your best bet. Make sure you get a treadmill with at least 2.0 CHP, or continuous horse power. You don’t want anything smaller or it will struggle at higher intensities or if you’re packing some extra pounds.
Make sure you get one with a wide and long enough tread belt. Just to make sure you have enough room to do the workout and actually enjoy it without cramping. And please make sure you get additional warranty to the manufacturers measly 90 days.