Shopping for Treadmill..
 

Hi,

I'm shopping for a treadmill to use in my basement (esp.., in Winter) during winter.

Any body recently bought a treadmill for home use ? How is the treadmill ? Any good deals that you know ?

My budget is about 1000$ or little more.

Thanks.
J.

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Liquidation world had a bunch going relatively cheap last time I was there. $600ish. Its a sort of alladins cave that place. Of course, its pot luck and will depend on individual store inventory.

http://www.liquidationworld.com/

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Every garage sale has a treadmill.

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But such treadmills are mostly worn out / over used. It will become tough if they break.

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I think it more likely that they've never been used.

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If anything they are probably underused...and that's why people are getting rid of them....after reality strikes and good intentions are long forgotten.

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my husband bought one after getting his first nursing job! £1000! its the most expensive clothes airer ever :rofl:
ive tried to sell it but no one wants it, hardley used, cluttering up my kitchen, anyone want to buy it in Yorkshire??;)

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:) Well if that works out, it'll be lucky.
Will start crawling craigslist and kijiji.

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What's a treadmill for anyway? Surely if you want to work your legs you can just walk to work.

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They make a great place to hang clothes over to dry. ;)

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Some of us don't work. :p;)

It's a much more controlled environment and although boring as hell to walk on, it does help in some cases.

For myself I find if I go out for a walk (meaning exercise) I tend to walk a little too fast and get painful shin splints. With the speed controlled on a treadmill that doesn't happen.

Motivation is the big issue.

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I hear you. We have an eliptical jogger / stairmaster type thingy that lacks motivation;)


The point of all these sort of things is winter excercise, when its dark in the mornings / evenings or just too much time or hassle to go skiing.

Gotta work on that motivation thing.

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If I have that kind of spirit, I wouldn't have even thought of a treadmill. For sure motivation is a great challenge to use a treadmill in basement compared to a Gym where there is crowd.

More over, its not always Summer in Toronto.

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I am also targeting the 10k next October and want to finish with 5k this March.
More than running in surface, treadmills provide extra cushion (from your shoes + treadmill cushion), plus safe. Flip side is Fresh air and oxygen.

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I've been to Toronto. Winter or summer in Toronto I walked to work, snickering at those who drive to the gym.

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But then you have to wear clothes, I guess.

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There are way too many moving parts on a treadmill for that kind of activity.

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There are way too many moving parts on me. :huh:

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You wanna be careful. You could have someone's eye out with those.

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Summers probably worse than winter for outside exercise, 40+°C Humidex and Smog. Its not for the faint of heart. Even the evenings are brutal.

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True, at least the 8ish in the mornings are fine.

Do people jog in winter. Well, I heard breathing itself gets difficult outside. I never walked more than 10-15 minutes in the strongest winter I've faced (-23c).
Wasn't really easy, probably I was scared....

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Once the snow is clear off the road we still see the demented jogging lady running around our neighbourhood.

My personal theory is that she forgot where she lives about 4 years ago and has been shuffling around looking for a familiar front door ever since. I swear she never stops.

But she's the only one. Spring seems to be the most popular time..but its probably a side effect of cabin fever. Even Ive been known to try jogging in the spring, until my knees remind me why I stopped last time, and the time before that, and the time before that...

There is a guy who skis around even in the summer thought... so I suppose it all balances out.
http://britishexpats.com/photopost/d.../Lycra_man.jpg

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There are are bunch of those folk in the gym connected to my place of work. We call them "Body-Nazis". Mostly, they're wymen. Or is that womyn, I forget?