Treadmills, like any other sport and fitness equipment, must undergo few tests to determine their capacity to emerge as the most worthwhile piece of equipment among the other competing treadmill models of rival companies. For the fulfillment of this very purpose, Runner’s World magazine, which is known for its unbiased data on all kinds of fitness and sports equipments, does an yearly review on treadmills which do not get improved further neither their structure is modified by the manufacturer on a short term basis. This not only proves an interesting read for its customers but also a vital piece of information for those looking to buy a treadmill to suit their purpose.
The amount of tests that go into selecting the best few treadmills is very extensive. As stated, the treadmills that undergo testing must pass the above-mentioned criteria first. After that, these treadmills were operated at all sorts of programs such as different slopes and pace. And not just the programs were varied, even those who were operating it were of different built and had varying amounts of stamina. For 12 machines, there were 15 users of either sex and in the age group of 25 to 55 years. Even their weights were highly different. All the conclusions were arrived at after many a kilometers of running by these users under the headings of the cushioning effect of the machine, how stable the machine was, user friendly controls and informative display and all of this accounting on a overall basis also.
With such extensive tests, only one emerged the winner. Here’s the list of the first 5 treadmills that made it. True, made it at the top with Nordic Track right behind it. Next in line was Precor while Cybex and Life Fitness came in fourth and fifth respectively.