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January 10th, 2012 by Mary | Filed under Exercise, home gym.
A treadmill is an essential piece of fitness equipment for a home gym. Treadmills provide numerous health benefits. For example, regular cardiovascular exercises on treadmills strengthen the heart muscles and increase the functioning of lungs. Workouts on treadmills burn calories and contribute to weight-loss. Toning and building muscles are the other outstanding benefits of doing exercises on a treadmill. Another advantage of performing exercises on a treadmill is that it provides numerous options, such as walking, jogging, and running. One can even simulate climbing on a hill with the help of a treadmill. The treadmill is ideal equipment for those who cannot spare time for outdoor physical exercises.
Manufactured by Icon Health and Fitness, Inc, ‘Nordic’ is among the most popular brands of track treadmills rated high for their comprehensive features. Nordic Track treadmills include a powerful motor to enable users to achieve peak performance, a durable tread belt designed to provide the highest level of strength, besides ensuring noise-free workouts. Nordic Track treadmills offer a large and comfortable ‘Flex-Deck’ running surface to facilitate trainers to walk, jog or run, enable them to customize the intensity levels and workouts according to their fitness requirements. They also offer good cushioning. The ‘Reflex Deck’ technology in Nordic track treadmills ensures that the running surface absorbs shocks. The provision of ‘heart rate monitors’ is another important feature of Nordic Track treadmills. There are different options for heart rate monitoring such as speed, incline adjustments and a built-in fan to make the user comfortable during workouts. . The users activate these monitors by gripping pulse sensors built into the hand rail. Nordic Track treadmill models include pulse driven programs that enable users to maintain specific targeted heart rate. Some of the inexpensive models include a 2.0 HP motor with a speed of 0-12 MPH, user weight of 300 lbs and a smaller platform of around 50 inches.
All Nordic Track treadmills have electronic consoles providing numerous preset programs. The built-in ‘iFIT’ technology incorporated in Nordic Track treadmills permits users to utilize CDs as well as download latest programs from the Internet to the users’ treadmill through a computer. The features of consoles vary from model to model and display speed, time, distance, calories burned, pulse, pace and incline adjustment.
Nordic Track treadmills are available in numerous models with different features and the prices varying from $1000 to $4000. They differ in speed, incline adjustments and area of running surface. .Some of these models include Nordic Track treadmill E3700, Nordic Track 4200 R, Nordic Track 4500R, Nordic Track 500, Nordic Track C 2300, Nordic Track C220, Nordic Track S3000, Nordic Track C2150, Nordic Track View Point 2800, Nordic Track series 4000, Nordic Track Professional series 3500 and Nordic Track S1900. Nordic Track treadmills cover a warranty of three years for motors, two years for the parts and one year for labor.
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