Treadmill is the most popular home exercise equipment for jogging or walking. Besides exercising your legs and arms with treadmill, you can work out as well. Like everything, treadmill have advantages as well as disadvantages.
Advantages of Using Treadmill:
- In treadmill, you can set the speed of your own choice that suits you best.
- You do not have to depend upon weather condition. Bad weather is not a hurdle not to exercise.
- Load is easily adjustable.
- Joints cannot get stained because of cushioned surface of treadmill.
- Treadmill equipment can be used by many users and they do not need to have a jogging route.
- Calories are burnt faster by running on treadmill as compared to other home equipment exercises, such as biking.
- By running on treadmill, users can do some other things like watch television which can make exercise more interesting.
Disadvantages of Using Treadmill:
- With treadmill, people get bored quickly.
- Heavy treadmill have loud motors which make a lot of noise.
- Movement on treadmill is not the movement in fresh air as in outside jogging.
- Treadmill are so expensive if once broken down and its warranty get expired then you need a heavy price to fix it.
- Treadmill takes a lot of space usually heavy treadmills take the space upto36 inches
- wide by 72inches long.
- Maintenance of treadmill requires a professional.
- Treadmill has a lack of variety.
Overall it is expensive piece of equipment which has many disadvantage also. But if you want to purchase it then you need to have a thorough research for the best one. Better suggestion is to go outside for jogging or walking to breath in fresh air instead of purchasing it.
