The treadmill supposedly folds into an upright position, but when it was in this position it unlocked and fell on the feet. Smash! The feet cracked all up and now when you use it, your weight makes the back run on the broken feet which is a hazard. Unless I find a way to try to fix it myself with hand made fix it yourself, it would probably be best to just get new feet. So far I can’t find a way to get the feet for the back of the treadmill, any ideas?

Try this place, or contact the manufacturer.

http://www.treadmilldoctor.com/;jsessionid=0a010c481f43f1e33135721b420f862acfe6dd0dbd7b.e3eTaxiPc3mTe34Pa38Ta38LbNb0?gclid=CIeEvaffw58CFUVn5Qodq3kMzg

besides a treadmill? preferably one that can fold up or be stored in a small place…….

Stationary bike.

I have been a truck driver for 6 year’s and just recently found a fold up treadmill that fits in my truck. The only problem I am finding is I need to hold on to the hand rail’s, which they say is wrong, and it give’s me a false workout. I also find that the incline it has, I have to take breaks more often than walking flat. I had been walking 1 mile before I got the treadmill, and I could finish that in one walk, this takes me a while, and I am just wondering if this is normal?
I am using a manual treadmill, and when I walked 1 mile it was only around my truck, I had calculated it up so that I needed to walk around the entire truck 31 times = 1 mile. This I could do all at once without any breaks, but the incline seems to be different, I run out of breath quicker, and my heart pounds really bad, so I have been doing .5 segment’s.every .5 i take a break and let me catch my breath and heart calm down. I just want to know if I am doing this correctly, or not?

Using a motorized treadmill with no incline, you may burn fewer calories per mile than you do outdoors. The moving tread does some of the work for you, and you have no wind resistance. According to research, you can overcome these by adding a slight incline, as little as 1%.

Walking outside has its biggest advantage in challenging your balance and stability with all of the small obstacles, dodges, starts and stops. This will give you an advantage for distance walking as well as overall health as we age — maintaining our stabilizing muscles. Here is what you face walking outside vs. on a treadmill:

* Up and down curbs, steps, short stairways, and stepping over small obstacles. A little workout for your climbing muscles.
* Sloped sidewalks and road sides. A challenge to your balance muscles.
* Dodging people, puddles, and poodles. A challenge to move side-to-side as well as forward.
* Stops and starts at street crossings. A challenge to the muscles to come to a halt and to start from zero.
* Treadmills only go uphill or level, only very rare models have downhill incline. Going downhill challenges muscles in a completely different way.
* On the treadmill, the tread is moving and you may not be giving yourself a good push off with your back foot. Concentrate on doing this correctly on the treadmill.

Distance Training Outdoors vs. Treadmill
I recommend doing outside long distance mileage when training for a 10K, half marathon or marathon, rather than doing it all on the treadmill. Go ahead and use the treadmill for your within-week workouts of 30-60 minutes and to work on your walking posture and form. But for your long, slow distance mileage, do it outdoors.

On a longer distance event, your muscles will begin to tire and you will need to remind yourself often of good walking form. You end up with aches in odd places as you "recruit" different muscles when your usual walking muscles tire. Outdoors training is more likely to be using those muscles for balance, stability, ups and downs than the smooth ride of the treadmill. You will end up with fewer aches after your long distance events if you have been doing your long slow distance training outdoors.

I think my legs are a bit shorter than average. I read the belt should be at least 50inch or 127 cm in length. I would only use it when it is too hot or raining etc to walk outside. It must be foldable. I think it is not worth paying the extra for a motorized one so manual is preferred.

Please tell me minimum belt dimensions for my needs and if you can recommend a good manual fold up treadmill available in Melbourne Australia I’d be grateful. Preferably not too expensive but good enough quality not to harm my joints etc.

dont worry about the belt size, go to the store and try it out before you buy it.
even if you buy from somewhere online, go to a store you dont intend to buy from and try that model out.
i cant give an honest answer about your needs without doing an in-person gait-analysis and thats obviously not possible.

did anyone of you used manual treadmill, I want to buy one because it is cheaper and does not use electricity, but I am afraid that i will not like it. what is a difference in walking on manual treadmill ( I am thinking to buy "New Acclivity GT Portable Folding Manual Treadmill" did you use it, what did you think about it?) thank you very much

It works your legs a lot more because you’re having to push to move. An electric treadmill is going to be a lot more like actually running.