Used Treadmills
Commercial Treadmills: The Heavy Duty Treadmills For Advanced Users
Commercial treadmills are not meant to serve
individual workout needs. Instead they are used for commercial purposes
in gyms and fitness clubs. Most of the physical trainers who own a gym
or a fitness club are in great need of good commercial treadmills that
could sustain constant usage. These treadmills are needed to be much
strongly built in order to cope up with over use and harsher treatments.
These commercial treadmills are often called heavy duty treadmills
because of their high horsepower motor that is specially designed to
bear constant and rigorous workouts. These heavy duty treadmills have
their horsepower efficiency around and above three HP when on continuous
duty.
Other components of these treadmills are also specifically
manufactured and designed to suit conditions at a gym. For example these
commercial tread equipments come with a belt of four ply instead of two
ply belt that you find in treadmills used for individual purposes.
Along with the surge in demand of home treadmills, need for commercial
treadmills were expected to decrease. But contrarily commercial
treadmills happen to be equally sought after and almost all leading
brands have climbed on the band wagon for producing these business tread
equipments.
Comparatively this business tread equipment takes
greater space and are often heavier than home purpose treadmills. These
treadmills are considered to be perfect for aerobic physical exercises.
Although these treadmills are strongly built, they are also not bared from
maintenance. All gym owners should ensure that their equipments get
periodic motor cleaning.
However, the differentiating line between a home treadmill and a commercial treadmill seems blurred today
as even for individual use folks are seeking heavy duty machines. That's
why manufacturers have taken a concerted effort to come up with a new
genre for those who are willing to buy a heavy duty home treadmill. This
new category is known as commercial grade treadmill that resembles a
commercial treadmill but is not at par with it in terms of features and
stability. These commercial grade machines are also lighter than
business tread equipments.
A good quality commercial treadmill
would come at a price above and around four thousand dollars. Before
choosing a model for your gym its better you access reviews on various
models to find out best possible equipments for your gym.
Nordic Track, Life fitness and Landice are some of the popular commercial
treadmill providers. Precor brand is no less behind in terms of demand.
These brands have carved out a niche for themselves in sphere commercial
treadmills and they are also indulged in a tough fight to have a greater
share of the market. True treadmills have been also found gaining
popularity for its commercial models. This brand also extends facility
of home shipping. It's Z7, Z8, Z9 series are widely in use.
Since
a great deal of money is spent on commercial treadmills, so buying deal
must involve enough caution and care.