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Treadmills  are one of the best pieces of exercise equipment to burn the most calories and lose weight or alternatively improve your cardiovascular fitness and improve mobility, but not all models are the same and it can be confusing choosing a treadmill for home use from the wide selection available on the market. It is all to easy for the inexperienced to choose on the basis of price or brand rather than necessity.

The truth is you need to consider what type of exercise you are actually going to do before buying. This may sound a little odd until you grasp that some treadmills are only designed for walking exercises, some are ideal for full running exercises and some attempt to bridge the gap at an affordable rate without being ideal for true running exercises (but will often advertise that they are!).

Generally, treadmills made for walking exercises have a short running board. They usually have a running or walking board that is less than 50 inches long. Essentially a walkers stride is shorter than a runners hence the short length of running board for walking treadmills. Treadmills for walking can be motorized or manual, you can get great exercise from either type. A treadmill for a runner will only be motorized, manual would be to dangerous to use. Treadmills for walkers usually have an incline function that is manually selected or on the higher cost motorized versions will be electrically adjustable. A treadmill for walking will generally have hand grips to allow you to steady your posture.