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Finding the best rated treadmill is always a difficult job. You need to take a lot of things into consideration, things like size, design, reliability, folding abilities, cost, health measures, and so forth. Keeping in shape and burning calories is sometimes less difficult than finding a good treadmill. Fortunately for us, health and fitness experts made several researches on different treadmills, rating them in accordance. You will be able to see a list of the best rated treadmills at the end of the article. But first, let’s see what the main elements are, that these fitness experts took into consideration when looking for the best rated treadmill.

Number one on the priority list is the treadmill’s cushioning. The cushioning factor is the treadmill’s ability to absorb the shock of your footsteps. Training on a treadmill that has an extremely soft or an extremely hard deck is an easy way to damage your corporal integrity, provoking foot or ankle pain. The impact of your foot striking the deck needs to be absorbed by a material that balances softness with hardness.

Number two on the list is stability. If the treadmill flexes or jiggles when you run on it, it will give you the feeling that you don’t have control over it, or that it may break down any moment. Which often happens when the treadmill is unbalanced or is poorly assembled. In time, components will loosen up with the constant friction and you will end up on the floor, flipped by your (ex)treadmill. Remember, a treadmill is as durable as it was built. The stability of the electronic system was also taken into consideration.

Next on the list is the actual pace the treadmill shows. This measures the treadmill’s pace accuracy, based on actual distance in comparison to the display reading. Whether you run or walk on your treadmill, the display will always (almost) have a small error when showing you the pace of your exercise. Although when walking, you can’t see much of a difference, but in a running exercise the error can be a matter of seconds.

Last but not least is the decibel counter. If the treadmill howls and screeches, you will definitely ruin your own concentration and the concentration of the persons around you. Although a treadmill unleashes a lot of power, you want it to be quiet too; therefore the decibel counter was considered an important factor when rating a treadmill.

Here are the best rated treadmills, as rated by one of the most important fitness sites on the Internet: allnaturalalternatives.com

Brand          Cushioning   Stability     Actual  Pace        Decibel Ranking*
Smooth            7.0                7.9               8:01                        70
True                 6.9                8.7               8:00                        71
Landice            7.1                7.6               8:06                        72
Life Fitness      6.3                6.9               7:55                        72
Pacemaster     6.1                6.9               8:09                        74
Precor              6.4                5.6               7:58                        76
Image               7.2                6.7               8:04                        73
Cybex               5.3                7.0               7:50                        72
Star Trac          7.0                5.7               7:53                        74
Tunturi              5.8                4.2               7:50                        71

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