Space Saver Treadmills - Preserving Your Personal Space

Space saver treadmills-treadmills with fold-away designs, were pioneered by Proform, which is a subsidiary of Icon Health and Fitness and brands its proprietary design as. . . you guessed it, SpaceSaver™.

But good ideas don't stay home for long, and now many treadmill manufacturers, like Tunturi and Smooth Fitness, produce space saver treadmill models.

While space saver equipment, other exercise machines like ellipticals may also have fold away designs, can be thought of as portable, in practice the weight and size of a treadmill makes it, at best, movable.

Most folding treadmills are designed so the upright portion folds against the deck making storage on-end fairly easy.

Some have wheels on one end of the deck for easier movement from one location to another.

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Quality treadmills, especially treadmills designed and engineered for intense workouts and heavy training like that done in sports organizations, are hefty pieces of equipment.

Club-grade treadmills are not designed to be moved, but many high quality home-use treadmills are, and they ain't light, varying in weight from a couple hundred pounds to twice that.

Folding treadmills are convenient in that they can be stored in a fairly small area, like a closet, but users should take care when moving them to their folded position or to storage.

Some treadmills, like the Proform 590s, incorporate a piston-assisted folding design to make the whole procedure easier, and higher-priced models, like the Smooth Fitness 7.1HR, feature powered folding designs.

For people who have little extra space or who don't really want to include a treadmill as part of the furniture in their living rooms or dens, a folding treadmill is a great idea.