If you like to walk, you'll love the TR500. This easy-to-use, high-quality treadmill is loaded with features designed specifically for walkers and casual joggers. Among the treadmill's most popular functions are speed and incline buttons on the handlebars, which let you adjust the speed and incline without removing your hands; eight shock-absorbing bumpers in the deck suspension to evenly absorb the impact of the foot strike while providing a firm pushoff at the end of each step; and several preset programs that make it easy to vary the incline and distance as you walk. Add them all up and you have an ideal treadmill for home workout enthusiasts. The TR500's variety of workout programs include six programs that control the belt incline, five programs that control the belt speed, and two user-customized programs. The My Zone program, meanwhile, monitors your heart rate and automatically adjusts the speed and incline to keep your intensity consistent throughout the workout. Once you set your target heart rate, the console automatically maintains the heart rate using the grip pulse or your own heart rate chest strap.
The TR500 is equipped with a 1.75-horsepower continuous-duty motor that supports speeds from 0.6 to 10 miles per hour, along with 2-inch steel tapered rollers that provide a smooth walking performance. The two-ply, anti-static running belt, meanwhile, employs LifeSpan's wax and silicone lubricant blend to minimize belt friction and provide long-term protection against belt wear and tear. Finally, the treadmill's oversized blue backlit display tracks such measurables as incline, speed, time, distance, calories, and heart rate. Other features include a heavy-gauge steel welded frame, a weight capacity of 275 pounds, and a handy folding system for easy storage. The TR500 carries the following warranties: lifetime on the frame and motor and one year on parts and labor.
Specifications
- Display panel: Oversized blue backlit display
- Readouts: Incline, speed, time, distance, calories, and heart rate
- Programs: 6 incline, 5 speed, 2 user-controlled, and My Zone heart rate control
- Heart rate: Contact heart rate
- Speed/incline control: Quick speed and incline buttons, handlebar speed and incline control
- Speeds: 0.6 to 10 miles per hour
- Incline: 0 to 12 levels
- Belt size: 52 x 18 inches
- Belt type: 2-play anti-static
- Roller size: 2-inch tapered
- Frame: Heavy-gauge steel-welded
- Folding: Yes, EZ Drop
- Side rails: Nonslip plastic
- Deck: 3/4-inch, with 8 variable-density elastomers
- Drive motor: 2-horsepower continuous duty
- Lift motor: 500 pounds max
- Weight capacity: 275 pounds
- Dimensions: 31 by 50 by 71 inches (W x H x D)
- Weight: 167 pounds
About Treadmills
Walking is still considered one of the most beneficial cardiovascular exercises for people of all ages, body types, and fitness levels. As a fundamental form of aerobic training, walking has numerous physical benefits for the heart, lungs, and circulatory system, while also increasing muscle tone and burning fat calories. Treadmills provide a convenient way to regularly exercise in all weather conditions in the comfort and safety of your own home.
From beginners just starting an exercise regimen to advanced athletes looking to maintain their fitness level, anyone interested in getting and staying in shape can benefit greatly from regular use of a treadmill. Treadmills allow you to determine the pace, distance, and complexity of the workout based on your needs, all while watching television, talking on the telephone, or reading a magazine. Much easier on sensitive joints like the knees and hips, treadmill walking and running surfaces are typically long, padded platforms that allow ample room for a long stride and comfortable, low-impact walk or jog without the harsh contact of a concrete surface.
While many different types, styles, and price ranges of treadmills exist, many of them offer unique features like a fold-up design for easy storage, an electronic display monitor showing speed, distance, workout time, incline level, and burned calories, and EKG grip pulses to monitor the heart rate while exercising. Regardless of the simple to complex features you may choose, treadmills offer an array of aerobic exercise opportunities that will provide long-lasting beneficial cardiovascular results without a commute to the gym or a jog in the rain.
