The basic purpose that the treadmill serves is that it allows the user to walk or run on the belt of the machine to remain healthy. It is electric exercise equipment which allows the person to walk or run without moving from his place. Treadmill is very useful during unfavorable weather conditions as it allows the person to exercise within the comfort of the house. In modern time treadmill is available with many inbuilt facilities like calculation of the speed and heart rate which further allows calculating the calories burnt. Basically treadmill is available in two designs which are conventional design and woodway design

Conventional design of treadmill

The conventional; treadmill utilizes the principal of conveyor belt design. The conventional design is useful well distributed and light weight. The disadvantage of the conventional treadmill is that a friction and force arrives during the process of the exercise. The manufacturer tried to overcome the disadvantages of the conventional treadmill by various remedies. These remedies were only short term and long term solution to this problem is not available. All the treadmill available in the market is mostly the conventional design treadmill.

Woodway design of treadmill

Wood way design of the treadmill was developed to overcome the problem of conventional design of treadmill. The design of woodway treadmill is set to provide a surface to user which will not create a fiction as it was created in the traditional design. An entirely modern and comfortable running surface is created in the woodway design of treadmill. A ball bearing transportation system is created to make exercising on treadmill comfortable. In the modern treadmill the running surface is separate from the transportation system in order to provide a solid vulcanized rubber T-slat. This thick surface has the advantage that it absorbs shock. This process of absorbing shock is done without disturbing the process of running. The size of wire is long enough to allow the treadmill to work without adjustment. The woodway treadmill has modern design which will cost less maintenance and very less repairs. The modern design consumes less electricity and has long life.