Sport and Leisure

When most of us think of a treadmill, we envision a dusty machine in the corner of the basement, which we bought in our brief enthusiasm for exercise, and then promptly forgot or adamantly avoided. For those of us who make it to the gym, even the professional industry treadmills, some of the most used machines on the market, require extensive repair within the first one to two years of their lifetime.

In recent years, there have been a series of studies revealing the many health risks associated with too much sitting. The link between being deskbound and the danger of disease are so startling that some experts are calling sitting the new smoking. Prolonged inactivity has even been connected to heart disease and some types of cancer.