Treadmill ceiling clearance

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    RMF

    Member since 05/11/2018.

    6 posts. Last post 5 years ago.
    5 years ago 06/05/2018 5:18pm EDT

    Hi - I'm 6'3" (with shoes on), have 92" ceilings, and am contemplating buying a treadmill with a 7.5" high deck. This will give me standing clearance of 9.5" (at zero incline). I'll mainly be running with moderate to no incline. I'm not worried about hitting the ceiling, but wondering if it's going to feel too claustrophobic, and if I should consider a treadmill with a slightly lower deck. Will be using this a lot, so want to make sure it's comfortable running. If anyone has a treadmill with a similar level of head/ceiling clearance, would you mind sharing your thoughts? Thank you in advance.

  • Paulys Bunyons

    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 06/05/2018 5:34pm EDT
    re: RMF

    I am around 6'3" in shoes with an 8' ceiling. I think you will get use to it although it may feel a little close at first. If you run fast or long enough you will soon not think about it at all. :)

    I have a ceiling fan in the small room and have my tmill mostly away from it. Once I was watching some running event on tv and threw my arms up at the virtual finish line, rattling my fingers like playing cards on bicycle spokes against the rotating fan blade. I keep my celebrations less exuberant now.

  • Test it out

    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 06/05/2018 8:53pm EDT
    re: RMF

    Probably worth taking the treadmill for a spin with something soft over your head at the ceiling height.

    I'm surprised purveyors of fine treadmills don't have that option- a foam ceiling they can set above you and you can see how fast you need to run up what kind of incline before you brain yourself on the ceiling.

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    RMF

    Member since 05/11/2018.

    6 posts. Last post 5 years ago.
    5 years ago 06/07/2018 3:37pm EDT
    re: RMF

    Thanks guys for the advice. If anyone else has a similar level of ceiling clearance, I'd appreciate your thoughts.

  • 7' Ceilings

    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 06/07/2018 7:11pm EDT
    re: RMF

    In an old house, I had 7' drop ceilings and I removed two of the panels and my head went in-and-out of the drop ceiling as I ran. I had a TV in the room and another up in the ceiling so I could keep an eye on the program as my head went in and out of the drop ceiling. It was a dual monitor situation, so only one cable box. Now I have higher ceilings.

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    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 06/08/2018 9:33am EDT
    re: RMF

    Bump, need answers too

  • balanceabookonyourhead

    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 06/08/2018 11:39am EDT
    re: RMF

    Sounds like a good way to train a less up and down running motion. You'll be smooth running like a Kenyan in no time.

  • The Answers

    Anonymous Poster

    5 years ago 06/08/2018 12:46pm EDT
    re: 7' Ceilings

    7' Ceilings wrote:

    In an old house, I had 7' drop ceilings and I removed two of the panels and my head went in-and-out of the drop ceiling as I ran. I had a TV in the room and another up in the ceiling so I could keep an eye on the program as my head went in and out of the drop ceiling. It was a dual monitor situation, so only one cable box. Now I have higher ceilings.

    This is the answer

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    RMF

    Member since 05/11/2018.

    6 posts. Last post 5 years ago.
    5 years ago 06/13/2018 12:16pm EDT
    re: The Answers

    Thanks. Unfortunately I don't have drop ceilings. Anyone else willing to share their thoughts?

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    someguysomewhere

    Member since 01/13/2021.

    2 posts. Last post 2 years ago.
    2 years ago 05/06/2021 8:50am EDT

    I'm a very tall guy and when standing flat with zero incline I have 7.875" between the top of my head and bottom of the basement floor/ceiling joists. I don't use substantial incline and typical run is 8-10.5mph for 45-60 minutes. My vertical ratio tends to increase toward the end of long, hard runs. I feel pretty normal and not at all uncomfortable in this set up.

    I think 6" would be the absolute minimum headroom with 8" being the least that feels unnoticeable. To put it a different way, I would not even consider a treadmill that gives me any less than 6" head room and would give serious weight to one that keeps me at or above 8". Unfortunately for me, that means treadmills with no more than 8" step-up height and preferably more like 6".

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