tons of videos on IG, mainly crossfitters and other pseudo-athletes running on a curved (concave) treadmill. is there a point to these devices?
the other new fad is people turning on a treadmill to its highest setting, jumping on and trying to accelerate to catch up with it, then jumping off when you've had enough. seems like incredibly high risk vs high reward. any point to this either?
ohia wrote:
the other new fad is people turning on a treadmill to its highest setting, jumping on and trying to accelerate to catch up with it, then jumping off when you've had enough. seems like incredibly high risk vs high reward. any point to this either?
A few months back a guy at the gym was doing this next to me. Causing a scene. I glared at him everytime he jumped off and let it keep going. Meanwhile I kept the same (very fast) pace the whole time :rollseyes:
They are Woodway treadmills. Been around for decades. High end stuff back in the day.
Alan
sounds obnoxious. i love when someone tries to match my pace (and obviously cant), then i completely drop the hammer for 5 mins at a mile per hour or 2 faster
Runningart2004 wrote:
They are Woodway treadmills. Been around for decades. High end stuff back in the day.
Alan
but what is even the premise or point of them?
ohia wrote:
Runningart2004 wrote:
They are Woodway treadmills. Been around for decades. High end stuff back in the day.
Alan
but what is even the premise or point of them?
Blah blah blah marketing.
Blah blah blah sell treadmills.
Big Point: They are NOT motorized. IE: the belt only moves when you do.
Alan
Runningart2004 wrote:
ohia wrote:
but what is even the premise or point of them?
Blah blah blah marketing.
Blah blah blah sell treadmills.
Big Point: They are NOT motorized. IE: the belt only moves when you do.
Alan
The curved, non motorized, nearly frictionless, treadmills have not been around for decades. They are fairly recent. Woodway treadmills have been around for a while, but in a much more traditional sense, although with slats instead of a belt. Woodward are still high end stuff, and probably the best and most durable treadmills on the market.
Runningart2004 wrote:
Big Point: They are NOT motorized. IE: the belt only moves when you do.
Alan
^this. You can easily vary the pace & do things like strides or sprints.
My gym has them. I found it really awkward. There also isn’t really ample place to stash a phone or towel.
I’m partial to the treadmills with thicker tread that are pretty low impact.
...or TRUFORM brand, which don’t to my knowledge use a weighed flywheel like WoodWay
They are not meant for long distance runs. They are designed for sprint training. You can read all about them on Woodway's site. So if you try one at your gym, try it at mile pace or strides then you will see why they are so good for that. You can control it with your pace whereas a motorized flat mill controls you at 5 min pace!
TRUFORM another brand not using a weighted flywheel like WoodWay.
I've tried the woodway curve at the gym a few times, it's a little awkward at first, but because they are non-motorized, they can accelerate/decelerate very quickly, which makes them good for strides or sprinting, and the curved nature is supposed to make it lower impact. I personally think it would be too weird to do a longer run on one, but I like doing a longer tempo or whatever workout on a normal treadmill, then finishing up with strides on the curve.
The jump on the treadmill for a minute or less going fast thing is weird, there's a woman at my gym who does that on/off for like an hour... I've never seen her do any other type of running. Whatever makes you happy I guess. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Maybe this Sprintcoach person is a good coach, but they do not understand the mechanics of running on a regular treadmill.
...do you understand the mechanics on a regular treadmill..?
^ wrote:
https://sprintcoach.com/2018/01/08/my-quest-to-find-the-perfect-curved-manual-treadmill/TRUFORM another brand not using a weighted flywheel like WoodWay.
I've heard the TruForm is very good...more like running. But I haven't used it myself.
ohia wrote:
the other new fad is people turning on a treadmill to its highest setting, jumping on and trying to accelerate to catch up with it, then jumping off when you've had enough. seems like incredibly high risk vs high reward. any point to this either?
I've done this a few times as a way of doing strides. I crank it up for the stride, hop off when done and drop the speed about 3mph so it is easier to hop on for the next rep. The treadmills just take way too long to change speed otherwise and it is still safer than trying to do it on the snow and ice outside.
Did you read the review you posted? Speaking as a mechanical engineer, I disagree with this part:
"As was mentioned previously, motorized treadmills determine an individual’s running speed. The athlete sets the velocity of the belt and follows the machine. In essence, the athlete is braking considerably for every ground contact and then having the treadmill take his or her foot backwards at the set velocity. All that is required by the athlete is to maintain vertical hip height and engage in leg recovery on each stride. This is very different that actual running on the ground. If an athlete actually imparted a similar combination of forces and muscular action on the motorized treadmill as compared to over-ground running, they would shoot off the front of the treadmill."
...but apart from that, I thought it was an informative review of several treadmills.
These treadmills have shown to require 30% more energy to use them... Can anyone break 5 min on one of these ? ,(,video for proof). The scary part with these machines is stopping