Product Description

With the Edge® 500 Treadmill you can walk in the comfort of your own home no matter what the weather is outside.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36297 in Sports & Outdoors
• Brand: Fitness Quest
• Model: ETM00500
• Released on: 2007-09-10
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 50.00" h x 23.00" w x 47.00" l, 53.00 pounds

Features

• Manual treadmill for building cardio endurance and toning your muscles
• Pair of weighted flywheels and open-ended, smooth-treading walking surface
• Built-in fitness computer tracks speed, distance, time, and calories burned
• Spring-loaded pins for quick takedown and storage; casters for easy transport
• Measures 23 x 50 x 47 inches (W x H x D) and weighs 59.5 pounds; 90-day warranty

Amazon.com Product Description
Tone up in the comfort of your own home with the Edge 500 manual treadmill from Fitness Quest. Foldable, portable, and storable, the Edge 500 offers a great way to build endurance, tone your muscles, and exercise your heart. The manual treadmill is equipped with a pair of weighted flywheels and an open-ended, smooth-treading walking surface. All it takes to reach a comfortable jogging speed is your own forward momentum, with no fussy electronics to slow you down or trip you up. The Edge 500 also offers a built-in fitness computer that tracks your speed, distance, time, and calories burned. And thanks to the pair of incline settings, it's easy to add a little workout variety. Additional features include spring-loaded pins that allow for fast takedown and storage, built-in casters for easy transport, and a compact housing that measures only 23 by 50 by 47 inches (W x H x D) when fully assembled. The Edge 500 is backed by a 90-day warranty.

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.

Customer Reviews

What I've been looking for
I have wanted a treadmill for years, of course I didn't look all that hard and all I ever saw were the ones that sell for hundreds or thousands of dallars. I finally thought ok I'll find one I can make payments on, but I really don't care for all the wistles and bells, just walking, I can tell when I've walked twenty minutes. I found these here on amazon and the reveiws of this one looked good enought for me. Bought it and holy moly, this thing is great, fifteen to twenty minutes on this and I've had a GREAT work out, the machine is built very well, very sturdy, very easy to set up, great workmanship and design. And I could pay for it in one lump sum, great, go for it.....

Great Machine
I bought this machine after reading reviews for it and most were not good. I must say I'm glad I ignored them-It's a great bargain for someone who doesn't have the money to spend on an electric one. While adjusting the belt can be alittle difficult once you have it set there usually isn't any need to adjust it further.I am disabled & a klutz but I feel comfortable on this because it goes the same pace I do.My only complaint and it's a small one, is with the readout panel-if you're not careful it may fall off-there needs to be a better way to attach it. Otherwise, a great treadmill for the money.

It's a real workout!
This product description is correct concerning putting the unit together and the portablity of the unit. What it doesn't say is that you really get a workout. No matter what incline it is in, it feels as though you are walking up a hill in sandy soil. If you want a strenuous workout, then this unit is for you. If you simply want the unit just to simulate normal walking on a level surface, then this is NOT the unit for you.