| If you were thinking of getting a treadmill | | | | to run so you don't strain any of your |
| for your home, you might not have realised | | | | muscles. At home, you would just have to |
| how much trouble it can be. Instead, it is | | | | figure these things out for yourself. |
| generally much easier to just join a gym. | | | | |
| | | | Whether you are using a treadmill to get fit |
| A good gym will have the most expensive | | | | or training to be a runner, the social side |
| treadmills around, with all the extra luxury | | | | of going to the gym is not to be |
| features there for you to take advantage of. | | | | underestimated. As everyone there is working |
| They won't be limited on space either, | | | | towards the same goals - exercise and fitness |
| meaning that they can have the models that | | | | - and has it as an interest in common, you |
| are big enough to run on comfortably without | | | | can make good friends and motivate each other |
| having to worry about straying a little from | | | | to try harder and not give up. Seeing the |
| side to side. | | | | people who have been coming to the gym for a |
| | | | long time is a big part of going there, as it |
| If you take your running seriously, and will | | | | lets you see the results of what you're doing |
| be doing some of your training using a | | | | long before you've achieved them for |
| treadmill, another advantage gyms have over | | | | yourself. It's all about motivation - and |
| home treadmills is that they can provide | | | | after all, if you're just sitting at home, |
| qualified instructors who know what they're | | | | and the sofa is right there next to your |
| doing. They can set up the treadmill so it | | | | treadmill, who's going to motivate you to |
| closely mirrors the conditions you're going | | | | keep going? |
| to be running in, and advise you on how much | | | | |