Treadmill Safety Waist Belt

Why did you pick this product vs others?:Works great for walking on an incline to keep good posture. Now I can do 11% without having to hold on with a hand, twisting and tweaking my back. My watch now calculates my steps since I don't have to hold onto the treadmill. I'm not sure I would trust running with it but for speed walking on an incline it works great. It's sized by your waist but not sure how it does with weight. I weight 130 so it's fine, but I'd wonder about the velcro once you wear it a lot of times.

I have some balance issues and always needed to hang on with one hand to feel safe on the treadmill. The strain on my arm and shoulder caused me to tire quickly, especially walking on an incline. Using the belt allows me to drop both arms for a more natural gait while still feeling safe. Without the additional strain, I immediately added 5 minutes to my workout and now expect to more quickly progress in workout length. I also feel safer walking on steeper inclines.I ordered the next belt size up because I wasn’t certain how it would work with my machine. It is MUCH bigger than I need, but that allows me to wear it on either my waist or hips. I can also stand further back on the belt so my arms are clear for exercise in all directions. The Velcro connects anywhere along the length of the belt so it offers tremendous flexibility.

"This device is a lifesaver and has given me the incentive to work out more. In light of recent changes at Planet Fitness, especially with their cardio machines, I no longer felt comfortable using their treadmills and stopped going. Weight gain and depression followed. This device has given me my self-confidence back. I can now complete a full hour of incline walking on the treadmill. Love it!!"

I bought the 98 inch belt. It looks like a high quality product. On the first time use I discovered that it is not as long as I hoped and nor is it as stretchy as I expected. In use I found the belt tends to pull me to one side or the other making me adjust my position often as I was approaching the edge of the tread belt.

The gym where I exercise (24 hour fitness) does not do a good job of maintaining the stop cords on their treadmills. Most of them are gone and the few in place are frayed so I felt very unsafe since I have a gimpy knee and ankle and my balance has never been good. Since I did not feel like going off the end of the treadmill at 4 miles per hour, I started looking around for a solution.This item fits the bill. I have used it a few times now and I feel very secure. Even if I were to fall, the fact that the belt crosses in front of me and below my arms means the belt will keep me from going off the end. Nothing, of course, will prevent a fall if you misstep and I don't expect it to do so. I just want it to keep me in position on the treadmill where I can hit the stop button if that does happen.It attaches to itself by means of super heavy grippy velcro pads (that are about 3" by 4") at the two ends of the belt. Because the whole rest of the belt is material the Velcro pads can latch onto you can size it to suit how close or far away you want to be from the front of the treadmill because the belts are very long (I got the medium). And when I say "super heavy grippy" I mean just that. There is no way the Velcro will come loose on its own. It is, in fact, a struggle to get it ripped off the target material when I want to unattach it.There is one thing, they are supposed to fix the wording on their Ad regarding shipping since I made them aware of how misleading it is. It says "free express shipping" which leaves one to think that shipping is free. It isn't. They charge you standard but ship it express. I got the belt in just about 3 business days.

The only way to be able to swing your arms and register steps with your tracker on a manual treadmill is by using a belt like this. Otherwise you're having to hold on to keep from flying off. It's sturdy and comfortable and allows you to lean back to slow the pace or lean forward to pick up speed. It's a must-have for manual treadmills.

Good product helps from keeping you from falling off the treadmill from the back Velcro is pretty strong only thing is you need to tie it in a somewhat knot around the waist to really secure other wise a bit of pressure from pulling will undo the strap and I like to be really close to the front grip bars of the treadmill so I really looped it on the bare to really shorten the length but the length is long I’m size 14 and I had plenty of strap to knot around me after looping around drip bar like 7 times it kept me in one place but it does not keep you from tripping on the sides tho so don’t think this product is a solution to that I doubt there is anything out there for that but my concern was mainly falling off the tread and keeping myself up against the front hold bars actually helps with stepping on the side rails better freeing the arms to move freely I feel I work out better I actually feel it more so I’m happy with this item but still I recommend keeping the red clip on just in case when your messing with you phone and misstep yes almost happened to me and that’s why I’m more comfortable closer to the front bar for a quick grab in case but that was to my stupidity I’m lookin forward to using this daily to enhance my workout yes more calories burned!