Exercise Equipment Guide: Treadmills, Weights, and Home Gyms

What happens when your treadmill stops suddenly, and how can you troubleshoot common home gym equipment? Selecting the best mini-trampolines, resistance bands, and cross trainers can significantly improve your at-home fitness results and safety.

Can You Keep a Treadmill Outdoors?

Published Jul,08 2011 | By Brynne Chandler

Maintaining outdoor treadmills can be a challenge, but the rewards are well worth it. Using treadmills outdoors on your patio, porch or balcony gives you a safe and convenient place to walk or run while enjoying the pleasures and benefits of fresh air.

Brynne Chandler is an avid runner, swimmer and occasional weight-lifter who fell in love with all things fitness related while writing TV Animation in Los Angeles. Her passion for healthy living and fascination with nutrition led to taking classes at the University of California Northridge, working with chefs, caterers and inspired her second career writing non-fiction and instructional articles. Brynne is hard at work on her first cookbook which combines simple, fresh recipes with science-based natural health remedies.