With everything going on, I opted to order a Bowflex treadmill for home use. Being what most people would politely say "heavy set", the doctors would call "obese", I went for a well built machine rather than one of those cheaper ones you can get from a dot com website. Well, she arrived yesterday via a trucking company! She weighed in at 309 lbs. That's one helluva heavy box!
Once inside my front door, I was surprised to see just how big it is. The box was nearly 8 feet long, and 3 feet wide ... in fact, longer than my couch! There's no way I could move this on my own, that's for sure. Thank goodness I have tile floor, and the box could slide into a good position. I opened it up, and took it apart piece by piece. With all the smaller pieces out, only the base was left. I sliced the bottom half of the box so I could turn the base on it's side and left it wrapped in its plastic bag so I could slide it into the bedroom I plan to use her in.
This was major, and I did it in smaller portions as I didn't want to hurt myself! But I gathered up my mojo and tackled assembly. I watched the official video a couple of times so that I would know the steps, and each step was manageable. It went together like a dream! In a couple of hours, she was ready to fire up!
She's solidly built and feels like she's built to last.
Sort of like me. haha
I walked and played around with settings for about 10 minutes before I crawled into bed, so very tired! And today, I jumped on it after walking Sadie around the block for another half mile, testing the incline and speed buttons. The speed is VERY intuitive and when I increase the speed with a touch of my thumb, it gradually increases based on the speed of my steps. If I set it for 4mph and my steps aren't keeping up, it stays with me at 3.8 until I get into a rhythm. Or did I imagine this?
I think this is going to work well ..... !
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