Apple Fitness+ Treadmill Completeness
After much research and reflection about what I can afford vs what I should spend, I landed on the Horizon Fitness 7.0at (2024) treadmill. This was for a couple reasons:
Hard-stop - the treadmill must connect to Apple Watch/GymKit. Some/many may call this superficial, superfluous, etc. But, I am a data junky and this was my requirement. If the watch doesn’t track it correctly, the activity never happened - amirite?
I could get it for under $1,000 after tax, free curbside pickup, and assembled myself. This price threshold seemed very important in both directions. Some really good treadmills can be had from FB marketplace and the like for < $500, but then again GymKit-capable treads usually start around the $3,000 mark. I was able to find one of these for local pickup at Dick’s, and I got the online sales rep to honor one of their “10% off coupons for email alert signup.” So after tax and me doing the heavy lifting, my total was $996.
I’ve just completed my second Apple Fitness+ treadmill workout this morning, and it went absolutely great.
After much research and reflection about what I can afford vs what I should spend, I landed on the Horizon Fitness 7.0at (2024) treadmill. This was for a couple reasons:
Hard-stop - the treadmill must connect to Apple Watch/GymKit. Some/many may call this superficial, superfluous, etc. But, I am a data junky and this was my requirement. If the watch doesn’t track it correctly, the activity never happened - amirite?
I could get it for under $1,000 after tax, free curbside pickup, and assembled myself. This price threshold seemed very important in both directions. Some really good treadmills can be had from FB marketplace and the like for < $500, but then again GymKit-capable treads usually start around the $3,000 mark. I was able to find one of these for local pickup at Dick’s, and I got the online sales rep to honor one of their “10% off coupons for email alert signup.” So after tax and me doing the heavy lifting, my total was $996.
I’ve just completed my second Apple Fitness+ treadmill workout this morning, and it went absolutely great.