Running track with your own hands at home - how realistic? Advice to craftsmen

Simulators that improve the work of the heart are extremely important. We are talking about a treadmill, a stapper, a rowing machine and exercise bikes. In addition to regulating heart activity, their help is also in the "killing" of excess fats.

A few trivial truths

At the same time, not everyone "shines" classes in the gym. One does not have enough time, another - money, the third does not force himself to get out of the house. Now if the simulator stood near the sofa ...

To buy home sporting shells of different purposes today is fashionable. Especially when finance and square meters are allowed. But what do those who have a small apartment and allocate a separate room for a home gym have absolutely no possibility?

The only way out is to decide which shells are most important for you, to reserve a corner for them (for example, in the bedroom) and start practicing. But what exactly to choose?

In addition to the classic bar and set of weights, we advise you to purchase a treadmill and start running at home.

Why the track?

Running is a universal activity, suitable for almost everyone. About the benefits of it so much is written that there is no point to repeat. Meanwhile, to organize an elementary jog in the fresh air is sometimes difficult - it's snowing with rain, then ice, dust and exhaust gases from cars, then a narrow courtyard and no stadium nearby.

You have a running track at home - the lion's share of problems automatically goes away. Neither the weather outside the window nor the lack of suitable equipment or time on the way to the stadium is no longer an excuse. Is that lazy-mother ...

So, we decided - we go to the store for this miracle-simulator. We come. And we experience some price shock. And immediately I remember that in the yard, in general, the crisis. And money to spend and without that is where.

But is it possible to spit on the dream of a strong beautiful body? No, we just do not give up. Folk craftsmen of our vast homeland found and find a way out of any situation! Or almost any.

How to make a treadmill with your own hands in your own apartment?

Yes, after visiting a "cool" sports shop, thoughts get this direction. Running track with your own hands - is it possible? Especially if you want to have a model that will move itself - that is equipped with an electric motor? Let's see what can be done here.

Just remember - the place still needs a lot. But for cramped apartments (for example, one-room apartments), this problem exists even in the case of acquiring a brand-name simulator. Another thing is when you have a country house - sometimes you can allocate a whole basement for a mini-gym.

However, the owners of spacious suburban real estate are rarely puzzled by the questions of how to make a treadmill with their own hands or the like. Either they buy expensive simulators, or run around in nature on picturesque terrain.

Couple of warnings

Even if you are a recognized national handyman, the running track with your own hands at home can be "too tough." Why?

First, you are unlikely to find an explanatory instruction for work. After digging up the Internet, get a mountain of information about the device of the sports ground (with a path!) For classes on the street or with advertising sites that offer equipment for the halls. Well, even if you do not "catch" viruses, traveling on questionable resources.

Secondly, almost inevitably there will be problems with the acquisition of the necessary materials, as below. As a result, you still decide to act at your own peril and risk. Well, let's try to share a little instruction.

Let's move on to the process technology

The treadmill for the house with its own hands is mechanically made, it's not that hard at all. Its principle diagram can be represented in the form of a support or frame (small skids or just legs and a deck for the canvas). All parts are made of wood (at worst), although the legs still make sense to make metal - for reliability.

The frame must be connected to a pair of horizontal axis shafts, and they should be at different heights to create a small inclination. Then, a tight elastic web is pulled tightly onto the shafts (like a bulldozer or a tank track). And in fact the work on creating a simulator is completed.

If you need a simulator of the inevitably electric type - "like the real one" - you will have to be puzzled by connecting one of the axes to the electric engine that will rotate it. The most creative craftsmen, perhaps, will be able to use a gasoline engine.

About difficulties and problems

At first glance, everything is simple. But in fact few people bring it to the end. From what? Taking up work, you begin to understand what difficulties were mentioned above.

The main problem is in finding the right material, from which you can make the canvas. After all, considerable strength is required in combination with elasticity. Industrial options for domestic lone craftsmen are usually unavailable. And what to take as a replacement - is unclear.

Another moment - a self-made treadmill, made by hand, turns out to be more cumbersome and takes more space than planned. To build a compact treadmill is a task for a very experienced craftsman. The rest after the work can be visited by the idea to get rid of the resulting monster and go running to the yard.

The electric motor is a separate headache. It's expensive, complicated and unreliable. At home - also unsafe. So think about it. Maybe it is more profitable to invest at a time in a simple budget option (for 5-7 thousand rubles) and forget about the problems? Moreover, in the kit you will certainly get cardiac sensors with computer tracking of training effectiveness, and a set of options for their mode.

The most persistent is dedicated

Let's say we did not change your mind. Well, we take the calculator and calculate - what will cost you a treadmill with your own hands. That is, we find out the cost of materials for its independent production. The frame is best done still not wooden, but metal - stainless steel. Meterage depends on the chosen sizes (about the need to have a preliminary diagram-drawing, do not even say - it's so clear).

In addition to the metal pipes themselves, they will need skills in slicing and welding together with the appropriate equipment. The ideal option is when both are already available. However, the tool can also be borrowed.

Another necessary material is the most dense rubber cloth on which you will run. And more - plastic rollers.

The treadmill with its own hands is assembled in such a sequence. Pipes are cut into pieces of a predetermined size, part of the segments will go to the frame, part - to the crossbeams. On the last put on rollers (if you could not get ready, you'll have to cut out rollers from pieces of plastic). Then the whole frame is welded according to the scheme, the crossbeams with the rolled rolls are welded inside it. Stretching the canvas on the frame, as already mentioned, completes the procedure.

So, the simplest running track (created by oneself) of a mechanical type is ready. Good luck in your endeavors!