The Pro-Form 765i interactive trainer treadmill protects your joints with its air chamber cushioning concept. It also folds away easily when not in use - a great feature for apartment dwellers.

Four rotating displays let you know your total calories as well as fat calories burned, your countdown for workout time, speed, and pulse rate. The Pro-form 765i interactive trainer treadmill also offers a cooling fan, and a holder for a water bottle or other accessories.

You can keep an eye on your heart health during your workout as well, not only by keeping a grip on treadmill's EKG heart rate monitor pulse sensors, but also with its two pulse-regulator workouts. These handy preprogrammed regimens determine optimum heart rate and pulse for your individual workout and then adjust incline and speed of treadmill to keep you always in your pulse safety zone.

Epinions.com provides an especially informative treadmill consumer guide. Rather than focusing on "best of best" Epinions' offers information about features and quality for more than 300 treadmills.

If you're a serious athlete who wants to know about high-end made-touch workout equipment you'll want to peruse Runner's World treadmill consumer guide. Here you'll find reviews of top notch but costly models such as Nordic Track 8600, True's 540 HRC, Pro Elite by PaceMaster and Precor's M9.33.