LiveStrong treadmills are manufactured by Johnston Health Technology and endorsed by professional cyclist Lance Armstrong. A percentage of profits are donated to LiveStrong’s Lance Armstrong Foundation to help cancer survivors. The LiveStrong 7.9 T is the LiveStrong brand’s entry-level home treadmill. It retails for $799 while the top-of-the-line 16.9 sells for $1699.

NordicTrack Incline Trainers are hybrids between regular treadmills and stairclimbers. Exercisers can walk flat, but the track can be tilted up to 40% -- and the advanced models decline slightly, too. Incline training gets faster results than traditional treadmill training by forcing exercisers to use their muscles differently. The X7i is NordicTrack’s top-level incline trainer. It retails for $2999 but recently had a sale price of $1899. The brand’s basic incline trainer, the X3, has an MSRP of $1399.

The Sole S77 is a high-quality model in Sole’s series of non-folding treadmills. It’s an upgrade over the S73, the line’s entry-level treadmill. The MSRP is $2499 but the machine has been on sale for under $2000.

LiveStrong treadmills are manufactured by Johnston Health Technology and endorsed by professional biker Lance Armstrong. A percentage of profits are donated to LiveStrong’s Lance Armstrong Foundation, which advocates for cancer survivors. The LiveStrong 16.9 T is the LiveStrong brand’s premium home treadmill. It retails for $1699 while the brand’s entry-level model, the 7.9 T, sells for $799.

NordicTrack’s Commercial 1500 treadmill can withstand commercial use but is popular among home users who have plenty of workout space. It normally retails for $2499 but has been sold by the manufacturer for as little as $1299. A one-year subscription to iFit workouts is included in the purchase price.