Or if older, when did people start using them?
Ooops! No offense to old people!
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7 Responses to “History question for old people- did they have treadmills in the 1980s?”
lady_gertie02 on
August 19th, 2007 5:17 am
I don’t know when they first came out, but YES they had treadmills in the 80’s.
Dark S on
August 21st, 2007 4:01 pm
yes. they were called “sidewalks”.
mummy dearest on
August 23rd, 2007 6:54 pm
I’m sorry, but us “old” people should kick your butt…..yes, they had them. most were “human-powered”, or manual. no motors.
Leon on
August 23rd, 2007 10:55 pm
They had them in the 70s, I know…watch the opening credits of the Six Million Dollar Man
Randy W on
August 25th, 2007 7:57 pm
Yes, and thanks allot. I have seen treadmills around since the 1970’s. So I guess I am really carbon dating myself.
The treadmill was first designed for animals to produce power. They used goats and cows, pig and horses, this idea then came to be a household item for those that could afford it.
CanProf on
August 26th, 2007 5:37 pm
Treadmills were historically used as a method of reforming offenders in prison, an innovation introduced by Sir William Cubit in 1817; these were also termed treadwheels. The first medical treadmill designed to diagnose heart and lung disease was invented by Dr. Robert Bruce and Wayne Quinton at the University of Washington in 1952. Dr. Kenneth Cooper’s research on the benefits of aerobic exercise, published in 1968, provided a medical argument to support the commercial development of the home treadmill and exercise bike.
merrybodner on
August 29th, 2007 4:04 pm
I bought one. They had them.
Gyms had them forever.
I don’t know when they first came out, but YES they had treadmills in the 80’s.
yes. they were called “sidewalks”.
I’m sorry, but us “old” people should kick your butt…..yes, they had them. most were “human-powered”, or manual. no motors.
They had them in the 70s, I know…watch the opening credits of the Six Million Dollar Man
Yes, and thanks allot. I have seen treadmills around since the 1970’s. So I guess I am really carbon dating myself.
The treadmill was first designed for animals to produce power. They used goats and cows, pig and horses, this idea then came to be a household item for those that could afford it.
Treadmills were historically used as a method of reforming offenders in prison, an innovation introduced by Sir William Cubit in 1817; these were also termed treadwheels. The first medical treadmill designed to diagnose heart and lung disease was invented by Dr. Robert Bruce and Wayne Quinton at the University of Washington in 1952. Dr. Kenneth Cooper’s research on the benefits of aerobic exercise, published in 1968, provided a medical argument to support the commercial development of the home treadmill and exercise bike.
I bought one. They had them.
Gyms had them forever.