Shoes & Gear

Our favorite treadmill of 2024 is $200 off its Amazon list price (and $400 off the list price at NordicTrack.) Powerful, foldable and loaded with features, our editors found plenty to love about the Commercial 1750. It reacts quickly to changes in speed and incline and sports a spacious running deck that rotates skyward up to 12 percent and down to minus-3 percent.

RW Runner-in-Chief Jeff Dengate described the deck’s cushioning as “Goldilocks-level” perfect. The mill's 16-inch touch screen also contains the latest tech, including the iFit workout library with its thousands of interactive routines and the ability to stream media from Amazon Prime, Spotify and Netflix. It also syncs with Strava, Google Fit and Apple Health, and will even keep you in a given heart rate zone while you’re wearing a compatible heart rate monitor.

Runners looking for a cheaper, slimmed-down model will appreciate the NordicTrack XP 10i. You’re giving up 5 inches in belt length and 2 mph in top speed compared to the next model up, the Commercial 1250–but with the current sales on both treadmills, you’re saving $500. That seems like a fair trade to me.

In testing, we found the Exp 10i’s dimensions worked well for most runners, and it was easy to move into storage. Like its more expensive brethren, the XP 10i comes with access to the iFit library, which we enjoyed using even on the smaller 10-inch touch screen. We were even impressed with the powerful fan as well as the built-in Bluetooth speakers, the latter of which rose to the occasion to overpower the noise of the belt and then some.

NordicTrack’s EXP 7i is a trustworthy budget-friendly treadmill, and this deal is a rare opportunity to grab a NordicTrack for less than $1,000 through the end of Black Friday. It’s the cheapest option on our list, but the EXP 7i still comes with the same warranty as the Commercial series: 10 years for the frame, 2 years for partners, and 1 year for labor.

In fact, many of its core features are the same as our other, more expensive picks: It still has a 20- by 60-inch running deck, a 12 mph top speed and 12-percent max incline. And at less than 230 pounds, it’s easy to fold up and move around when you need to switch up your space. The 7-inch touch-screen display is a bit small if you want to get fully lost in a workout video, but a big screen is a luxury we can live without at this price.

The Commercial 2450 is NordicTrack’s top-of-the-line folding treadmill, and you can score one for $300 off this season. Building on the already-solid specs of the Commercial 1750, it has a slightly wider 22- x 60-inch running deck, a top speed of 14 mph and a higher 400-pound weight limit.

During testing, we loved the level of cushioning on the belt–not too firm, not too soft. The sturdy console has a 24-inch touch screen to make the most of the treadmill’s iFit connectivity and ability to stream Netflix, Amazon Prime and Spotify via the iFit network. A fan that automatically adjusts to your level of intensity and the ActivePulse feature (which matches the mill’s pace to a desired heart rate zone) round out the nicest folding mill you can buy from NordicTrack.

Picture yourself in the Italian Alps, following a gregarious mountain guide through the most scenic run of your life. Instead of looking down to make sure you don’t roll an ankle, you’re able to take it all in.

Sound nice?

NordicTrack’s current flagship treadmill, the Elite X24i, can transport you to that kind of scenic, undulating terrain with an incline range of minus-6 to 40 percent and a 24-inch touch screen. With an iFit subscription, you can follow a trainer up and over a vista at twilight as the Elite X24 adjusts speed, incline, and decline accordingly. Or you can burn through a high-intensity interval workout pumping your favorite tunes through the treadmill’s speakers via iFit’s Spotify connectivity.

If a truly huge screen isn’t as important to you, the NordicTrack X16, Health & Injuries.

Cyber Monday Adidas Deals 2023 Runner’s World—not Bicycling—riding an exercise bike can also be a great way to get a workout in when a run’s not in the cards. As it happens, NordicTrack also makes one of our favorite exercise bikes, the S22i, and it’s on sale for Black Friday.

In testing, we were most impressed with the S22i’s massive 22-inch touch-screen display. It pairs perfectly with the iFit library, which features high-energy spin classes and adventure routes following instructors on scenic rides. The bike doesn’t actually pitch up and down, but its resistance tracks the undulations of an iFit ride to simulate vertical grades of 20 percent uphill to 10 down.

With bluetooth-enabled speakers and a pair of 3-pound dumbbells for off-the-bike training, the S22i gives you everything you need to start cross-training.