The best treadmills for your home: up your indoor miles with our runner-approved picks

Whether you’re chasing folding treadmills or gym quality on a budget, our top-rated running machines will accelerate your training

• The best running shoes to take you from trail to road to marathon, tried and tested by runners

Although the treadmill has been around since the early 1800s, when it was once used to punish prisoners (sounds about right), it didn’t become a common feature in the home until the late 1960s, when William Staub unleashed his PaceMaster 600 on the US public.

Where they were once a simple rolling deck, treadmills today are often glossy pieces of interactive tech. Many now offer on-demand, real-time workouts (pioneered by Peloton) and the latest blockbuster movies via streaming services. Even if your treadmill doesn’t sport a whopping touchscreen display, it probably works nicely with heart-rate monitors, smartwatches and smartphone apps to track workouts and offer performance statistics after every session.

Best treadmill overall:
Peloton Tread
£3,095 at Peloton

Best budget treadmill:
JTX Slimline
£599 at JTX Fitness

Best for gym quality:
JTX Sprint-9 Pro
£1,699 at JTX Fitness

Best folding treadmill:
ProForm Pro 9000
£2,299 at Fitness Superstore