What Is a Zero-Gravity Treadmill?

The Zero-Gravity Treadmill, which invites you to defy gravity, was created by a company called Alter-G for the purpose of rehabilitating athletes and increasing the performance capabilities of non-injured runners while eliminating their chances for injury. A user, when zipped into the environment of the apparatus, can reduce his or her body weight by increments of one percent down to 80 percent; imagine how much easier it would be to run further and faster if your body only felt the impact of 20 percent of your total body weight? The un-weighting process is what makes this treadmill unlike any other training apparatus available to runners and other athletes.

Who Is Using the Equipment?

At a price tag of $75,000 to buy a Zero-Gravity Treadmill, most runners do not have one at their disposal. At this time, the FDA has cleared this piece of equipment for use in rehabilitating people with lower body and neurological injuries as well to aid sport specific training programs. Athletes at the highest levels are utilizing the apparatus to enable unheard of performance benefits without the risk of injury. Coaches are using the equipment to get the next level of potential from their runners. Injured athletes are rehabbing on this high-tech innovation.