I really wanted to get me a treadmill so that I could start getting back into shape. I bought a Kathy Ireland manual treadmill that was manual. I thought to myself this is going to be pretty good and get me in shape fast cause you have to do it yourself. Well I was wrong to me it is harder to work out on it because you wear out a lot faster then what you do with an electric one. I think you should already be in shape before you even start on it. LOL I really would say that if you think that its a good thing for you then go for it and hope you enjoy it. It really does work and it doesn't take long on it to get into shape you just really need to be motivated.!