Hey, this guy is THINKING about what he's doing and how he gets it done. Great work man.

I have this same treadmill to use in place of sled work. The idea of using straps as support you while leaning back to walk is brilliant.

I'm impressed! Thanks for the investigation into cheap alternatives for indoor KOT training. I live in a city, which can be quite chaotic on the streets with other walkers, cars and whatnot. This looks like a good way to get these exercises in without having to go anywhere

Thank you so much for this! I really needed something more affordable than a sled but with results like this. Really appreciate your content and hope to see more videos from you!

Thank you for this! I just got mine today and already loving it. I live in maine and will get some good use out of it during winter. Great idea!

Literally just thought of using a manual treadmill as a sled replacement and stumbled on your video for the exact same sled I was thinking of. Brilliant!

I have the same treadmill in my Amazon cart for a week now and I came across your video. I really like the rachet strap idea. Thank you for the video!!

This is an awesome idea! Been spinning my wheels as a subscriber to ATG, over sled work during this winter. Thanks for sharing!

Great video, excellent idea, thanks for putting this together. I was thinking about how I was going to accomplish ATG sled work without a sled...especially in the winter as you mention. This may not be perfect but I like it and am going to give it a go.

This is what I have been looking for! Thanks for sharing Andrew

Thanks for sharing this great tool with us!

Great video. Thank you for taking the time to do it.

Great job researching all options

Thanks for the video. I had the same idea and thought let me just search real quick to see if someone else is doing it. That’s all I needed!

This is genius for KOT training thank you for sharing !

I’m glad that you made this video. I purchased this same product last year for backwards walking (learned from knees over toes guy). I’m going to look into adding the straps like you did but everything you highlighted is what I love about this product.

Excellent! This is what I've been looking for!

Ohhhh my gosh brilliant. I have been researching a sled found them super expensive because I need a wheeled one this seems like a prefect option.

Wow definitely going to try this. My gym is to small for a sled and I think this might just be the work around I was looking for. Thank you.

I would always tell everyone....even though I'm just getting interested and motivated in this new training...to do this stuff outdoors if possible for the UVA/B/sunlight benefits....but, this was a good overview of alternatives...and gives us something to honestly think about. Especially city dwellers, as mentioned by a "few peeps below". Cheers....good commentation, good speed in information delivery, etc.

Awesome review with enough info to get started! Thanks!

That's a creative setup! Great idea. Thanks for sharing.

Nice idea. Thanks. Was looking for alternatives too. Appreciate the video

This is such a fantastic idea. Thank you!

This is a great idea! Thank you for sharing!

Thanks for the video. Just what I was looking for!

Man, great ideas here. I admire your creativity and problem solving here.

Great video! I've been looking for something like this... Thank you!

This is a fantastic solution for exactly what I wanted to do in my own house.

the straps are brilliant. thanks for sharing

Thanks for your helpful Info

Sunny Health should give you the hookup since you sold them so many treadmills. This was exactly what I was looking for and best all around sled compromise. I got mine and this video really solidified my decision to buy it. Super glad I did, been loving it everyday.

Thank you!!! This is a great solution

Great info! Thanks. I've been looking for something like this, at this price.

Just bought one. I'm using resistance band and and walking backwards. Anyways I just want to thank you for treadmill recommendations 👍 Edit. Been 4 days of use. I freaking love this machine. It's great for knee over toe stuff. Can't thank you enough.

This is genius! Thank you brother!

Very cool. Thank you for sharing

you are a legend! thanks for this

Wow, great find. I got mine in earlier this week and I'm blown away. I can't believe there's no mid-range option in the $1,000 price point.

Thanks for this video. Didn't even know this existed. I bought their manual treadmill without the resistance, and it felt way to sketchy. I'm looking forward to trying this system out

Purely INGENIOUS!!!

Thanks you so much. This will work well!

Very creative. Thanks

Thanks for this video.

Brilliant!

That's pretty cool - I have been deadmilling and was looking at just using a weighted car tyre with an eye bold through the tread to strap onto. But I like the idea of something I can just keep inside once my current treadmill blows up.

Great vid considering purchasing this

Great video. Thanks

Super useful video!

Great idea!!

Very cool work around. Reachable.

Amazing stuff brother

Great find bud!

This is freaking genius 👍

This is friggin' awesome, glad I watched it before I went out& bought a tank sled, I'm going to buy one of these first, and use it for a while to save some doe.

🔥 looks like a lot of us here will benefit from this video.. appreciate it

This is good tool for use when doing “knees over toes” workout

I'm glad you reviewed this. I saw them but didn't want to cough up the money and it be no good. I'll buy one now though.

Wow good idea mate, I wish I’d seen this before I bought the M1 sled tank for over a grand! May find a use for this at some point though 👍

Great vid mate watch from Australia was super helpful.

Very creative! Thanks for sharing. Sadly this is no longer available. As people find your video this thing would have continued to be a top selling item. Hopefully I can use this idea with another machine but unlikely at this price point.

Thank you! I live in Minnesota and outdoor sled work is not possible for roughly half the year. I also don't have a suitable yard to do sled work during the summer months.

Excellent! I just wonder if you can do it with a regular treadmill but not turned to any setting. I use a stationary electric bike that way for my therapy.

Good job.

Like the four ring dip belt too.

Superduper mega awesome video. I really want one when i can get room for having one. Excellent price as well :)

Love it👍

Your video inspired me to buy this treadmill about a year ago and I used it a lot until I had to have a total knee replacement. I tried running the straps like you show and it kept pulling my belt down so I now run my straps around the middle bar so the straps are not pulling down. I worried the handle mechanism wouldn't take the pulling force, but it is holding up nicely. Also, I had a hard time getting the belt to align properly. I could get it aligned when walking normally, but as soon as I try and go backwards it isn't totally aligned and I have to change my walk from one side of the belt to the other to get the belt to stay centered. I don't have to move left to right often, but 5-6 times over 2 mins. Finally, even with putting the lubing oil down periodically the belt seems like it is getting harder and harder to turn, even at the lowest setting and I am to the point where I can't free walk, I have to use the handle bars to help get any sort of speed and I am 260 lbs. Maybe I have the tension to tight from when I tried to align the belt when walking backwards. Have you seen this issue and if so, how did you correct it?

Thank you so much for this advice! Do you think it would be possible to connect the dip belt to a cable machine for additional weight resistance?

awesome

Great video. I have a similar treadmill and inspired by your video I tried something that I think works if you don't have a belt and rachet straps. You can just stand at the base of the treadmill with both feet off the treadmill, lean forward and hold the handles and then one leg at a time push the belt away from you with the other leg off the treadmill. On the high resistance setting it only takes about six reps before I'm ultra slow due to muscle fatigue.

Might save some of us some time-- what dip belt did you order? Thanks

Got 2 S drives at my gym. I love them...worth the money if your doing a home gym. Now if I can only figure out how to increase the resistance even more on them. I've maxed out the s drive.

nice man, thanks, can you do sprints without having touching rail?

Great suggestion! Thanks - Ordered mine today! What brand zipbelt are you using, I like the lower hooks. Thanks again!!

This is a great video, you answered every question that I had. Thank you and have you sent it to Ben?

Thank you for the video. If you were getting ether this or a tank m1 would you have a perspective on which would be preferable/more enjoyable and challenging? Probably could get 10 mo per year outdoors although this solution does come at a lower price point. Getting too crowded in the gym for two pieces of equipment.

I guess the main component that makes this work is the magnetic resistance? Love this idea. Going to try and find one on FB Marketplace.

Ive thought of this. Hello from Toronto Canada

Ive been doing the backwards on a turned off gym treadmill as a warmup, didnt consider turning it on and adding an incline.

Amazing idea mate! saved me a LOT of trouble / time, thanks for this! any update after more than a year? thanks again

What belt and straps are you using? Where did you buy them?

This is perfect. Unfortunately unavailable in the eu.. Anyone knows an alternative?

First video, just popped up on my homepage. Home atg gym, rachet straps handy, casually wears nightforce cap... headed to channel page

I’m shorter and put an elastic band across the handrails and I can walk backwards leaning against the bands and have the treadmill on the highest resistance.

How about a band around the waist hooked behind you as you sprint forward? Should increase the resistance so the belt spins faster, giving you room to pump your arms, but also giving you the stretch of the band so you don't feel 'locked down' if you were using a strap.

Just assembled mine & I'm TOTALLY digging it. Actually enjoying it much more than I thought I would. QUESTION..... How much lube did you put under the belt?? I added a little bit 4x already, but the running board still feels dry to me. Bottle is at around 50% capacity now. Did you use the whole bottle / most of it, for the initial lube??

Interesting.

Was looking for way more resistance like simulating pushing a pickup truck

This video is exactly what I needed. Thanks for taking the time to make it.

When you’re facing away from the treadmill in the beginning of your video and walking backwards, it looks like you get more of your knees over your toes than when you’re facing the forward direction and walking backwards using the straps. Wouldn’t this target your VMO and warm up your knees better than the strap version facing forward? What I’m getting at is which version is the best warm-up for your knees when starting a Knees over toes protocol training session.

really great how much use the device brings for the low price. i live in germany and the device is unfortunately not available here. i had otherwise liked to try it. the s-drive from matrix is known to me for a long time and i play with the idea to buy it used for about 1500 euro. the space requirement and the low mobility are however really a counter argument.

Thanks for this ideas! Do you know the specific model of the belt you have? Or how to find one similar?

Are you maxing out the treadmill while doing reverse sleds? If not, what setting do you like?

Great video! 1. Do you know if walking backwards at the built in 13 degree angle of the treadmill affects the desired result much? 2. Do you think it would be possible to raise up the back of the treadmill onto a box / platform to level it out for backward walking?

As you progress have you experimented with increasing the resistance when facing backwards and walking backwards? At 230 pounds the resistance will be less than your 175 lbs so that means I’ll need to increase the resistance to keep a medium paced walk. Is that correct?

Legend for this video! Does anyone have a similar product available in the UK?

Is there an issue with reversing the tread , like using it like a sled. I know with a motorized treadmill there are issues going backward or against the usual motion

Do you think a pallet jack works in a simliar way? Got tons of them at work and an empty parking lot

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