Different strokes, and all that. But some guys might be in trouble if they damaged their wife’s $3000 cardio machine experimenting with treadmill prowler pushes….
Why not just use a cheap treadmill instead?
Like, this would be like if I linked a car deadlift frame and the response was “That would damage my Bentley!”
@meyman3: First, I get that not everyone can afford one easily, but a sled or Prowler is well worth the investment. I’d encourage you to get one as soon as you can.
I can confirm this can be done by someone who isn’t sentient farm machinery (haha!): I think I missed one, maybe two, sled workouts in my driveway this winter because of snow or ice.
I just made it a priority to clear the driveway every single time it snowed, whether we needed the car out or not.
And let me tell you: clearing a driveway that’s about 30-yards long by hand is itself a workout, so to follow that up with a full bore sled workout—yeah, my body was transformed!
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I’ve read a number of articles about doing prowler work on an unpowered treadmill. At least half of them mention the possibility that it could damage the motor or the belt alignment. Many commercial gyms will kick you out if you try that stuff on their machines.
Being familiar with the concept, I didn’t bother to listen to the podcast that you linked to. I don’t know whether or not he mentions in the podcast that the treadmill might get damaged. Your post certainly didn’t.
I was just offering a potentially helpful FYI to those who might consider trying this without thinking it through. Not sure why that bothers you…
Don’t use a commercial gym treadmill for this my dude. It would be a jerk move.
I am offering you solutions to this problem my dude. If it bothered me, I wouldn’t do that. I am helping you 
Check facebook market, garage sales, pawn shops or thrift shops for cheap treadmills. They are frequent features.
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