Overview

• NASA’s Ames Research Center researcher Robert Whalen pioneered the antigravity treadmill concept in the 1980s and ’90s to help astronauts exercise in microgravity.
• Boost Treadmills LLC’s Boost2 model, launched in 2022, cut price by nearly two-thirds and has tripled individual sales by making the technology affordable for home use.
• The Boost2 offers quieter operation, improved energy efficiency and automatic height adjustments that eliminate manual settings.
• Its air-pressure system offloads body weight and applies blood flow restriction training to aid users with injuries, chronic pain or mobility challenges.
• Boost has sold about 600 Boost2 units so far and says it aims to introduce a dedicated affordable in-home model later in 2025.