Is it acceptable to ask **fitness equipment** related questions on Fitness.SE? I'm specifically referring to my treadmill and my question would be along the lines of *why does my treadmill do X at certain speeds*?

Looking at the [FAQ](https://fitness.stackexchange.com/faq), I see that **gear and gadgets used during exercise** is fair game but I suspect this question may be off topic.

Obviously I haven't asked it yet on the chance it will be closed as off-topic, hence why I don't have anything to link to.
['https://fitness.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/239', 'https://fitness.meta.stackexchange.com', 'https://fitness.meta.stackexchange.com/users/2698/']
Our [faq](https://fitness.stackexchange.com/faq) states "gear and gadgets used during exercise" is on-topic. Presumably, as I said in [my comment](https://fitness.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/239/questions-about-fitness-equipment#comment459_239) on your question, a question about fitness equipment should be on-topic. Recommendations are debatable and might be closed as "Not Constructive" but are not entirely off-topic.

Your question of, "Why does my treadmill do X at certain speeds?" sounds like it is fair game for the site. Without knowing what your question exactly is, as Ivo [pointed out](https://fitness.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/239/questions-about-fitness-equipment#comment457_239), (and since you made your meta post, you don't appear to have posted it), it's not as clear as to whether it is on-topic or not.
This question is similar to asking questions on SO related to specific IDEs, rather than the code generated by them. It seems that on SO these questions are acceptable [[1]](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/eclipse)[[2]](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/xcode)[[3]](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/visual-studio), so I suggest that it would be appropriate here as well. Simply tag them "fitness-equipment" or the like.