Treadmill and control method

The invention discloses a treadmill and a control method thereof. The treadmill includes a treadmill support (401). A distance detecting device (201) and a running belt (202) of the treadmill are provided on the treadmill support (401) near the control dial (208). The running belt of the treadmill is provided with a first area (403), a second area (404) and a third area (402), wherein the second area (404) is located in the middle of the first area (403) and the third area Wherein the first region is located on the side of the second region close to the distance detecting device and the thirdregion is located on the side of the second region away from the distance detecting device. The method comprises: S101: acquiring a distance between the user (100) and the distance detecting device (201); S102: raising the current speed of the treadmill if the distance is within the first region (403) of the running belt (202); if the distance is within the second zone (404) of the running belt (202), maintaining the dist