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E300 Endurance Elliptical

Body Solid E300 Elliptical

The Body Solid E300 Elliptical Trainer Center Drive elliptical's are the perfect blend of research, engineering, performance and technology. Patented technologies have been applied to provide a stable, space-efficient platform to perform rigorous low impact full body workouts. The combination of a natural stride, quality manufacturing and superior programming have created the latest evolution in cardio training. Features Patented Center Drive design Rare blend of space efficiency and stability Low center of gravity combined with a balanced frame prevents rocking Dual-action upper and lower body with premium hand grips Easy step-up height Close pedal spacing combined with oversized pedal Includes handles for easy transport Natural 21" stride Contact heart rate Programmable, with seven programs and two user programs 300 lb. user capacity In Home Warranty: Lifetime on frame, Five years on parts, one year labor   Endurance E300 by Body Solid Elliptical Trainer Endurance Center Drive elliptical trainers are the perfect blend of research, engineering, performance and technology. Patented technologies have been applied to provide a stable, space-efficient platform to perform rigorous low impact full body workouts. The combination of a natural stride, quality manufacturing and superior programming have created the latest evolution in cardio training. A trainer for full body workout If you are looking for a full body workout system that will help you out to tone up various muscle groups top to bottom, this trainer can be the one to make that happen. The quality design and natural 21” stride makes it easier to adjust the machine according to your needs. Size The elliptical didn’t occupy too much space in the room where we set it up. The dimension of the machine is as: 31” W X 50” L X 66” H. Build Quality Endurance e300 elliptical is made out of steel and finishing is done through electrostatically applied power. The steel body makes it quite durable. The trainer itself weights 250 lbs and can accommodate up to 300 lbs. It is made out of patented center drive design. One of the unique features of the structure is, it was designed to ensure space efficiency but at the same time it maintains stability. The low center of gravity with the combination of a balanced frame keeps the trainer quite stable. There is dual-action lower and upper body with premium handgrips. The close pedal spacing and oversized pedals can easily accommodate any foot size and reduces hip fatigue. The height of the machine is moderate so very easy to access. We found the handles quite effective for moving it from one place to another. So it is highly mobile. Handlebars and pedals E300 elliptical machine has two sets of handlebars. One set is stationary with heart rate sensors built into them. You can use them to workout your lower body or core. The moving handlebars are long to accommodate tall and shorter users. However, the moving doesn’t have the heart rate sensor built in on them. The handlebars lack in controls, so when you want to change the resistance, you need to reach out to the console. The moving handlebars allow you to do a full body training. The E300 has over-sized commercial quality pedals covered with non-slip rubbers to ensure maximum comfort for long period of use. The distance between the two pedals are unique as well, they will eliminate the hip fatigue and joint pains. Most elliptical machines have wider pedals due to their design which causes joint pains. Because while exercising you want to keep your feet aligned with your hips as much as possible. The step-up height is very comfortable and you won’t lose the balance even if you are not holding the machine. The center drive design makes it feel like stepping on a real step. Heart Rate Monitor The E300 comes equipped with Heart Rate Contacts. The Heart Rate Contacts send your heart rate information to the console for processing. To measure Heart Rate, your hands need to firmly grasp the entire area of the Heart Rate Contact Sensors on both sides of the handlebar. The most common method for calculating your target heart rate is to find your maximum heart rate. This Warranty applies only in the United States to Cardio products manufactured or distributed by Body-Solid under the Endurance by Body-Solid brand name. Body Solid E300 Elliptical Trainer WARRANTY ENDURANCE by Body-Solid warrants the In-Home Warranty as follows: LIFETIME on Frame 5 YEARS on Parts 2 YEARS in Electronics 1 YEAR on Labor 6 MONTHS on Wear items (seat, brake pad, etc.) Read the full article

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E300 Endurance Elliptical

Body Solid E300 Elliptical

The Body Solid E300 Elliptical Trainer Center Drive elliptical's are the perfect blend of research, engineering, performance and technology. Patented technologies have been applied to provide a stable, space-efficient platform to perform rigorous low impact full body workouts. The combination of a natural stride, quality manufacturing and superior programming have created the latest evolution in cardio training. Features Patented Center Drive design Rare blend of space efficiency and stability Low center of gravity combined with a balanced frame prevents rocking Dual-action upper and lower body with premium hand grips Easy step-up height Close pedal spacing combined with oversized pedal Includes handles for easy transport Natural 21" stride Contact heart rate Programmable, with seven programs and two user programs 300 lb. user capacity In Home Warranty: Lifetime on frame, Five years on parts, one year labor   Endurance E300 by Body Solid Elliptical Trainer Endurance Center Drive elliptical trainers are the perfect blend of research, engineering, performance and technology. Patented technologies have been applied to provide a stable, space-efficient platform to perform rigorous low impact full body workouts. The combination of a natural stride, quality manufacturing and superior programming have created the latest evolution in cardio training. A trainer for full body workout If you are looking for a full body workout system that will help you out to tone up various muscle groups top to bottom, this trainer can be the one to make that happen. The quality design and natural 21” stride makes it easier to adjust the machine according to your needs. Size The elliptical didn’t occupy too much space in the room where we set it up. The dimension of the machine is as: 31” W X 50” L X 66” H. Build Quality Endurance e300 elliptical is made out of steel and finishing is done through electrostatically applied power. The steel body makes it quite durable. The trainer itself weights 250 lbs and can accommodate up to 300 lbs. It is made out of patented center drive design. One of the unique features of the structure is, it was designed to ensure space efficiency but at the same time it maintains stability. The low center of gravity with the combination of a balanced frame keeps the trainer quite stable. There is dual-action lower and upper body with premium handgrips. The close pedal spacing and oversized pedals can easily accommodate any foot size and reduces hip fatigue. The height of the machine is moderate so very easy to access. We found the handles quite effective for moving it from one place to another. So it is highly mobile. Handlebars and pedals E300 elliptical machine has two sets of handlebars. One set is stationary with heart rate sensors built into them. You can use them to workout your lower body or core. The moving handlebars are long to accommodate tall and shorter users. However, the moving doesn’t have the heart rate sensor built in on them. The handlebars lack in controls, so when you want to change the resistance, you need to reach out to the console. The moving handlebars allow you to do a full body training. The E300 has over-sized commercial quality pedals covered with non-slip rubbers to ensure maximum comfort for long period of use. The distance between the two pedals are unique as well, they will eliminate the hip fatigue and joint pains. Most elliptical machines have wider pedals due to their design which causes joint pains. Because while exercising you want to keep your feet aligned with your hips as much as possible. The step-up height is very comfortable and you won’t lose the balance even if you are not holding the machine. The center drive design makes it feel like stepping on a real step. Heart Rate Monitor The E300 comes equipped with Heart Rate Contacts. The Heart Rate Contacts send your heart rate information to the console for processing. To measure Heart Rate, your hands need to firmly grasp the entire area of the Heart Rate Contact Sensors on both sides of the handlebar. The most common method for calculating your target heart rate is to find your maximum heart rate. This Warranty applies only in the United States to Cardio products manufactured or distributed by Body-Solid under the Endurance by Body-Solid brand name. Body Solid E300 Elliptical Trainer WARRANTY ENDURANCE by Body-Solid warrants the In-Home Warranty as follows: LIFETIME on Frame 5 YEARS on Parts 2 YEARS in Electronics 1 YEAR on Labor 6 MONTHS on Wear items (seat, brake pad, etc.) Read the full article

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ProForm 440R Rower

ProForm 440R Rower

  Pivoting Pedal with Adjustable Foot Strap 8 Resistance Levels Large LCD Monitor Soft Touch Ergonomic Handle Adjustable Ergonomic Molded Seat   Read the full article

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Schwinn IC Classic Exercise Bike

Schwinn IC Classic Exercise Bike

For over a decade, Schwinn has set the standard as the cycle studio workhorse. Now, two decades after building the first production bike for indoor cycling, we are proud to introduce the IC Classic. A bike that combines the proven, traditional drive train of the IC Pro 20 with updated features of the rock solid Studio 3. The sturdy steel frame, heavy perimeter weighted flywheel, traditional chain drive, and direct pressure brake give this bike the strength to keep it moving ride after ride. Schwinn1 powered by Motosumo is the only group fitness solution powered by smartphones to track and connect everyone. Members can connect, compete and compare their results in real time with their class and instructors using only their smartphones. The app also supports team workouts and group display for a more engaging class experience. The Motosumo app is available now on both iPhone and Android. Read the full article

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Getting Started Using a Treadmill

Getting Starting Using a Treadmill

 You’ve bought your first treadmill. Maybe it was because it is more convenient and less expensive than going to the gym. Or maybe you want less impact on your joints than you would get from running outside. Here are a few observations and tips that you find useful while using your treadmill. Treadmills are Easier! First, you will find that running on a treadmill seems easier than running outside. This is partially due to the different position that the treadmill puts your body in. When running outside, you actually lean forward a bit to move forward. On a treadmill, the belt is moving your feet back so your body will naturally adjust to a more upright position. Not having to move forward actually makes the running easier. However, if you adjust the incline of the treadmill to a one to three degree angle, you will be forced to lean forward and it will feel more like running outside.   Not actually going anywhere also means the air is not moving over your skin to cool as well as If you were running through the air. That is why you may feel hotter and sweat more than when running outside. It also explains why many treadmills come with fans and cup holders built in.   Running on a treadmill can also be easier than running outside because you set the built-in programs to match your goals and the programs adjust your intensity and time accordingly. All you have to do then is do what the program is making you do!   How-To Many “heart rate programs” built in to treadmills will adjust the incline and speed of your workout to reach or maintain a target heart rate. Most home treadmills come with “contact” heart rate monitors that read your pulse by holding onto the handles. This is fine for periodic checks, but it is better to let your arms swing freely while running and not grab the handrail. Therefore, there are also wireless heart rate monitors available the wrap around your chest and transmit data directly to your treadmill.   Most trainers will advise you to start out slowly (“warm up”) and end slowly (“cool down”). The purpose of the warm up seems to be to prevent injury to cold muscles by suddenly using them, but there seems to be little evidence for this. Both the warm up and cool down advice seems to have been handed down as conventional wisdom without much evidence behind them.   You may feel a little uneasy when you first get off the treadmill after a workout. This seems to have something to do with seeming to move forward while actually being stationary and then seeming to move forward while actually moving forward!. Don’t worry. The brain adjusts quickly and then it’s back to reality!

How High Should I Adjust My Treadmill Incline?

  The assumption under this question arises from a study (Jones, Journal of Sports Science, August 1996) that showed that a 1% treadmill incline offsets the lack of “wind” effect that occurs when moving forward over ground, making running on the treadmill with its incline set at 1% roughly equivalent to running over ground.   However, the Jones study found this equivalent only when his subjects ran at speeds of a kilometer is less than five minutes. That makes sense that a fast pace would produce that sort of resistance, but that’s much faster than most people will run.   It turns out that the biomechanics of running on a treadmill are not significantly different than those of running over ground. According to published research, gaits, joint movements, and power trajectories were essentially the same in both forms of running. See the study here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18460996   It has often been said that treadmill running is easier because the treadmill is actually moving you forward, while in over ground running you need to do that yourself. However, this 2008 study places this in doubt. Of course, the “give” of the treadmill’s cushioning, as well as the length of the runner’s stride also affect the perceived and real difficulty of the running both on a treadmill and over ground.  

What Muscles Do You Use on the Treadmill?

Perhaps you’re using your treadmill to lose weight or improve your cardiovascular capacity. Treadmills are one of the best pieces of equipment for that. However, you may not realize that the beneficial effect that treadmill workouts can have on your muscles themselves. Following is a rundown one some of main muscles you work and strengthen by running or walking on a treadmill. Your Heart The heart is perhaps  the most important muscle involved in cardiovascular exercise. That’s why they call it “cardio.” The heart really is a muscle and its strength contributes not just to overall health, but to the capacity of your other muscles as well. Regularly raising the heart rate both strengthens the heart for immediate use and improves its endurance. This then also improves the “vascular” part - blood flow -as well as the “aerobic” part – lungs. Your blood vessels and lungs may not be muscles, but their health depends partially on a strong heart. Quadriceps The quadriceps are the large muscles on the front of the thighs. They are involved every time you straighten your leg or move your foot forward. They contribute to your thighs looking either strong or skinny. Calves You already know your calf muscles are on the back of your leg between the ankle and the knee. Calves are “tightly knit,” with many more muscle cells per area than bigger muscles. This allows them to withstand very high frequency, high repetitions use for prolonged periods. Calf muscles also tend to cramp, especially in older people. Strengthening and stretching them can help prevent these cramps. Hamstrings The hamstrings are the muscles on the back of your thighs that bring your feet back toward your buttocks. The hamstrings are often overlooked, probably because you can’t see them! Yet they contribute a major portion of the force in your stride. Some people tend to “pull” or strain their hamstrings, but stretching can help prevent his. The latest thinking is that stretching after your workout is more effective than stretching before your workout. Glutes Yes, that’s them. The muscles no one forgets the name of. They keep all the rest of things working well together. Did you notice that these muscles also look much better on people who run or walk a lot? All the Rest There are many smaller and less noticeable muscles that are also strengthened and toned by treadmill workouts. These include the adductors and abductors (inside and outside of upper legs) and the many muscles of the feet. Because these muscles are all worked in the natural motions of running and walking, they are exercised in exact proportion to what is needed by those movements. Therefore, the most important thing about them is to just move! You can view our treadmills for sale by clicking here. Read the full article

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State of the Treadmill Industry 2018

  Industry News Commercial cardio equipment still outsells weightlifting equipment, but not as much as it used to. Cardio comprised 64% of the total exercise equipment market in 2016 compared to 36% of weightlifting. This compares to 71% for cardio in 2008 and 29% for weights, according to Fitness Industry Suppliers Association. In June 2018 U.S. President Trump announced the imposition of a 25% tariff on some goods imported from China. The specific goods were mostly industrial, as opposed to consumer, but since most treadmill parts are made in China, the move raised the possibility of higher prices for treadmills. The initial list was presented with the possibility that more products would be added. Among those items on the list were sewing machines, dishwashers, and electric motors and parts. Treadmills use electric motors. However, even treadmills made in the USA are assembled primarily from parts manufactured in China, so tariffs could affect the treadmill market more generally. As of September 2018, it looked increasingly likely that China would place tariffs on more categories of exports in the coming months. Overlaid against the tariff issue is Chinese pricing for steel products generally. One reason Chinese products have been relatively inexpensive is that Chinese companies have had few environmental regulations to comply with. New Chinese policies have resulted in stricter environmental rules. This has resulted in higher costs that are being passed on to customers.   Company News   ICON Health & Fitness celebrated its 40th anniversary in October 2017. Forty years previous it introduced the first home treadmill to the U.S. market under the Weslo label. In January, 2018, A Federal Court ruled that ICON infringed on a Chinese patent related to an elliptical machine and awarded Nautilus Inc. $1.8 million in damages, plus attorney’s fees. Nautilus and ICON entered into a patent licensing agreement in 2004, through which ICON received a license to certain Nautilus patents for a 5 percent royalty on sales of elliptical machines that used the patents. In May 2018, BH North America, the maker of Bladez and BH Fitness treadmills, moved its entire operation from Orange County, California to Missouri. The move was expected to produce substantial cost savings, as the company continued its emphasis on its BH Fitness commercial brand, which it sells to customers such as hotels. A few months prior to the move, Dan Foust replaced Bob Whip as CEO. BH North America also sells to the consumer market through its Bladez Fitness brand. It now looks like Yowza Fitness, maker of high end ellipticals and treadmills, has gone out of business. Yowza was founded in 2009 and has sold exclusively direct to consumers through its website. The website hasn’t been undated for over a year and their 800 number no longer works. There hasn’t been an update to its Facebook pages since August 2017 and emails to the company bounced back or were not returned. New & Different Models At the International CES show in January 2018, Peloton, widely known for its stationary bikes, introduced its first treadmill. Peloton is still a very young company, but has gotten a lot of attention for its $2,000 bike and online classes. At $4,000, it features a huge 32 inch console, surround sound, and a deck designed not just for running, but for weight training, as well. Instead of a simple running belt, it has fifty-nine aluminum and rubber slats for better flex and cushion. The company appears to believe that enough people want more than just the cardio provided by their bikes and that their new treadmill/weights combination can meet this demand. Clearly the company aims for the luxury market. It more than doubled its sales in 2017 to about $400 million. It differentiates itself by the level of service and individually catered classes, even so far as having the instructors yell out the names of the home users. There are more than thirty retail stores where prospective customers can try the new machine. The perceived competition for the Peloton treadmill seems to be live classes, instead of other treadmills. The company has raised nearly $450 million from institutional investors, but has been only marginally profitable, if at all. Blue Goji, a developer of interactive fitness games, introduced its Infinity treadmill prototype at the South by Southwest conference in March, 2018. The Infinity prototype allows for natural torso movement and tracking, bio-feedback, and virtual reality games. Users can play immersive VR and 2D games using a range of body motions. The promise is that users will feel more stable and secure than with other treadmills due to the Infinity’s patented tension-sensing belt, which allows even exercise that require balance, like tai chi. The Infinity will be manufactured by Woodway and is expected to be available for sale in early 2019. Something completely different is the Mini Walk treadmill from the Chinese company IPO Sports. It’s only a few inches high, sixty-four pounds, and has no console. What’s really unusual is that its motor adjusts the belt speed according to how fast you are running or starting to run. The front, middle, and back of the belt have infrared sensors that measure how long your feet are in each part and deduces your actual and trending speed from those readings. The company says the Mini Walk is the first treadmill to have just twenty-two components and no welding. Suggested price about $250. You’ve heard the idea of generating electricity through use of exercise machines. There have even been some gyms that have tried to set this up. But now power generating treadmills are available to the mass market, at least in the UK. British company SportsArt has introduced its ECO-POWR line of equipment that includes the Verde treadmill. It purports to convert up to 74% of kinetic (movement) energy into electricity. It uses an inverter to return the power to the electrical grid. So far the machines are available only in the UK, primarily to commercial facilities. See the photo below: In June 2018 a Fund Me campaign was started on Indiegogo to raise $10,000 to build the World’s First Boxing Training Treadmill, to be called the IMPACT 50-0. It was presented as the combination of self-defense and aerobic training that can burn fat faster than other treadmills. The main differentiating factor is that different color lights suggest different moves. For example, a yellow light may indicate that a defensive move is necessary, while a green light indicates an open shot that the user needs to hit designated pads within a prescribed time limit, and a red light indicates you were too slow and got hit. As of September 2018, over $2,000 had been raised. Make sure to click here for aall of our latest Treadmills and home gym equipment deals.  

State of the Treadmill Industry 2017

  The Numbers are In According to Grandview Research, the global fitness equipment market is anticipated to grow at 3.6 % from 2015 to more than $13 billion in 2022, as growing health consciousness spread from the U.S. and developed market to developing nations, especially in Asia. Governments in these nations have given incentives to businesses to encourage employees to exercise. In North America, cardio equipment, which includes treadmills, ellipticals, step machines, and rowers, continued to out sell strength training equipment and was projected to grow at an annual rate of over 2% through 2022, compared to a higher rate for weight training equipment. Asia was projected to grow at a rate more than 7%, but North America still comprises about 45% of the world market. Of the roughly $4 billion of fitness equipment sold in North America in 2016, treadmill sales in the U.S. led the way with about $1 billion, most of which were to health clubs. According to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA), total sales of exercise equipment in North America increased 1.5% in 2016, with institutional exercise equipment gaining 4.2% and consumer sales rising only half a per cent. Sale of treadmills for commercial use jumped 9.9%, but only 2.3% for consumer use. This compared favorably to consumer sales of elliptical machines, which declined 1.8%. In its 2016 survey, the SFIA) found that more than 50 million Americans said they used a treadmill at least once in the previous year. Retail sales of fitness equipment in North America ranged from $300 home products to commercial treadmills costing more than $10,000. However, the survey found that people in both the millennial and Gen Z age groups said they would rather run outside than on a treadmill. Company News During 2017 Johnson Health Tech acquired specialty fitness retailers Busy Body Home Fitness, 2nd Wind Exercise Equipment, and Fitness Resource. The addition of the combined 100+ stores of these businesses makes Johnson the largest national fitness equipment retailer. Johnson’s plan is to rebrand all its one hundred retail stores, in the U.S. including the Leisure Fitness brand, as Johnson Fitness & Wellness as part of its three hundred stores worldwide. New Products In November 2016, Johnson Health Tech announced that it is now marketing Matrix line of cardio equipment to the home market. Previously, Matrix was sold only for commercial uses. Johnson says that Matrix is the fastest growing commercial fitness brand in the world. At prices for treadmills beginning around $3,000, Matrix is one of the more expensive home brands. We know that professional football is competitive, but do players need special treadmills to work on their speed? Yes, according the XPE Sports Academy in Florida, where they have developed something called the SHREDmill to improve results in the 40-yard dash. The SHREDmill evolved from using regular treadmills with the power turned off so that the user had to develop the power to turn the belt himself. In 2011, the current system of variable magnetic resistance was developed, so that the user still has to provide the power, but can adjust the resistance as well. The resistance is set so that sprinting is specially trained for by pushing off and accelerating. Proponents of the SHREDmill claim great success for dramatically speeding up linemen, as well as receivers and backs. NFL players Travis Benjamin, Mark Ingram, Eric Berry, and Maurice Poincey have improved their times. Players Anquan Boldin, Kareem Jason, and Jerod Mayo have all bought their own machines. By the time the 2017 season starts, around ten pro and college teams will have a SHREDmill.   Lawyers! In November 2016, ICON Health & Fitness sued an online product review site Consumer Affairs for $10.5 million, claiming it posted fake negative reviews for companies that didn’t pay its membership fees of thousands of dollars per year. ICON claimed that the site wrongly gave negative reviews to its Nordic Track products and that this constitutes a violation of the federal RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) statute. ICON also claimed that the site not only defamatorily damaged ICON’s reputation, but constituted fraud as well. In October 2016, a group of consumers sued treadmill manufacturer Precor Inc., alleging that the readings of its heart rate monitors give inaccurate and unreliable readings and that the company sold its machines while knowing this. In March 2017, the suit was certified as a class action and limited to nine models of treadmills. Precor’s responses have included that readings depend on whether the user walks or runs, the amount of intensity of exercise, and correct usage. In a March 2017 ruling in a case with a similar issue to the Precor case, a federal judge ruled that a patent owned by ICON Health & Fitness was invalid after ICON tried to prevent Polar Electro from selling its own heart rate monitor. The patent was ruled invalid because it claimed only abstract ideas, instead of a specific design. Also in March 2017, a bill was introduced in Congress that would include certain fitness expenses as medical expenses that qualify for tax deductions. Thus, for example, the purchase price of a home treadmill would be subsidized by the federal government in the hope that increased exercise will result in less total spending on healthcare. The bill is known as the Personal Health Investment Today Act and would allow up to a $2,000 deduction.

State of the Treadmill Industry 2016

  The treadmill industry completed another year of more than $1 billion in sales in 2015 with no end in sight. As reported in the Wall Street Journal in October 2016, GYMetrix, a company that uses digital tracking and surveys to track what people actually do at gyms, analyzed hundreds of gyms and found that treadmills are the number one choice of women and the number two choice of men, after dumbbells. While retail sales in general continued to be weak throughout 2015 and 2016, sports and fitness stores generally did well. Competition from online stores continues to a challenge for all sporting goods categories. Company News In December 2015, after outsourcing its manufacturing to China, ICON Health & Fitness auctioned off its remaining plastics processing equipment in its Logan facility. The equipment auctioned included injection molding machines, blenders, granulators, silos, chillers, cooling towers, temperature controllers, hot runners, and remaining parts. ICON cut 400 manufacturing jobs in Logan in October, but continues its FreeMotion treadmills and other equipment at its plant in Smithfield, Utah. In July 2015, Moody’s upgraded ICON’s bond rating “due to its improved operating performance and enhanced liquidity profile” and the strategy of “streamlining its manufacturing footprint.” This came three months after expressing a negative outlook due to the uncertainty of refinancing bonds that were coming due within three months. Not all fitness equipment manufacturers are following ICON’s move to manufacturing in China. In January, 2016, Brunswick Corp, maker of Life Fitness equipment, paid $195 million for Cybex Intl, manufacturer of commercial treadmills and other gym equipment. Both companies continue to manufacture in the U.S., but distribute throughout the world. Cybex was a public company that lost about $169 million in 2014. It appears that Brunswick wants to diversify its business from its cyclical core line of manufacturing and selling boats and marine engines. Their stated goal is to double the sales of its Life Fitness division by 2020. In May, 2016, Sports Authority Inc., a leading retailer of treadmills and other exercise equipment, filed for chapter 7 bankruptcy in order to close its 463 stores and liquidate its assets. A $1.3 billion buyout in 2006 by a hedge fund took on more debt than the company could pay. Sports Authority has been a major seller of ProForm, Stamina, Schwinn, and Yowza treadmills. In 2006, the chain had sales about equal to rival Dick’s Sporting Goods. However, by 2016 Dick’s had hundreds more locations, each with about twice as much revenue as Sports Authority stores. Some analysts have attributed this to Dick’s better presentation and technology in its stores. In January 2016, Nautilus, Inc., maker of Bowflex, Schwinn, and other brands of exercise equipment, bought elliptical maker Octane Fitness from private-equity firm North Castle Partners for $115 million. The purchase of Octane, which makes high-end elliptical machines for use in home and commercial gyms, could help Nautilus extend into higher price points and reach new distribution channels. During 2015, Octane had of about $65 million, while Nautilus had sales of about $335 million. New Technology In January 2016, Wahoo Fitness announced its GymConnect System, a device that is sold to treadmill manufacturers or individual users to attach to their treadmills to a wide variety of networks. So not only can the user to control the treadmill and connect to proprietary closed systems, but also to the more widely-installed iFit and other networks and new apps. The module can allow changes in programs and incline, but, for safety reasons, will not change speed. Star Trac and other manufacturers have started installing the modules on their new models in 2016. Individual units for consumers are available to consumers at about $200 each. Also early in 2016, Technogym released a new running treadmill that can detect a runner's rhythm and create a personalized interactive music soundtrack for them based on the speed that they are running. Users log into their exercise account and choose their music along with their other workout parameters. Then the system detects the user’s rhythm and creates a personalized interactive music soundtrack to match that rhythm and speed as they change. TechnoGym calls this “the world’s first music interactive treadmill." Life Fitness has announced that it has brought the connectivity of the internet of things to gyms with its new remote monitoring service. It recently rolled out LFconnect Protect to more than 10,600 hotels, residential exercise rooms and fitness clubs using its premium lines of machines. The service attempts to minimize machine downtime by timing repairs before issues become problematic. It also helps gyms plan future purchases based on the machines exercisers use most. As Life Fitness technology develops, the company said, it could one day better help gyms use data to market to their customers. In August 2016, ICON lost its attempt to save its patent on a virtual personal trainer from cancellation when a federal appeals court ruled that the patent was ambiguous. Therefore, Polar heart rate monitors were found to not violate ICON’s patent. ♣ Have any treadmill news for next year’s report? If so, please send it to info@treadmill-world.com and we will be happy to include it.

State of the Treadmill Industry 2015

Treadmills remained the most popular form of exercise equipment worldwide in 2015, as fitness continued its popularity and populations become increasingly overweight. Treadmills comprise about 55% of the home fitness market, with ellipticals at about 15%. The remainder is made up of stationary bikes and hybrids of these styles. All this is according to the Sports and Fitness Industry Association. Robert Braun, VP of Sales at Treadmill World, says “The 2014 holiday season was marked by customers waiting for holiday deals, then finding that what they wanted was out of stock. As shipping costs have risen and free shipping has become more common, the costs of shipping equipment has gone up relative to the value of the machines. Thus, fewer lower end machines are made or sold.” However, Nautilus continued its push into the lower priced home market. Its T616 treadmill incorporates Bluetooth connectivity so users’ workout data can be synced with the Nautilus trainer app. Braun adds “The quality at the lower end continues to rise, along with the prices for those models.” In November 2014, negotiations between the International Longshoreman Workers union and its employer, Pacific Maritime Association, resulted in labor slowdowns on the west coast, delaying deliveries of exercise equipment and parts to U.S. manufacturers and distributors. This in turn led to these businesses running out of stock on many models and disappointed consumers. The strike was settled March 2015. Company News In late 2014, Smooth Fitness ceased operations. Its remaining inventory and intellectual property was bought in foreclosure by Treadmill Doctor, which then sold the Smooth website and some other intellectual property to ICON Health & Fitness, while retaining the intellectual property related to parts and service. Smoothfitness.com now offers new Smooth-branded treadmills manufactured by ICON. The former Smooth Fitness is out of business, so is not honoring its warranties on machines bought before the sale. However, Treadmill Doctor still sells parts for these models. The Smooth website is being operated by ICON, selling new models labeled Smooth Fitness, but assembled by ICON. Braun of Treadmill World says “We sold a lot of their stuff, but the word is that they were spending too much for click. Apparently, this caused their profits to thin to the point that their institutional investor didn’t want to put in any more cash.” In November 2014, Johnson Health Tech introduced a new line of Horizon and Vision treadmills with its new wireless connectivity system, ViaFit. ViaFit enables the user to share workout data with other fitness apps and devices. The machines connect to your home wifi through a free ViFit account and seamlessly syncs to other devices that you may be tracking workout results on. Johnson also introduced its Passport Player, which improves on the virtual running course programs offered by other manufacturers. In addition to the visual and incline changes that occur along a course, Johnson’s new program provides ambient sounds and a separate, larger screen that provides a more realistic virtual outdoor running experience. Johnson’s commercial brand, Matrix Fitness, announced a 19 percent global sales growth rate for 2014. The company attributed the growth the new products and repeat customers. In October 2015, Johnson substantially increased its distribution of commercial fitness equipment in Canada by acquiring a leading Canadian commercial equipment distributor, STAK Fitness. However, the Consumer Product Safety Commission fined Johnson $3 million for failing to report defects in its machines. Johnson’s Matrix Fitness Ascent Trainers and Elliptical Trainers apparently allowed a buildup of moisture from perspiration or cleaning liquids in the power sockets of the units. The agency says this buildup caused smoking, sparking, and fires. It seems the company made two design changes to fix the problem, but did not immediately report the incidents or design changes to the agency. Johnson recalled the trainers in January 2014, but it wasn’t until 2015 the fine was imposed. In July 2015, ICON Health and Fitness announced it will eliminate the U.S. manufacturing of home equipment by cutting 400 employees and moving those operations overseas by the end of the year. The announced purpose was to remain competitive as the company expanded globally. Most of the parts of ICON equipment have been manufactured in China for years now, with most assembly taking place in Utah. However, now most assembly of home treadmills will occur in China. The company also has plants are located in Taiwan and Pakistan. Assembly of ICON’s commercial brand, FreeMotion Fitness, will continue at the company’s Smithfield, Virginia plant. The company said it would renovate the space vacated by its manufacturing operations in order to “accommodate future growth.” ICON started manufacturing in Utah in 1987, after having been manufactured in other countries since 1977. It will continue its other operations in Utah, such as engineering, marketing, and distributing with about 1,500 employees. A few weeks after ICON made its announcement, Moody's upgraded ICON’s corporate bond rating due to ICON’s “improved operating performance and enhanced liquidity profile.” Moody’s said that that ICON’s strategy of streamlining its manufacturing and expanding its distribution network should continue to improve the company’s performance. However, Moody’s also noted that its rating is constrained by the company’s concentration of customers and its limited operations outside of North America New Technology If you're used to running on a treadmill and then go for a run in the great outdoors, one of the first things you might notice is that the real deal feels quite different. Tread runners often describe the difference as running less upright and feeling like the feet are pushing into the ground with more effort. In short, it's more challenging. Those feelings happen to be real. While doing things like changing the elevation grade of the belt will help simulate what it's like to really run, traditional treadmills fall short of activating and conditioning the lower-body muscles the way they are trained during a sprint or a longer-distance jog. Woodway introduced its Curve treadmill, a motorless model with a tread belt curved at the front and the back to better simulate the activation of muscle use while running on solid ground. The promise is that, because users need to dig into the front of the belt and push off the back in order to start the belt moving and keep it moving, they are working their lower body harder. See the image below. Technogym, which calls itself the leading producer of design and technology-driven fitness equipment, introduced the first treadmill to be activated by voice commands. The model is called “Artis.” This user wears Google Glass, which works through UNITY, an android-based console display platform. Users can control the speed of the treadmill with voice commands, as well as see running data on their their headset and communicate with a personal trainer through a webcam. No word yet on availability. According to an article published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, Ohio State University has invented a treadmill that actually adjusts its speed to the user’s, instead of the user having to adjust his speed to what he has set the speed of the treadmill to. The purported effect is that using the treadmill feels like running or walking on a steady surface. Apparently, this new machine more accurately measures VO2Max, the commonly-used measure of aerobic capacity. Stay tuned on this one. ♣ Have any treadmill news for next year’s report? If so, please send it to info@treadmill-world.com and we will be happy to include it. Read the full article

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Treadmills provide the best aerobic workout of any kind of exercise equipment. They can do this because they allow you to simultaneously increase your heart rate and burn calories and fat. Fitness Treadmills have been the largest selling category of exercise equipment for many years. However, elliptical trainers and stationary bikes have been growing steadily in popularity.

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Do you need a treadmill only for walking? If you do, then a smaller motor and shorter belt will be fine. That means you probably don’t need an expensive model.

Do you run fast or are you over 6′ tall? In order to prevent accidentally stepping off the belt and onto the front or back of the machine, you are much better off with a belt at least 50″ long.

Are you over 200 lbs or do you run fast? To prevent stepping on the sides of the belt, you will be happier with a belt at least 19″ wide.

Are you over 250 lbs? If so, choose a machine with a higher weight capacity. These machines are bigger and heavier. Serious runners may also want a heavier machine, since heavier machines tend to be more solidly built and have other useful features.

Do you want any special features? Special features include iPods hookups and workout software. These can help a lot in sticking with your exercise program.

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