Thursday, January 31, 2008
If there is a new hot trend in treadmills, it is models equipped with TVs. This concept makes sense. Walking or running in place can be very boring. As hard as you try, you never get anywhere, and the scenery never changes. That is why you find rows of televisions in front of the treadmills [...]
Thursday, January 24, 2008
During January treadmill manufacturers are scrambling to keep up with the onslaught of services issues and requests for repairs. And many drop the ball because they do not have adequate resources, and experienced staff to handle all of issues.
I just got an email from an owner of a Proform treadmill. There are some serious problems, and the treadmill is past the one year warranty coverage. They are asking what they should do, since they paid $1,000 for it.
There are two alternatives. They can pay to get it fixed, which may be very expensive, [...]
The problem many people have when working out on a treadmill is they get into a rut. And once you are in a rut you plateau. You may have noticed initially when you got your treadmill you were seeing results. You started losing weight and toning up.
Now that you have had your treadmill for awhile, [...]