tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054Tue, 08 Apr 2008 22:08:36 +0000http://www.treadmillsensei.com/Treadmill SenseiBlogger309125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-8772937834364859947Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:27:00 +00002008-03-20T10:28:38.957-07:00mailbagOhiyo! Sole Fitness has become one of the dominant brands in the fitness industry over the past few years. Their great position has come from producing some of the best treadmills and ellipticals for some of the best pricing, and also from their great customer service. That being said, even the best companies have problems with their equipment and we're here to take them to task for it. Over http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/03/reader-mailbag-problems-with-sole-e25.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-5394388157067373761Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:28:00 +00002008-03-18T13:30:30.504-07:00treadmill reviewreviewOhiyo! Wow, I have to say that I've been surprised by the sheer amount of email we're received here at the DOJO asking for a review of the Fuel FT96 Treadmill from Dick's Sporting Goods. First off, I want to warn everyone about making sure to get the proper URL/address for the Dick's Sporting Goods Website -- it is at DicksSportingGoods.com and NOT at dicks.com. Don't be dumb like me and just http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/03/fuel-t96-treadmill-review-perfect.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-4958285162218450564Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:36:00 +00002008-03-14T17:37:31.128-07:00mailbagOhiyo! For today's episode of the reader mailbag we have the fitness version of the Celebrity DeathMatch, this time featuring two very solid performing best buy ellipticals priced under $1000. Brad from Pennsylvania wants to know how the Bladez 850E Elliptical stacks up against the Horizon E900 Elliptical when it comes to value, durability and performance. Let's see what Brad has to say. Take ithttp://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/03/reader-mailbag-bladez-850e-elliptical.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-943973763592655068Fri, 14 Mar 2008 01:56:00 +00002008-03-13T18:59:14.239-07:00elliptical reviewreviewOhiyo! Reader email is one of the Treadmill Sensei's favorite things here at the DOJO. I truly believe some of the best articles here on www.TreadmillSensei.com come out of questions sent in by you, my loyal readers. Today's post is no exception. Lisa is looking for a new elliptical and has come across one from Nordic Track. Let's see what she has to say and let's see if we can help her out. http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/03/nordictrack-commercial-1300-elliptical.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-2567514191833740169Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:28:00 +00002008-03-13T15:31:34.967-07:00treadmill reviewreviewOhiyo! As regular readers of this site are aware, I go back and forth on my opinions of treadmills and ellipticals from Spirit Fitness. Dyaco, their owner and manufacturer, produces some great equipment for Spirit's sister company, Sole Fitness, but the Spirit equipment has fallen short on quality of late. That being said, their Esprit line of treadmills and ellipticals have been doing decentlyhttp://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/03/esprit-et4-treadmill-by-spirit-decent.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-1377539050218523953Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:58:00 +00002008-03-11T20:01:06.142-07:00treadmill reviewreviewOhiyo! The games fitness manufacturers play to confuse their customers can often be incredibly annoying, especially when you, my loyal readers, are trying to decide on the best treadmill for your money. Now, to be fair to fitness manufacturers, they aren't the only ones who seem to love the practice of releasing the same product under a number of different names at different retail outlets. http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/03/proform-860-competitor-treadmill-review.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-556566305284552891Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:54:00 +00002008-03-10T20:58:05.755-07:00elliptical reviewreviewOhiyo! I think I've mentioned this before, but every so often a surprise shows up here at the DOJO and the Treadmill Sensei gets to check out a piece of equipment he hasn't seen or done a review on before. About a week ago the guys unloaded a decent-sized boxed which has the label of "Horizon E900 Elliptical" pasted all over it and I was very eager to take a look at the unit...not eager enough http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/03/horizon-e900-elliptical-review.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-2559502272892452381Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:18:00 +00002008-03-09T10:21:23.430-07:00elliptical reviewreviewOhiyo! Here at the DOJO we get a lot of emails asking about the Icon Health & Fitness lines of treadmills and ellipticals. Icon is one of the largest fitness manufacturers in the world and is best know for budget priced equipment and so-so quality. You may have seen their equipment under one of the following brands: Proform, Nordic Track, Epic, Reebok (in the US...outside of the US Reebok is http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/03/proform-epic-1200-pro-elliptical-review.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-5417552998852191065Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:33:00 +00002008-03-08T16:35:49.995-08:00retailer reviewOhiyo! Eegad, has it already been almost a month since I posted my first "Retailer Review" here on TreadmillSensei.Com? Wow. Today, in honor of our fast-approaching 2-year anniversary I've got a note we received recently from a reader who last took a look at our website back in the very beginning. Joe picked up a remanufactured Precor unit based on our recommendation back in 2006. Let's see http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/03/retailer-review-fitness-909-in-corona.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-4864326545892810619Sat, 08 Mar 2008 23:40:00 +00002008-03-08T15:44:29.626-08:00newsOhiyo! Last week was so busy that I completely missed out on mentioning the website had surpassed 300 posts! This is an exciting point for us with our 2 year anniversary coming up in June and our traffic being at its highest of all time. I want to thank all of you, my loyal readers, for making this all worthwhile. Providing independent reviews of treadmills and ellipticals has been a blast http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/03/treadmillsenseicom-reaches-300-posts.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-5384138238560573339Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:17:00 +00002008-03-07T12:20:28.807-08:00deal of the weekOhiyo! I don't know about you, but the Treadmill Sensei absolutely loves to save money. My wife tells me it's because I'm cheap. That may be true but I do spend a lot of time shopping online to get the best deals possible. I know that you, my loyal readers, love to save money on fitness equipment from the countless letters we receive here at the DOJO asking about how to get the lowest prices http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/03/fitness-deal-of-weekscratch-thatdeal-of.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-1103602968083611805Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:39:00 +00002008-03-07T11:46:05.457-08:00mailbagOhiyo! As the final day of the IHRSA show in San Diego wraps up, I wanted to make sure to keep my loyal readers happy with another trip to the old Reader Mailbag for a new question. Today, Michael from Michigan asks the Treadmill Sensei about extended warranties for treadmills and whether or not they are really worthwhile. Take it away, Michael! I just bought one of these after reading your http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/03/reader-mailbag-extended-warranties-to.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-990065438330224832Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:55:00 +00002008-03-08T15:56:11.602-08:00mailbagOhiyo! Today I am writing you from here in San Diego while we're attending the IHRSA commercial fitness trade show. We don't do a lot of these trade shows but with IHRSA down in our backyard we couldn't resist checking it out. Even being away from the DOJO for the day I wanted to make sure I didn't neglect you, my loyal readers. Today we have a question from Jeff and his wife who have just http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/03/reader-mailbag-elliptical-suggestions.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-1968939256197201113Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:39:00 +00002008-03-02T18:42:36.740-08:00elliptical reviewreviewOhiyo! The Treadmill Sensei loves to check out new treadmills and ellipticals. It is one of my favorite things to do, both here at the DOJO and at fitness tradeshows like the Health & Fitness Business Expo and the IHRSA show. Speaking of the IHRSA show, a few of us from here at TreadmillSensei.com will be there roaming the floor this week on March 5. If you see us, feel free to say "hi!" Back http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/03/bladez-850e-elliptical-trainer-review.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-3005339978291256302Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:19:00 +00002008-02-28T06:22:32.247-08:00elliptical reviewreviewOhiyo! When it comes to equipment made by Spirit Fitness out in Jonesboro, Arkansas, the Treadmill Sensei generally gets one of two questions. The first is usually from disgruntled Spirit dealers who are having problems selling this year's lower quality Spirit equipment and generally amounts to "why aren't you supporting Spirit equipment as much this year because I have a warehouse full of stuffhttp://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/02/esprit-el5-elliptical-by-spirit-review.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-5889436014720462354Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:14:00 +00002008-02-27T09:16:27.211-08:00mailbagOhiyo! It seems the Treadmill Sensei has been neglecting his reader mailbag a bit recently. Sure, I've been using reader email as the starting point for reviews lately, but it has been a very long time since I did an old fashioned mass email answer here on www.TreadmillSensei.com and that is exactly what I'm going to do today. In this episode of the Reader Mailbag, we've got questions on Sole (http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/02/reader-mailbag-sole-e25-vs-sole-e35-and.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-3223851623847298074Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:58:00 +00002008-02-25T13:02:28.108-08:00deal of the weekOhiyo! Yes, I know I was hoping to have a new "Deal of the Week" here on TreadmillSensei.com every week and I've failed miserably at updating the deals. Luckily, the Z500 Treadmill is still available as the best treadmill deal around -- where else can you get a version of the Sole F83 for under $1300? This week, a reader has sent in a fantastic elliptical deal from Amazon.com. Let's see what http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/02/elliptical-deal-of-week-esprit-el3.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-1821178589848439663Tue, 19 Feb 2008 01:09:00 +00002008-02-18T17:11:35.964-08:00treadmill reviewreviewOhiyo! Today we received a great question from a loyal reader in the midst of an exercise dilemma. Sherry wants to know what a top rated or best buy treadmill can be found for someone with a small amount of space to dedicate to it. Let's see what she has to say...take it away, Sherry! Dear Sensei, I was wondering if you could help me. It's quite overwhelming to see all the different treadmillshttp://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/02/smooth-425-treadmill-review-top-pick.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-1607908748823320782Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:36:00 +00002008-02-15T21:39:00.156-08:00elliptical reviewreviewOhiyo! Tonight I am continuing my ongoing reviews of the brand new 2008 Sole Fitness Ellipticals and Treadmills. Sole has done an incredible job in their upgrades, which in the ellipticals consists mainly of thicker, sturdier tubing on their supports. You have no idea how great it is to see a fitness manufacturer who has found a near perfect design and then stuck with it, without making http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/02/2008-sole-e95-elliptical-review-another.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-3230012085540519993Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:21:00 +00002008-02-12T11:24:10.202-08:00retailer reviewOhiyo! One of the questions the Treadmill Sensei gets almost daily here at the DOJO from his loyal readers is "Can you recommend a local fitness retailer for me?" In most cases, readers are writing in from areas where, unfortunately, I just don't know any retailers local to them. Place like Spokane, Washington or Poughkeepsie, New York. Any retailer recommendations I get for other areas are oneshttp://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/02/retailer-review-body-works-exercise.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-4990014226103657330Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:03:00 +00002008-02-15T20:50:45.422-08:00newsOhiyo! Just a quick break in my current reviews of the 2008 treadmills and ellipticals coming out of Sole Fitness. For the past month or so we've been getting in a large number of reader emails here at the DOJO talking about a problem that has been popping up with some of the retailers who are selling Sole treadmills and Sole ellipticals online. Before anyone freaks out, the problem is from no http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/02/sole-fitness-equipment-warning-shady.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-1270047894268833176Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:57:00 +00002008-02-08T10:00:43.984-08:00deal of the weekOhiyo! We've been sent in a new "Deal of the Week" by you, the Treadmill Sensei's loyal readers. This week StevenJ1978 sends in this: Sensei, I know ya'll are always on the look out for new sales going on and I wanted to make sure everyone knew about the Sole treadmill deals going on at Amazon. The 2008 Sole F80 treadmill is on sale right now for $1299.99!!! I ordered one a couple of days and http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/02/treadmill-deal-of-week-sole-f80.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-3966639498686768846Thu, 07 Feb 2008 19:04:00 +00002008-02-07T11:06:46.522-08:00treadmill reviewreviewOhiyo! As much as the Treadmill Sensei dislikes these questions, we get enough of them from you, my loyal readers, that they just have to be answered. Today we have Leslie asking us which treadmill is better for her situation, the Sole F80 or the Bodycraft TR1120/TR1140. Obviously, I can't tell anyone what a "better" treadmill is, but I can give you my opinion on the matter. Let's see what http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/02/reader-mailbag-sole-f80-treadmill-vs.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-4390456001088186997Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:14:00 +00002008-02-04T17:19:33.290-08:00elliptical reviewmailbagOhiyo! Before I get to the reader mailbag I want to confess to something...and I'm only able to do this because I know Mrs. Sensei doesn't ever read this website. Today the Treadmill Sensei encountered something that has completely ruined his finely regimented and regulated diet (regimented and regulated by Mrs. Sensei, of course). Today the Treadmill Sensei was at Costco with Hikaru, making a http://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/02/reader-mailbag-sportsart-e83-perfect.htmlTreadmill Senseitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29479054.post-5481440180583742687Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:33:00 +00002008-02-08T10:01:49.909-08:00deal of the weeknewsOhiyo! You know, I'm really not sure what goes on in the heads of the fine folks at Amazon.com. Don't get me wrong, I love them and shop on their site all the time. But sometimes they knock prices down to some almost insane levels. I guess the power of their website and the sheer volume of sales they do allows them to get the lowest prices around and they want to make sure their customers get tohttp://www.treadmillsensei.com/2008/01/elliptical-deal-of-week-fitnex-e70.htmlTreadmill Sensei