Bowflex 7 Series Treadmill

Advantages: QUALITY, VALUE FOR MONEY, COMPACT.
Disadvantages: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING

...INTRO After the sudden death of my 7 year old Pro-form treadmill it was time to start looking for something to replace it with but being somewhat out of pocket (probably due to credit crunch/petrol prices) my budget was under £400. I must say I didn't think that I'd be able to get much treadmill for my money. FINDING A TREADMILL I started my searching on the Internet with a firm called fitness-superstore http://www.fitness-superstore.co.uk, which has a great range of low priced treadmills and I soon became zapped by the latest designs and specifications of the new range of treadmill on the market. As I set my budget at under £400 this helped me to narrow my searching and leave me with 3 possible treadmills that met my needs, the makes were Pro-form, Weslo, Reebok. After some head scratching I decided that the 'Reebok I RUN... Read review

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Advantages: An easy to use, heavy duty aid to personal fitness and well being
Disadvantages: Initially costly but otherwise none

...is the ‘Fit Test’ which enables toy to measure your aerobic fitness level in comparison with others of similar age and gender. The programmes are: ‘Manual’: The user can control speed and incline at will. ‘Hill’: an interval training workout consisting of warm-up, steady speed plateau, a graduated series of hills and valleys and a cool down period. ‘Random’: similar to the ‘Hill’ but after the warm up period each segment is randomly set by the treadmill. ‘Fat Burn’: (requires the use of the Heart Monitor) a low intensity regime which maintains the resistance level of the striding belt to keep your heart rate at 65% of its theoretical maximum. ‘Cardio’: (requires Heart Monitor) a higher intensity regime maintaining heart rate at 80% of its theoretical level. ’30-Minute Walk’: variable speed between 3.2 and 7.2 kph with variable inclines. ‘5Km... Read review

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Advantages: Run in the dry when it is raining
Disadvantages: Takes up a bit of space

...for either of us. It does take up quite a bit of room, but then we have room and don't mind. We looked initially online at JJB Sport, their website is www.olympussport.co.uk They do have a customer hotline phone number which is 0870 330 0024 I haven't needed to phone this number so don't know how helpful they are if you have problems with this treadmill. It is guaranteed for two years from the date we bought it. There is a maximum weight limit for this and it is about 18 stone 7 lbs. I am not sure what this is in kilograms. We are having a lot of fun with our new toy, it was bought primarily for my husband to get fit on, but I use it quite regularly and so does my daughter in law and my step grandson so it gets quite a lot of use in our house. Well worth the nearly £300 that we paid for it. anyway, enough of this, the football... Read review

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