The Gold's Gym Preview 1500: A great TV treadmill at a fair price.

I n 1965, Joe Gold opened the first Gold's gym in Venice, California. During the next 40 years, Gold's Gyms became one of the most popular fitness franchises in North America.

Today, Gold's Gym has become the largest co-ed gym chain in the world with more than 3-million members in 600 facilities across 25 countries.

Today, Gold's Gym has expanded its product line. Yes, it still offers weight training in addition to all of the latest fitness equipment and services including group exercise, personal training, cardiovascular equipment, spinning and Pilates and yoga.

Gold's Gym Equipment also sells books, accessories and apparel for men, women and children of all ages. You can buy these products online at the company's website, but you can also find Gold's Gym products it almost all fitness retail stores.

Gold’s Gym is produced by Icon, and this factory has over 200 engineers that help craft their products. Put simply, they are the best designed treadmills in the business. In the past, they have had to be the best because they used the cheapest parts in the business.

They have finally discovered that you can find some of the key component parts overseas for less and the eventual cost is less if you put more quality into the machine; so the quality of drive motors, rollers, and other key components are much higher than in the past and it still sells for a value price.

Icon is well known for their customer care center and standing behind the products they produce. Gold’s Gym treadmills are great first time treadmills buyers looking to get into a cardio routine.