Nihango!A question I get asked a lot here at the DOJO (and by my wife's pesky relatives) is: How the heck do I replace a damaged treadmill belt?If you find your belt slipping, or your deck slowing down and stop, or if the edges of your treadmill belt look worn, frayed or curls up, then you may need to have your treadmill … [Read more...] about How to replace your treadmill belt
Moshi Moshi!Whenever a new Consumer Reports magazine comes out with a feature on treadmills or ellipticals, the members here at the DOJO gather around for a lot of good laughs at what the "experts" have to say. As you may or may not know, our friends at CR put out another magazine with treadmill reviews this past February. … [Read more...] about The Schwinn 820p Treadmill Review — Highly Overrated
Ohiyo Gozaimasu!Every so often we get to take a bit of a break here at the DOJO and do something really fun. Today that fun was in the form of a shipment of GB300 Game Bikes from Cateye Fitness which came in. We'll be setting these up at a local YMCA later in the week, but we got to set them up and play with...er...test … [Read more...] about The Cateye Game Bike Review — An Exercise in Fun
Moshi Moshi, loyal visitors to the DOJO!In response to a couple of reader emails saying, "For someone called the TREADMILL Sensei, you haven't reviewed a treadmill for a while...when are you going to get back to them?" Well, fear not, true believers, tonight I'm reviewing a new treadmill for your buying pleasure.For this … [Read more...] about The Endurance T3 Treadmill Review — An Average Treadmill with a Great Warranty
Ohiyo!I've just set up a new Forum / Bulletin Board for posting, chatting, and buying/selling equipment. If you have any questions for the sensei or just want to yak with other fitness fans, then check out the new message board:http://www.treadmillsensei.com/forum/-The Treadmill Senseihttp://www.treadmillsensei.com … [Read more...] about The Treadmill Sensei Forum
Ohiyo!Welcome to the DOJO once more! Now that the loooong holiday weekend is over, the Treadmill Sensei has returned once more to hand out his pearls of wisdom and knowledge. This week I want to extoll on the virtues of one of the finest treadmills out there, the Landice L7 Executive Treadmill.The first thing you're going … [Read more...] about The Landice L7 Executive Treadmill Review — The BMW of Treadmills
Moshi Moshi!I had planned to do a detailed review of the Landice L7 Executive treadmill today, but Mrs. Sensei has laid down the law and I only have a few minutes to post a review on this fine July 4th holiday -- the DOJO itself is empty and all of the other senseis are off work and at home enjoying their families. Look for … [Read more...] about The Landice Treadmill Mystery Solved — Which unit is right for you
Ohiyo again, faithful students of the DOJO!I hope the holiday weekend is treating you all well. Tonight we dip back in to the reader mailbag to try and help out a reader who is having problems with the treadmills at his gym. Let's see what we can do to assist him.Dear Treadmill Sensei,I came across your website from a … [Read more...] about Reader Mailbag: Problems with Life Fitness 9500 treadmills and Star Trac Pro Treadmills
Ohiyo Gozaimasu!I regret to inform you, my loyal readers, that tonight's review will be an unfortunately short one. We have family in town and Mrs. Sensei is making me close the DOJO early to spend time with them. At least I'll get to gloat to her Uncle Chris a bit more about his poor choice in treadmill purchase. Now, on … [Read more...] about The Tunturi T20 Treadmill Review — A decent treadmill…at half the price
Nihango once more, students of the Sensei.Tonight we're going to go about as long as we can in the realm of fitness equipment. That's right, I'm going to talk about the elliptical's retard half-brother, Tony Little's Gazelle -- the Gazelle Edge, the Gazelle Power Plus and the Gazelle Freestyle.The Sensei is going to be … [Read more...] about The Tony Little Gazelle Review — Worst workout ever!
