Ohiyo!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. We had a Fuel FT96 (or T96) treadmill here in the DOJO a while back and I had put together notes for a review, but being swamped like we were I never got around to … [Read more...] about The Fuel T96 Treadmill Review – A perfect budget treadmill for under $1000

Ohiyo!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 Ellipticalstacks up against the Horizon E900 Elliptical when it comes to … [Read more...] about Reader Mailbag: Bladez 850e Elliptical vs the Horizon E900 Elliptical – to the Death!

Ohiyo!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, … [Read more...] about The Esprit ET4 Treadmill by Spirit – Decent but a downgraded Sole F63

Ohiyo!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 … [Read more...] about The Proform 860 Competitor Treadmill Review — An Average Treadmill

Ohiyo!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 … [Read more...] about Retailer Review: Fitness 909 in Corona, CA

Ohiyo!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. … [Read more...] about TreadmillSensei.Com reaches 300 Posts!

Ohiyo!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 … [Read more...] about Fitness Deal of the Week..scratch that…Deal of the Month!

Ohiyo!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. … [Read more...] about Reader Mailbag: Extended Warranties, to buy or not to buy…that is the question

Ohiyo!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 … [Read more...] about Reader Mailbag: Elliptical Suggestions Under $800?

Ohiyo!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 … [Read more...] about Reader Mailbag – Sole E25 vs Sole E35 and what about an elliptical for a shorter user?