Ohiyo!The Treadmill Sensei has a Bowflex-sized headache again today, which interestingly enough isn't from Bowflex related equipment. You see, over the weekend we took in 8 Proform treadmill repair jobs here at the DOJO. The jobs came from a bunch of unrelated people who all happened to breakdown at the same time. The … [Read more...] about The Lamar L1200 Treadmill Review — A best buy treadmill under $2000

Ohiyo!In the rush of getting ready for the Ichi-Ban Best Buy Awards later this year the Treadmill Sensei has been a bit lax on answering reader emails. It's not that I don't love you guys, I've just been trying hard to get as many reviews done as possible and between running for hours a day on treadmills and ellipticals, … [Read more...] about Reader Mailbag: What does a labor warranty cover?

Ohiyo!Since the early 1990s, BodyCraft has been known as one of the top producers of high quality gym equipment in the world. While not as well known as a Body Solid they have been quietly producing commercial level strength equipment for home and light commercial use.BodyCraft itself was founded by Randy Lundquist and Alan … [Read more...] about The BodyCraft Brand Review – High Quality Commerical Grade Equipment at a Home Price

Ohiyo!For the Treadmill Sensei this website is a bit of an exercise in contradictions. You see, when I'm wearing my "Service Tech" hat I love low quality machines like Proform or Bowflex, or machines with a lot of issues like Spirit's are currently having...but, when I'm weaing the robes of the Treadmill Sensei I despise … [Read more...] about The BodyCraft TR1140 Treadmill Review — A Best Buy Treadmill Under $1500

Ohiyo!Any regular readers of this site know how much the Treadmill Sensei hates it when a manufacturer releases the same equipment under multiple names, especially when they use some minor cosmetic changes and a coat of new paint. In the past this practive was confined to the larger fitness manufacturers who were renaming … [Read more...] about The Spirit Esprit ET-2 Treadmill Review — Another flop from Spirit

Ohiyo!One of the cool things about the Health & Fitness Expo that went on in Denver this August is that it allowed the Treadmill Sensei to spend some time on brand new units coming out from a number of manufacturers. One of the manufacturers I was particularly interested in checking out was Spirit Fitness out of Arkansas. … [Read more...] about The Spirit XT175 Treadmill Review – No Bang for the Buck

Ohiyo!A company who continues to impress the Treadmill Sensei is Smooth Fitness out of New Jersey. Smooth tends to fly under the radar for most treadmill buyers because they are found almost exclusively online -- although, their units are available at brick-and-mortar stores under the Evo brand name. The most important … [Read more...] about The Smooth 9.25HR Treadmill Review

Ohiyo!Every so often a piece of equipment comes out that the Treadmill Sensei is unable to borrow locally. I'd been hearing about the new budget treadmill from BodyCraft, the TR1120 treadmill, here at the DOJO for a few months and was very intrigued by it. BodyCraft is a manufacturer known for producing some high quality … [Read more...] about The BodyCraft TR1120 Treadmill Review — Best Buy Treadmill Under $1000

Ohiyo!Every so often one of the Treadmill Sensei's reviews sparks an email or two full of desperation from a reader. Usually the reader has made up his mind on a treadmill or elliptical he really wants to purchase and has come online to validate his choice. Sometimes, generally in the case of an Icon Fitness or Bowflex … [Read more...] about The Mileage ST7100 Treadmill Review — Best Incline Trainer for under $2000

Ohiyo!One of the things the Treadmill Sensei is most often called to task on is the current lack of Landice reviews on the website. Of course, most of the people chastising me are Landice dealers and are looking for the sales boost a Treadmill Sensei review will give them (I even had one retailer send me a rather upset note … [Read more...] about The Landice L7 Cardio Trainer Treadmill Review – Best Buy at $4000