Ohiyo!Welcome, Welcome, Welcome, to the First Annual Ichi-Ban Treadmill Awards! You may not be able to see it from up in the cheap seats, but your Treadmill Sensei is wearing his finest tuxedo for the first in what I hope to be a long running annual "Best Buy" awards. The phrase "Ichi-Ban" is Japanese for "Number One" or … [Read more...] about The First Annual Treadmill Sensei 2006-2007 Ichi-Ban “Best Buy Awards” for Treadmills

Ohiyo!Before I get in to today's reviews I'd like to throw a note out to you, my loyal readers. If there is a treadmill or elliptical you are interested in seeing reviewed, email me and I'll try to get it done. I'm doing this for you so let me know what you'd like to see!Today the Treadmill Sensei got in a batch of 10 … [Read more...] about The Horizon T74 Treadmill – Top Rated Home Treadmill

Ohiyo!Never say the Treadmill Sensei doesn't listen to his readers. Here at the DOJO we get a LOT of email from readers asking for more reviews, even if they are a bit less detailed. Normally, I feel like I'm letting you guys down by not writing as much as I know about a treadmill or elliptical, but some people prefer to … [Read more...] about The Ignite I905 Treadmill Review — Decent Product from a new manufacturer

Ohiyo!The Treadmill Sensei keeps his vow to get back on track and getting reviews out every weekday! The DOJO has been busy as the holiday season fast approaches and yesterday I was able to get on a treadmill I haven't seen in the shop for months. The bad boy that came in was the Smooth 6.25 Treadmill. Now, Smooth has had a … [Read more...] about The Smooth 6.25 Treadmill Review

Ohiyo!The Treadmill Sensei is trying to get caught up and, unfortunately, the old blog keeps getting passed over. It's my red-headed stepchild...but I'm trying! Today, at the DOJO, I received a couple of emails asking almost the exact same question, so I'll answer them both at once. Here we go!The first note is from … [Read more...] about Reader Mailbag: Sole F83 vs F85

Ohiyo!I have been a bad Treadmill Sensei these past two weeks and haven't posted in far too long. I inted to fix that this week. Look for a post a day! WE're going to get started today with a reader asking about a Sole F63 (a popular unit these days) versus a View 550 from Icon Health and Fitness. This letter is from Kerry: … [Read more...] about Reader Mailbag: The Sole F63 Motor vs an ICON Fitness Motor

Ohiyo!Anyone who has been a regular reader of this review site knows the Treadmill Sensei has a love affair with Spirit manufactured equipment, especially the treadmills and ellipticals released through Sole Fitness. I recommend it on here, I recommend it to friends and family, I recommend it to complete strangers I pass on … [Read more...] about The Sole F85 Treadmill Review — High Quality and High Performance, but Low Maintenance and Low Cost

Ohiyo!Today is a work day at the DOJO so the Treadmill Sensei won't be able to get to a review until later tonight. However, I wanted to talk about "treadmill specifications" for a moment. Manufacturers like to play games with the listed specs of their units in order to have them look better against other machines. They … [Read more...] about Adjusting the speed settings on your Sole Treadmills (Spirit Z Series)

Ohiyo!Greetings from the DOJO! This week the Treadmill Sensei feels very very old. Not only did my eldest daughter just get married, but a rather significant day has passed. On Oct 19th, the Treadmill Sensei celebrated his 21st year in the fitness industry. That's right, your Sensei has been servicing, installing, … [Read more...] about The New Balance 1200 Treadmill Review — Big on deck, small on price

Ohiyo!I want to start this review off by saying it was definitely not a good time for the Treadmill Sensei and Mrs. Sensei to take a short trip to Hawaii to visit our daughter at school (she attends the University of Hawaii). In all of my years growing up there I had never heard of an earthquake taking place in the islands. … [Read more...] about The Horizon T71 Treadmill Review — the same great unit with a new name