Ohiyo!Your Treadmill Sensei has been suffering from a bout with pneumonia for the past week and hasn't ventured out to the DOJO since Wednesday! However, my loyaty to you, my readers, has forced me up out of bed and to my computer once more.Now, since I am still weak and ready to go back to sleep, I am going to do a quick … [Read more...] about The Horizon T72 Treadmill Review — Same great unit with a new name

Ohiyo!I'm still fairly new to this whole internet thing, so bear with me as I try to answer some of the questions I get every week. If there is a question you'd like to see answered, then send it in and I'll post it up for everyone to read.1. Who the heck is the Treadmill Sensei?A treadmill and elliptical reviewer! The … [Read more...] about Treadmills Sensei FAQ & Disclaimers

Moshi Moshi!Way back in June 2006 I promised to write something up on top treadmills under $1000...and, as many of you noticed, that particular list never materialized. The main reason was because I had decided to hold my first annual ICHI-BAN awards for Treadmills and Ellipticals later on this year (coming in October 2006) … [Read more...] about Best 5 Treadmills Under $1000 for Sept 2006

Ohiyo Gozaimasu!Your Treadmill Sensei took a nice quiet vacation to Las Vegas (well, as quiet as Vegas can be) with Mrs. Sensei this weekend and left the DOJO far behind. I normally try to catch up on my monster backlog of reader mail over the weekends but figured I could let one weekend slip by without too much trouble. … [Read more...] about Reader Mailbag — Sports Art E82 Elliptical opinion

Nihango!Last time we talked about the SportsArt E82. This time we've got a reader who wants to put a pair of treadmills in to ThunderDome...Two treadmills enter, One treadmill leaves!HelloI am in the market to buy a treadmill and i have read numerousreviews on the Sole F63 and the Smooth 5.25 treadmills on your website … [Read more...] about Reader Mailbag — Sole F63 Treadmill vs Smooth 5.25 Treadmill

Ohiyo!From time to time, loyal readers, you've heard me mention one of the DOJO members, HIKARU. Every so often the youngest sensei here at the DOJO does something that impresses your Treadmill Sensei...it doesn't happen all that often but when it does it tends to be something spectacular. In this case, Sensei Hikaru has … [Read more...] about The Horizon T73 Treadmill Review – The Same but Different

Moshi Moshi!We're taking a lunch break here at the DOJO and I wanted to put up a quick post. We're spending a huge portion of the day at a local gym that is going out of business. Their equipment is being sold off to other area gyms and we're uninstalling them at the old gym, doing maintenance on the equipment and then … [Read more...] about Local Gym Going Out of Business Sale — Cheap New Equipment

Ohiyo Gozaimasu!The Treadmill Sensei is a bit annoyed today. Luckily for the other Senseis here at the DOJO I was out of the repair shop for most of the day. I was at Best Buy trying to pick up a new TV for the bedroom to keep Mrs. Sensei happy and able to watch Nip/Tuck on Tuesday nights. The problem I ran in to was Best … [Read more...] about The fitness name game — what you’re really buying

Nihango!From the depths of the DOJO's darkness the Treadmill Sensei returns to extoll his wisdom upon the uneducated masses. Tonight I want to return to one of my favorite "whipping boys," Proform and its parent company Icon Fitness. I have to admit to having a bit of a love-hate relationship with the equipment Icon puts … [Read more...] about The Proform 650e Treadmill (XP 650 E) Review — Only a vaccuum sucks more

Ohiyo Gozaimasu!You know, one of the things that bugs the heck out of the Treadmill Sensei when he's here at the DOJO late at night researching on the internet? Websites that rate Sole Treadmills/Ellipticals differently than their Spirit counterparts when they are almost the exact same equipment. Say it with me "Sole … [Read more...] about The Sole F63 Treadmill Review – Excellence in Execution