Elliptical, Exercise & Fitness Articles

The Treadmill Sensei really hates fitness manufacturers because they keep putting out new treadmills and ellipticals every year. Sheesh, can’t they just take a year off so I can catch up! Don’t they see that I’m freakin’ swamped here!!

Seriously, though, every year fitness manufacturers release either all new equipment or ugraded, updated versions of their older equipment. Just like the auto industry, the next year’s new equipment starts appearing in June or August of the previous year. So what I’m going to do here at the DOJO for the next week or so is to focus on the new 2008 models of previously released equipment. This will, I hope, help everyone see what new offerings are available on some old favorite machines.
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Every day the Treadmill Sensei gets in reader email asking about a treadmill or elliptical we haven’t covered yet on the site – most of the time it is about low quality Proform or Nordic Track ellipticals. However, from time to time a reader sends in a note asking about an intriguing piece of equipment and it spurs me to send out my feelers for a model to test out.
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Happy Post-Holiday Season! Now that the Christmas season is over and visiting family will soon be heading back to their own little corners of the world (most exciting is that my den won’t be doubling as a second guest room for too much longer), the Treadmill Sensei can get back to work and to you, my loyal readers. I absolutely love Christmas-time, but I feel more tired the day after Christmas than almost any other time of the year. Of course, large numbers of my wife’s family can have a draining effect on anyone!
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A few days ago your Treadmill Sensei posted what had to be one of the best sales for a treadmill he’s ever seen. To follow up with that sale, and at the request of quite a few of my loyal readers, I wanted to post a great Elliptical Deal going on right now. As with the Quantum Treadmill sale, Amazon has a simply amazing deal on one of the top ellipticals on the market today (and a two time Ichi-Ban Best Buy Award Winner for Best Elliptical Under $1000, the Sole E25.
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A lot of visitors have been asking us about the Schwinn 431 elliptical, but that model is actually no longer available. It has been replaced by the all new Schwinn 430 elliptical.
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I’ve been writing a lot about lower priced ellipticals lately, so I thought I’d take a break and move up to some mid-range ellipticals instead. Although, when talking about the Bodyguard E230x elliptical “mid-range” probably isn’t the best of descriptions. I’ve compared ellipticals and treadmills to everything from Lexus and BMW to Volkswagon and Pacers. I’d compare the Bodyguard E230X to my brand new Ford F250. You see, it’s solid, it’s heavy duty, but it’s also got the most comfortable pedals on the market and it has a very smooth ride. This thing is incredible.
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One of the biggest surprises in the fitness industry this year came from Tunturi. Tunturi is one of the oldest fitness companies around and manufacturers the majority of their equipment in Europe (the company is based out of Finland). Tunturi is best known for high quality, streamlined design and uncomfortable, rear-drive ellipticals. This year the high quality and streamlined design remain the same, but Tunturi has radically changed their ellipticals for the better with the new front-drive Tunturi CF35.
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Ohiyo!

When it comes to buying a lower budget elliptical the two key requirements – beyond programs, levels of resistance, heart rate monitoring or any of the extra features – are stability and a comfortable elliptical motion. If you give up those two things then all of the cool little bells and whistles in the world won’t give you a good workout or an elliptical that will last for a long time.

For us, the budget elliptical which out-performed every other elliptical in its price range with those 2 requirements was the Ketter Verso CT2000 Elliptical. Kettler is a German fitness manufacturer known for producing some of the sturdiest ellipticals around and have a reputation for long lasting equipment. The Kettler CT2000 is a price example of one of those high quality ellipticals available for a low price.
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One of the questions we get asked most here at the Treadmill Sensei is “which elliptical is best for under $500?” Unfortunately that question is also one of the hardest to answer. You see, that budget price range is a tough one for both ellipticals and treadmills as there really isn’t really much you get for your money for under $500. Ellipticals do hold up just a bit better than treadmills do because they don’t have the additional cost of a motor, but as with everything else you get what you pay for.
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The Treadmill Sensei has been neglecting his readers this month and I want to apologize. We’re just about done with the Ichi-Ban Best Buy Awards and that has been taking up most of our time around here. I’ve had this SportsArt E83 elliptical review started for over a month now, but this is my first chance to sit down and get it finished. Over the last few years SportsArt has become one of the most consistant companies in the industry in terms of quality and customer service.

SportsArt shines when it comes to mid and higher end ellipticals and treadmills, and that quality is particularly obvious in their E83 Elliptical this year. The E83 wins hands-down for best buy elliptical in the $2500-$3000 range and may even be the best buy elliptical under $4000.
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