Fitness
Blyss Running Celebrates Five Years, Partners with Darby Communications
Asheville, NC – Sep. 11, 2020 – Blyss Running, the Asheville-based maker of women’s athletic apparel, announces a partnership with Darby Communications to amplify the celebration of its fifth anniversary and new product for Fall ‘20. As their PR agency of record, Darby ...read more
The Treadmill Factory invests 10 million dollars into new location
Markham, ON, Canada, April 8, 2013 -‐The Treadmill Factory, a leader in the Fitness Equipment industry, announced today plans to open a new flagship location. The current 22,000 square foot location will move into an almost 80,000 square foot state of the art complex. When fully ...read more
Sprung for Sproing: SNEWS tests the ‘reinvention of the treadmill’
SNEWS tested what’s been dubbed the “reinvention of the treadmill” — the Sproing — at IHRSA yesterday and lived to tell the tale. Amid a sea of black and gray products in Las Vegas was Sproing's little orange booth. It was tucked away at the northeast edge of the trade show ...read more
Octane’s LateralX Ellipticals Now Feature Embedded Touch Screen
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. – March 20, 2013 – The incredibly popular LateralX (LX8000) lateral elliptical machine from Octane Fitness, LLC is now available with the company’s exclusive Embedded Touch Screen, debuting today at the 2013 International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub ...read more
True Fitness unleashes updates to ellipticals
It’s nice to know that when consumers speak, companies listen. In November, a revamped line of ellipticals from True Fitness hit showroom floors at dealers across the country. The updated line of core-drive ellipticals is the company’s response to customer input, said True ...read more
Consumer Reports Ranks Octane Ellipticals On Top
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. – Jan. 31, 2013 – After extensive testing, Consumer Reports in its February 2013 issue gave Octane Fitness’ Q37ci a top score among elliptical machines with heart rate programs; named the Q35c as a Best Buy and ranked it second place among ellipticals without ...read more
Consumer Reports Rates ElliptiGO as Top Elliptical Cycle
San Diego, CA (January 23, 2013)— ElliptiGO Inc., creators of the world’s fastest elliptical cycles, today announced that a panel of 14 testers from Consumer Reports rated ElliptiGO® as the top elliptical cycle on the market. In the first head-to-head product comparison for this ...read more
Octane Ellipticals Win A Consumers Digest Best Buy Award Again
BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. – Jan. 14, 2013 – Consumers Digest once again presented the Q47c and the Q47ci elliptical machines from Octane Fitness, LLC (www.octanefitness.com) a Best Buy award in a review of home fitness equipment in the January/February 2013 issue. It also named ...read more
Spirit Fitness XT285 & XT385 Treadmills Win a Consumers Digest Best Bu
Jonesboro, AR (January 2, 2013) – Ringing in the New Year came word to Spirit Fitness that their best-selling XT285 and XT385 treadmills won a “Best Buy†award from Consumers Digest. The Jonesboro, AR fitness company has been manufacturing fitness equipment for 30 years and ...read more
Netpulse to make treadmills more interactive
Netpulse is looking to improve fitness technology with a recent $15.6 million investment. The San Francisco, Calif.-based media platform and data services company -- famous for its interactive outdoor landscape videos moving at the speed of the excercise equipment -- raised the ...read more
AFG Wins Three Treadmill Doctor “Best Buy” Awards
Advanced Fitness Group (AFG) received three awards in the 14th annual Treadmill Doctor reviews, an online, popular review of fitness equipment by a leading national service company that specializes in the maintenance and repair of residential and commercial equipment. The AFG ...read more
LIVESTRONG by Johnson Wins Five Treadmill Doctor Awards
Johnson Health Tech's LIVESTRONG line of fitness equipment received five awards in the 14th annual Treadmill Doctor reviews, an online, popular review of fitness equipment by a leading, national services company that specializes in the maintenance and repair of residential and ...read more
No more lonely hamsters: Outdoor ellipticals give customers more
Sometimes a person just wants to get a workout in the great outdoors. Let’s be honest: On a sunny spring day you can feel like a lonely hamster on a wheel when working out indoors. And your customers might feel the same. That’s why outdoor ellipticals have taken off in recent ...read more
Vision Fitness Wins Four Treadmill Doctor “Best Buy” Awards
Vision Fitness (www.visionfitness.com) received four awards in the 14th annual Treadmill Doctor reviews, an online, popular review of fitness equipment by a leading national service company that specializes in the maintenance and repair of residential and commercial equipment. ...read more
Life Fitness produces its 500,000th treadmill
Each time a treadmill comes off the line at Life Fitness’ Franklin Park, Ill. factory, a factory worker climbs on and make sure everything works smoothly. It's been standard practice since 1991. One day last week, though, Life Fitness President Chris Clawson took on the tester's ...read more
KETTLER USA Announces Arrival of New Treadmills
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Nov. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- KETTLER USA has announced that their new foldable treadmills are now in stock and available for immediate shipment. The Verso® TX1 and TX3 treadmills feature advanced electronics with heart-rate-control programming using a Polar® ...read more
Fitnex E55SG Elliptical
So many ellipticals can be large and pricy, and the ones that are smaller may have a lower price tag, but what they give up to get there makes for a more wobbly ride that’s not as much fun. The Fitnex E55SG elliptical manages to be rather petite but still can hold its own when a ...read more
Consumer Reports ‘Recommended’ and ‘Best Buy’ treadmills, ellipticals sure to raise controversy
Out just in time for the kick-off of the New Year’s resolution season, Consumer Reports has released its equipment reviews in its annual health and fitness report in the February 2011 issue, featuring rankings of treadmills, ellipticals and heart-rate monitors. With the lack of ...read more
‘Bike’ accessories show options for fitness retailers
As intended by show owner Nielsen Expositions, there indeed was some natural synergy between the Health & Fitness Business Expo and Interbike show. Combining the shows -- together for the first time Sept. 22-23 in Las Vegas -- certainly brought more retailers as well as more ...read more
SNEWS TV -- Hodgson gets confused on treadmills, Iknoian finds balance
Over 14,000 episodes of SNEWS TV have been viewed. Are you a subscriber yet? SNEWS TV subscribers, as well as our SNEWS Facebook fans (www.facebook.com/snewsfan), have already seen our latest episodes: Michael Hodgson and Therese Iknoian take you on a tour of what's hot from the ...read more
Forbes Praises the TrekDesk Treadmill Desk As “One of the Best Workplace Luxuries Anywhere”
Phoenix, AZ, - Medical reports and studies focusing on rising obesity rates and ill health caused by “Sitting Disease” (a term given to the multitude of syndromes and diseases caused by sedentary lives) have emerged from numerous medical authorities this past year. While the ...read more
Komperdell Carbon Power Lock by Komperdell
KOMPERDELL CARBON POWER LOCK With the Carbon Power Lock Komperdell launches a superlight Touring- and Trekking pole with the brand new ergonomic Airfoam grip. This stick out of two parts 100% Carbontube and lower part out of Titanal combines sensational stability with extremely ...read more
TR33 Treadmill by SportsArt Fitness
The TR33 Treadmill by SportsArt Fitness is a high performance treadmill and the pinnacle of technology, style and durability • ACS Adjustable Cushion System allows the user to electronically adjust the softness or firmness of their treadmill deck to meet their specific needs ...read more
Kelty: Lightyear by Climashield®
The Light Year XP 0° by Kelty is a four-season, synthetic bag. This lightweight bag features durable Climashield® XP insulation, a form-fitting hood, and an ultralight compression sack. ...read more