Our gym just upgraded to Life Fitness treadmills and elliptical trainers with iPod docks, LCD touch screen controls, and monitors that can play TV, guide you through pre-programmed workouts, or let you watch video from your iPod (as someone who hates watching video tennis podcasts on a 2″ screen, I’m definitely looking forward to viewing on a bigger monitor). Of course, the new machines were smooth to exercise on too, but I spent my 30 minutes checking out all the audio, video, and display features!
I decided to get online and see if you could find anything as fancy for your home gym. And as it turns out, Life Fitness makes a “Platinum Club” model for home users.
You might not think of a plain old treadmill as being very fitness “gadgety”, but home exercise equipment like this certainly will please the tech nerds out there. You can get on the manufacturer’s site and design a system to your own specifications, much as you would a custom computer you’d order online.
Some of the available features include:
- entertainment console
- virtual trainer
- workout tracking with any USB device
- workout landscape perspectives (i.e. track, mountain course, etc.)
- extra-large running surface
- wireless heart rate monitor (syncs via with your polar, etc.)
- programmable workouts
More information at Life Fitness.
August 1st, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Wow. Those are some pretty tricked out treadmills. I have a treadmill at home. Nothing like those, but I am able to use my laptop while using it. I check my email and read the news while walking. Love watching online TV, too. Without commercials hour long shows are only 43 minutes. That’s a perfect walk for me. Plus, my attention is focused on the show and not on exercising so I lose track of time and before I know it, I’ve walked farther than I would have outside.
May 12th, 2010 at 4:36 pm
my mom bought a treadmill that is motor driven, i still prefer to jog and run the old fashioned way.`::