Precor 9.33 Premium Series Treadmill Review

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(More customer reviews)When I shopped for exercise equipment, the owner of the company where I bought it told me if he could only have one machine, he would choose a elliptical. I bought one and a couple of weeks later went back to get this treadmill. The treadmill gets much more use in my home, although the elliptical is great, and is probably much easier on the legs, knees, and feet. It also seems like it takes more effort than the treadmill and so it gets ignored a lot. For example, I often spend 100 minutes on my treadmill, but only 10-20 minutes on the elliptical.
I use a function that uses my heart rate to determine the incline and speed. Then I can turn my attention elsewhere. Recently I've been using the bicycle videos, Bike-o-Vison, which makes the exercise time just fly by! I've been doing one of the California Coast, which includes Big Sur, a favorite place of mine, so instead of biking through it, I'm on my treadmill. That's a great motivating system for me. I can't wait until tonorrow until I get to tour Washington D.C. (on my treadmill) and after that a tour of the rain forest or possibly Kauai. Treadmills are so flexible. They take you anywhere! :)
This is an excellent exercise option. I recommend it. You may not need all the options on this one. In fact, I ust use the HRC (heart rate) or the weight loss sessions. As I get stronger, I might want to do others, but those are flexible enough to do anything I should ever want to do, so a basic machine probably would have been enough.

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The 9.33 Premium Series treadmill from Precor brings the latest design and technical innovations to your home. Whether running or walking, the 9.33 treadmill provides an exceptionally smooth and fluid feel. An innovative design adjusts belt speed to foot speed--fully complementing and supporting your natural stride--while a unique suspension system cushions impact and stabilizes lateral movement, reducing impact on joints, increasing comfort and minimizing fatigue. With a full range of workout programs (16 in total) and advanced options, you'll be able to customize your workout and follow your progress as you achieve your fitness goals.
Features:
Durable design for home use: Precor quality has been time tested in health facilities worldwide, providing solid construction that translates into long-lasting performance, quiet operation, and trouble-free operation in your home.
Integrated Foot plant Technology: Innovative design adjusts belt speed to foot speed, fully complementing and supporting your natural running stride.
Ground Effects Impact Control System: Unique suspension system cushions impact and stabilizes lateral movement, reducing impact on joints, increasing comfort, and minimizing fatigue.
Easy-to-read, intuitive console: Access QuickStart, Programs, and User IDs with one touch of a button. Tap Control keypad is user-friendly with "quick key" functions. The 9.33 offers a unique workout log and a personal best tracker to keep you motivated during your workout.
Heart Rate Monitoring: A combination of easy-to-use handgrip sensors and wireless heart rate telemetry allow you to monitor your heart rate during workouts. SmartRate displays your heart rate to keep you in your target zone for improved cardio-training and weight-loss results.
Options menu offers greater choice: The options button allows you to customize your workouts by viewing additional metrics, entering weight and age, or selecting the goal you want to work toward.
Safety features: For added assurance, the magnetic safety key and stop button will immediately turn off power when activated. Password protection ensures that the machine can be locked and unlocked at your discretion.
3.0 hp continuous-duty motor runs cool and quiet, providing substantial power and torque at all speeds.
Steel crowned drive and take up roller keep belt centered to reduce maintenance and eliminate noise.
Integrated fan on the flywheel aids cooling
Multi-ply belt made of polyester satin weave with a non-slip PVC surface
Phenolic laminate deck bonded to 1-inch medium density fiberboard; can be flipped to double life.
Bio-feedback center with SmartRate provides dedicated feedback on heart rate and calories.
Full-length arms
Heart rate monitoring and compatibility with heart rate telemetry reading using an optional chest strap
Diagnostics: Set weight, age, workout stats, interval speeds, and inclines for each user
Accessory holder for water bottle, portable music, reading material and more
Powder-coating process adds cosmetic topcoat and durability to frame
QuickStart lets you begin workout with the push of a single button
Specifications:
Speed: 0.5 to 12 MPH
Incline: 0 to 15 percent grade
Decline: n/a
Running surface: 22 x 56 inches
Roller diameter: 2.5 inches
Programs: 16 total, including 1-mile, 10k course, 5k course, 2 custom, 1 heart rate, 1 interval, 1 manual, 1 random, 3 run, 3 walk, 1 weight loss
Dimensions: 79 x 34 x 56 inches (L x W x H)
Weight: 335 pounds

Manufacturer's Warranty Frame and welds - lifetime, parts and wear items - ten years, labor - one year
Note on AssemblyPrecor highly recommends that you consider a professional assembly and installation of your Precor exercise machine. If you would like to speak to someone about having your machine professionally installed, please contact Precor at askprecor@precor.com or by calling 1-866-593-5568.
About Precor Precor is passionate about fitness. It all started with a desire to create a better kind of exercise equipment, one that mirrored human movement: fluid, natural, and dynamic. Twenty-six years later the company's biomechanics and engineering experience have led to countless innovations that have captivated fitness enthusiasts of all ages and abilities. Precor has introduced many "firsts" to the fitness industry, including the Elliptical Fitness Crosstrainer (EFX®) in 1995 and the revolutionary, award-winning Adaptive Motion Trainer (AMT®) in 2007. Today, Precor is a celebrated top-tier brand preferred by fitness enthusiasts of all abilities and their machines are used every day in health clubs, hotels, facilities, and homes worldwide.
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Polar CS600X Cycling Heart Rate Monitor W.I.N.D. Review

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(More customer reviews)The good side:
What make this product great is that it was made for biometrics and training. The recording of your body's information is great and is complimented by it's training software. The auto start/pause feature works w/ any mode of training, especially if you're out on city roads with a light of stop lights. Another plus is how you can plan a training day or days on the computer and send it straight to the device. Finally, although it's very simple idea, but it does help a lot, is that you can program what you want to monitor on your device's screen through your computer.
The bad side:
If you have a mac, you will need boot camp to use the software. So even programing your screen fields you'll need a pc. Unless you don't mind doing it through the device it's self. It gets a bit pricy when you buy the gps unit and cadence and speed sensor-which is included (speed sensor only)-to get the most out of it. The cadence and the speed sensor does not have the ability for you to change it's batteries when it dies out, and is 2 separate units instead of one (not really a big deal).
If possible, I would of given this product a 4 1/2 star. 5 if the batteries on the sensors were replaceable.

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Designed for demanding cyclists, the Polar CS600X cycling computer enables you to track the most important data from your training rides with wireless sensors. And by using the optional, compatible Polar G3 GPS sensor, you can take your training to its highest level by tracking and recording your routes. It can also be used with the optional Polar Power Sensor W.I.N.D. wireless transmitter, which offers 2.4 GHz disturbance-free transmission and an aerodynamic design (another version of the CS600X includes the W.I.N.D. transmitter).
When paired with the optional GPS sensor accessory, the CS600X enables you to record GPS mapping information, which is then viewed through Polar ProTrainer 5 software on Google Earth or any common GPS mapping software. GPS maps are color coded for heart rate zones, helping you see the relationship between performance, route and terrain--providing a powerful, visual window into cycling training. The CS600X also comes equipped with increased recording and memory capacity to facilitate more frequent data measurements of metrics such as power and heart rate.
Polar ProTrainer 5 software (for Windows), included with the CS600X, provides a completely customized, deeper understanding of your training. By using colorful, detailed graphs, the software brings to life data such as heart rate, power, GPS routes, speed, distance, cadence, duration, elevation and cycling efficiency. Whether it's planning detailed workouts, comparing results against goals, or looking at total workload to prevent over or under-training, ProTrainer 5 helps you train smarter. And coaches can create comprehensive training plans, share them via email, and then review results in the software to make sure their athlete is staying race day-ready.
Features include:
Polar W.I.N.D transmission technology (available separately): 2.4 GHz coded transmission for disturbance-free connections from wireless speed, cadence and power sensors and WearLink heart rate transmitter.
Polar OwnIndex Fitness Test calculates aerobic fitness (comparable to maximal oxygen uptake, VO2max) providing a reference to base training intensity and measure improvement.
Smooth and aerodynamic case design made from tough reinforced polycarbonates for maximum durability.
Target heart rate zones with visual and audible alarms
Cycling Efficiency Index: Improvement in cycling efficiency (your energy expenditure converted into the power that propels the bike forward) indicates improved economy of cycling performance.
Polar OwnCal: Shows your energy expenditure during one exercise session as well as your accumulated kilocalories during several exercise sessions. Because the OwnCal tracks both the energy expenditure during one exercise session and the accumulated kilocalories during a longer time e.g. one week, it helps in achieving both short term and long term goals.
Estimated Time of Arrival: Set the distance you are going to ride, and your cycling computer calculates the estimated time of arrival based on your cycling speed.
SpeedPointer: Points out the difference between average speed/pace and actual speed/pace on the display by up/down arrows.
Incline Measurement: Provides uphill or downhill steepness in percentages and grades calculated from altimeter data. Numerical information helps you to track your cycling effort accordingly.
Polar OwnOptimizer: Shows the status of training load to help you find the perfect balance between training and recovery.
Heart rate measurements: displayed as bpm, percentage of maximum heart rate, and percentage of heart rate reserve
Automatic lap recording (up to 99 laps) with exercise date
Exercise file info page with date and time
Semi-automatic backlighting
Water resistance to 10 meters (protects against rain and splashes)

About Polar The first EKG accurate wireless heart rate monitor was invented by Polar back in 1977 as a training tool for the Finnish National Cross Country Ski Team. The concept of "intensity training" by heart rate swept the athletic world in the eighties. By the 1990s, individuals were looking to heart rate monitors not only for performance training needs, but also for achieving everyday fitness goals. Today, the same concept of heart rate training is being used by world-class athletes as well as everyday people trying to lose weight. Polar is the leading brand among consumers, coaches, and personal trainers worldwide and the company is committed to not only producing the best products, but also being the leading educator on the benefits of heart rate based exercise.

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Tech 4 O Traileader Pro Performance Watch Review

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(More customer reviews)Tech4o's TraiLeader Pro watch gives you a lot of functions for the money. My favorite features are the HR monitor (%Max) display; the PC link; and the long-life battery. After a few weeks of workouts, I was able to 'tweak' my stride length so that the distance measurement was within +/- 3%...not bad! I will say that with all of the features and user screens, it take me almost a week to get comfortable with toggling between screens and setting up my favorite three functions on 1 layout. At 1/2 the price of a comparable GPS watch, you also get some nice features such as a digital compass, altimeter, barometer, and a thermometer! This makes is not only a great running watch but a hiking watch, too. If interested, I posted a full-page review at www.the-fitness-motivator.com/running-watches.html. Happy running!
- Mike

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The Tech 4O TraiLeader Pro may look like a watch, but it works like the ultimate survival tool, packing everything you need to navigate the wildest of wild places within a compact, rugged case. The accuracy of the TraiLeader Pro derives from its accelerometer sensor, which detects changes in the user's movement (acceleration) and then translates them into varying degrees of electric current within the sensor. Next, the watch decodes these electrical currents into highly accurate measurements of speed and distance and displays them on the watch face. Accelerometer sensors are commonly found within a diverse range of industrial products in which accuracy is critical to performance, including automobile airbags and tilt meters.
The TraiLeader Pro does more than just track speed and distance, however, with sophisticated instruments that determine your pace, calories burned, steps, and exercise/moving time. Plus, the watch records a fully adjustable personal profile--helping you develop custom training routines--and offers an ultra-reliable 10-day memory function that tracks your progress in the short term.
The TraiLeader Pro is also equipped with a number of instruments for hiking and climbing, including an altimeter, barometer, and digital compass. The altimeter measures your current altitude, reference altitude, and ascent/descent rates, while offering such features as a 48-hour altitude graph, an altimeter lock, a 24-hour maximum and minimum altitude indicator, an altitude difference calculator, and altitude alarms. The barometer, meanwhile, gauges the current pressure and temperature, with a weather forecaster, 24-hour temperature readout, and 48-hour pressure graph thrown in for good measure. And the digital compass is a must for backcountry trips, with such features as a 1-degree increment resolution, an adjustable declination, a bearing lock, and a distortion warning.
Other details include 2.4 GHz heart rate measurement, a PC link that syncs up with your computer, a 50-lap chronograph, six timers, and dual time zones. Equipped with a comfortable watch band, the TraiLeader Pro carries a one-year warranty.

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