Life Fitness Treadmills

Life Fitness Brand

Life Fitness brand started as Lifecycle, Inc. at the beginning of 'the 70s.

The first equipment sold was the Lifecycle exercise bike. From the beginning the Lifecycle bike was addressed to commercial use, and its popularity grew more and more each year.

In the '80s the company was bought by Bally Manufacturing and the name was changed to Life Fitness, Inc. This is when they launched two new successful products for the Gym market, the Life Fitness Rower and Life Fitness Strairclimbers.

In the '90 Life Fitness launched their first treadmills. At the same time they started to invest massively in research to improve and build new equipment dedicated to commercial use.

This is how they became one of the most important names in the fitness equipment market for commercial and residential use.

Reviews and Additional Info

Life Fitness treadmills are an excellent training solution for any person, either a beginner or a professional athlete.

There are technologies common for all models, which are patented by Life Fitness and you can find them only on their machines.

For example, all Life Fitness treadmills come with the Flex Deck cushion system. The quality of the belt will always be the same, no matter what model interests you or how expensive the model is. The cushion system is backed by another unique and strong feature, the shock absorbers, which they install with each equipment as well. The Lifespring shock absorbers are made of a special material and guaranteed for life.

They have also their own Life Pulse monitoring system which offers more accurate results because they read data but remove the signals that don't come from the heart muscles. This reading system is called the digital reading processing and it's found on all Life Fitness cardio equipment (not only treadmills).

An excellent detail with Life Fitness treadmills is that you can choose what console to buy and place it on the treadmill frame you want. This gives you more choice when buying, but even more options when upgrading your treadmill.

The optional consoles include one of the most reliable TV systems installed on cardio equipment. The TV consoles are usually multi functional (for entertainment but also for easier control of workouts with an advanced graphical interface).

And the options don't stop here. The preset workouts available on Life Fitness treadmills include all fields possible: military workouts, athletes workouts, beginner workouts and anything in between.

Main Strengths

Durability: Life Fitness offers the most durable treadmills we have had the chance to test. Frame, motor, belt, all components are of the best quality.

Virtual Trainer: Some treadmills have Port USB compatibility to download workouts results and port them to the Virtual Trainer site, which is a free account that can be used to track fitness progress. It's easy to use, fun and useful.

Workouts: The advanced consoles include all the workouts range you could ever want to have on a treadmill (from basic training, to advanced workouts, like military).

Weaknesses

Price: Unfortunately, any residential or commercial Life Fitness treadmill you buy costs minimum $2000.

Warranty: They offer only 10 years warranty for motor, while the other brands usually offer life time warranty.

Buying Tips

Life Fitness machines price start with minimum $2000 and can go up to $7000, or more. Yes, this is a very high price, we know. But who has this money to spend, should not overlook a Life Fitness treadmill, no matter if you consider purchasing one for your home or for commercial use.

You also need to know that Life Fitness builds heavy and large treadmills, so you must have enough storing place. Don't count on moving the treadmill after exercising, because it's almost an impossible mission.

If you want to buy a Life Fitness treadmill, and need help to choose, contact us anytime.