The Platinum Club Series from LifeFitness is dedicated for gyms. For the same frame you can buy 3 consoles : Inspire 7″, Achieve LED and Engage 15”.

We want to warn you from the beginning that this series prices is high. For example:

- Life Fitness Platinum Treadmill with Achieve LED Console costs $5,800 if you buy at Big Fitness

- Life Fitness Platinum with Achieve Led Treadmill costs $6,000 at Sears

The first console we reviewed is the Inspire 7” which offers unlimited benefits. Not only it comes with a set of 36 pre-set workouts, but the customization options are multiple.

It comes with iPod compatibility, entertainment features, virtual trainer, USB connectivity and the possibility to change the desired landscape.

Read more about the Inspire 7” console and go to the Conclusions section for more details on the advantages and disadvantages it comes with.

Platinum Club Series Inspire 7 Console Specifications

Speed: up to 12 mph/ 10 km per h

Incline: up to 15%

Motor: 4.0 hp AC

Belt: 20″ – 60″ (50cm x 152 cm)

Maximum user weight: 400 Ibs/ 180 kg

Technical Dimensions:

- Length: 80 inches (203 cm)

- Width: 37 inches (94 cm)

- Height: 64 inches (162.5 cm)

- Weight: 453 Ibs/ 206 kg

Warranty: the frame, motor and shock absorbers come with a lifetime guarantee, electrical and mechanical parts have a 10 year warranty and there is a 1 year warranty for labor.

Platinum Club Series Inspire 7 Console Features

Display Info

This console helps you keep precise track of your improvement and allows you to go from one workout to another easily. You have:

- Touchscreen Display where you can choose, set up and monitor workouts
- Activity Zone with Incline Up/ Down arrows, a QuickStart button, Walk/ Jog/ Run preset buttons
- Options Panel to plug in headphones, an USB and Ipod
- Control Panel to change workout settings without affecting the workout progress
- Data Display to see reports on distance, heart rate, calories burned

Our favorite options from the TouchScreen Display are the Virtual Trainer Setup, the Workout Summary information and the Language options.

From the Control Panel you access easily the Cool Down mode (needed at the end of each workout), the Media options (TV or iPOD) or the Change View option which allows you to toggle between 4 possible landscapes: 400 meter track, classic profile, mountain and 5 K nature trail.

Workout Setup is complex. But the most important details that you can select are the Goal Type (time, distance, calories, pace, distance climbed, time in zone or marathon mode) and personal details (such as Weight, Age, Gender).

In the Activity Zone all Life Fitness have a seconds smaller console with easy access to: Incline arrow keys, Speed arrow keys, Walk/ Jog/ Run, QuickStart, Stop.

Heart Rate Readings: Handlebars and Wireless Chest Strap

The Inspire 7 has double heart rate reading system, the Lifepulse System which you use by grasping the handlebars and the Polar chest strap. The chest strap must be ordered as it is an optional feature.

Workouts:

There are 36 workout programs and 6 goal workouts that you can access on this console:

- Manual
- Random
- Hill
- Fat Burn
- Cardio
- Heart Rate Hill
- Heart Rate Interval
- Extreme Heart Rate
- Around the World, an interval training workout designed with hills that recreate different parts of the world
- Foothills
- Kilimanjaro, a workout where intensity levels gradually increase until it reaches a peak and then gradually declines
-Cascades, a 2-peak workout with gradually increasing and decreasing intensity levels
- Fit Tests (Fit test, Life Fitness Fit Test – with 6 workouts that measure cardiovascular fitness, Military Fit Tests, Gerkin Protocol, Physical Efficiency Battery, Army Physical Fitness Test, Navy Fitness Readiness Test, Air Force Physical Readiness Test, Marines Physical Fitness Test)
- 5 K sport training
- 10 K sport training
- Speed training
- Speed interval
- Distance Goal
- Calories Goal
- Time in Zone Goal
- Distance Climbed Goal
- Pace Goal

And you create and save 10 custom workouts in addition to the previous list.

Audio Cues

This feature is disabled when the TV feature is on. What it does is that it alerts you on different stages of your workout with Start, Pause, Finish and Heartbeat sounds.

iPod Compatibility: Included