Nordictrack T9 CI

The console offers the possibility to customize settings:

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User weight

You have to press Set User Weight (the weight is measured in pounds). Press the numbered buttons to select your weight and press Enter. Don’t forget you can’t exceed 325 Ibs/ 147 Kg.

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Calendar

Press Reset Calendar. Press Yes if you want to delete or existent workout information and No if you want to save it.

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Time and Date

You need this setting so that the console accurately records your workout information in the Workout Journal. Press Set Date and Time button. Press the information you want to change, press Increase/ Decrease until you get to the desired setting. Press Done when finished.

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The Display Demo Mode

To turn the Display Mode On/ Off, scroll down the menu and select Demo On/ Off. Press Home to exit the settings mode.

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Personalize Equalizer Settings

Press Home to return to main menu and then press Equalizer. Scroll through and select the desired setting.

– 8 Preset Weight Loss Workouts
– 8 Preset Performance Workouts
– 4 Custom and Save Workouts
– iFIT Competition Training Workout
– iFIT SD Cards – Compatible, not included

The console features 16 preset workouts of which 8 Weight Loss workouts and 8 Performance workouts. There is also the option to customize up to 4 workouts that you can save for future use. Before starting any workout, personalize the Console settings, as detailed above.

To use a preset workout, first insert key. Customize console settings and select the type of workout you want to undertake: Weight Loss or Performance by scrolling up and down the Menu. Press the screen near one of the workout types and slide your finger over the screen until you reach the desired workout.

The screen will give you the following information, according to your selection: the name, maximum incline setting, total time, maximum speed setting.

If you select a workout as a favorite, you will be able to access two workouts with a touch of a button.

Press Start to start your workout. The display will constantly show you your progress. If you want to stop exercising, press Stop. To restart, press Start or the Speed Increase button.

To create your own workout, first insert key. Scroll through the main menu and select Custom. Slide your finger across the display until you reach the desired workout. After the selection has been made, the display will offer the workout information.

Press Start. To program Speed and Incline for the first 1 minute segment of the exercise, press the Speed and Incline buttons and adjust according to your requirements. To increase the length of the workout, wait until the workout is finished, then press Start and set the Speed and Incline for as many segments as you want. You can choose as much as 40 segments. When you are done adding the desired number of settings, press Stop twice.

A challenging feature is the iFit Competition Training workout.

In order to use this feature, you must first insert key and personalize settings according to your needs. Then, personalize race settings if desired. To do that, scroll through the menu, press the screen near Competition and press Settings.

To select a competition workout, press Competition. You can either race against one opponent or a group of four. Press Head to Head if you choose only one opponent. Each of your competitors will have attached the level of endurance, average speed, maximum speed and level of spirit. Select the desired distance.
Select Race Against a Pack if you choose a group.

Adjust the speed and incline as desired, your opponents will do the same. Follow your progress. The display will show animated runners of which the one labeled “U” is you and the others will be your opponents. A map of your course will appear and also the number of seconds that you’re ahead of the others. Also, you will see your rank in the race and all the other common information that the display offers.

iFIT SD cards are created by professional trainers. If you decide to buy them, you will have a reliable training partner. More details about these cards you can find in this article: iFIT Workouts

If you especially like the iFIT workouts, you can see other treadmills that have this feature added (only compatible or included in the original price). Read the iFIT Treadmills article for more info.

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iFIT Fitness Journal records all the information on your performance.

To access this menu is easy. The button is on the Console. After you press it a calendar will appear. You can select a specific date to review feedback. Keep count this system counts total info, not specific per user.

iFIT Fitness Journal is a data base of your workouts that tracks down:

– total miles/km you’ve walked or run
– total approximate number of burned calories
– average speed
– average pace

: through Handrails

Monitor your heart rate through the handrails. Stand on the foot rails and hold the metal contacts on the handrails. Keep your hands still until the pulse is detected, minimum 15 seconds. Don’t forget this is not a medical device.

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This fan offers 4 options that you can choose from, low, medium, high and AutoBreeze. The airflow will be automatically changed and it depends on your speed.

Adjust the incline to the lowest position, then remove the key and unplug power cord. Make sure you can lift 20 kg by yourself before engaging in folding the treadmill. Hold the metal frame and raise it halfway to the vertical position. Raise it until the knob is locked. Make sure the knob is securely locked.

CD or MP3 Compatible

No volume control is included.

To select the Information Mode, press down Stop, insert key and release the Stop button. You can view your speed in either miles or kilometers (press English for miles and Metric for kilometers). If the demo mode is turned on, the word “ON” will appear on the screen.

For the money paid ($1,400), we love this treadmill. The thing is that we love the new technology it comes with most of all (Touch Screen Option). Although it’s not the first treadmill that comes with this feature, and it has limitations, we like having it on our treadmill.

Our experience confirms you can never buy for less and have everything. And this treadmill fits perfectly with the saying: if it’s too good to be true, than it isn’t. But we will start with its advantages first.

This machine is excellent for regular training. Components quality is decent but not excellent. This is why the extended warranty offer is worth the money more than the standard version (only 1 year is too little).

We like the workouts a lot, especially the fact that you can enter the weight info before starting to work out. With this control the number of calories burned is more realistic (although still not 100% accurate).

We also appreciate the iFIT Fitness Journal because it can track past records and this way allowing you to keep track of progress. Still, keep count it sums feedback and it doesn’t reflect individual effort (in case more than 1 use the treadmill).

Another attraction is the Head-to-Head competitions option. Having a virtual competitor that is constantly trying to beat you is quite a challenge and makes you burn more calories without even thinking about it that much. This is a way to distract you from the general boredom feeling a treadmill can induce (and it works).

Another plus is the extra long 60″ belt which offers plenty of room to move, walk, run or jog. Plus you can fold it and save space.

The belt and motor are not the best and don’t count they can’t take intensive training hours daily, but the adjustable cushion system is a great asset as it massively reduces impact over your joints and makes the workout more efficient.

As we said above, it has disadvantages. The highest is the poor warranty and questionable components quality. This is why we don’t recommend it for intensive usage, but for moderate training (you can even run on it, but don’t overstress it daily, more than a couple of hours totally).

Other details are the poor fan and sound system. But these items can be easily overcome. Assemble is difficult. So is folding/unfolding and moving it around. Pay attention to not hurt you and call someone to help at need.

Overall, this is a great treadmill model that we highly recommend it as a good buy.