The TT8 is outfitted with a host of additional user-friendly features, including six auto workout programs, four custom programs, and two heart-rate control programs for cardio or weight loss. When in heart-training mode, the treadmill automatically makes adjustments to the incline to keep you in your target heart-rate zone (the treadmill comes with a wireless chest strap with a 99.9 percent accuracy rating). And users with creaky joints will love the Cushion Flex treadmill deck, which is built to protect your knees from excessive pounding, with the ability to reduce impact up to 40 percent compared to running on asphalt. Other details include a double-woven two-ply running belt; armrest speed and incline controls; and armrest cooling fans. The TT8, which offers a user capacity of 400 pounds, carries the following warranties: lifetime on the frame; three years on the motor, deck, electronics, and wear items; and one year on labor.

Specifications:

The TT8's LED display will track your speed, incline, time, distance traveled, calories, pulse, and pace.

• Assembled Dimensions: 33 by 80 by 58 inches (W x L x H)
• Motor: 3.5 horsepower
• Speed: 0.1 to 12 miles per hour
• Elevation: 0 to 15%
• Deck: 1-inch Whisper
• Belt: Two-ply
• Running surface: 22 inches wide by 60 inches long
• Roller: 3 inches
• Fold-up: No
• Pulse Grip
• Heart Rate Control
• Heart Rate Chest Strap Included
• LED Display Type
• Six Window Display
• Color: Red
• Message window: Yes
• Heart Rate % graph: Yes
• Track: Yes
• Audio system: Yes
• Accessory tray: Yes
• Six Standard Programs
• Four User-Defined Programs
• Two Heart Rate Programs
• Twelve Quick Speed/Elevation Buttons
• Speed/elevation in Handles: Yes
• Built-in cooling fans: Standard
• Weight capacity: 400 pounds

Manufacturer's Warranty
Motor - 3 years, deck - 3 years, frame - lifetime, electronics and wear items - 3 years, labor - 1 year

About Treadmills
Walking is still considered one of the most beneficial cardiovascular exercises for people of all ages, body types, and fitness levels. As a fundamental form of aerobic training, walking has numerous physical benefits for the heart, lungs, and circulatory system, while also increasing muscle tone and burning fat calories. Treadmills provide a convenient way to regularly exercise in all weather conditions in the comfort and safety of your own home.

From beginners just starting an exercise regimen to advanced athletes looking to maintain their fitness level, anyone interested in getting and staying in shape can benefit greatly from regular use of a treadmill. Treadmills allow you to determine the pace, distance, and complexity of the workout based on your needs, all while watching television, talking on the telephone, or reading a magazine. Much easier on sensitive joints like the knees and hips, treadmill walking and running surfaces are typically long, padded platforms that allow ample room for a long stride and comfortable, low-impact walk or jog without the harsh contact of a concrete surface.

While many different types, styles, and price ranges of treadmills exist, many of them offer unique features like a fold-up design for easy storage, an electronic display monitor showing speed, distance, workout time, incline level, and burned calories, and EKG grip pulses to monitor the heart rate while exercising. Regardless of the simple to complex features you may choose, treadmills offer an array of aerobic exercise opportunities that will provide long-lasting beneficial cardiovascular results without a commute to the gym or a jog in the rain.

About Sole
Sole brings over twenty years of treadmill and fitness product design and manufacturing to the table in their line of innovative equipment designed for fitness-conscious people. The company's treadmill line is simple in design, with an emphasis on quality and warranty all at a great price. Sole's easy-to-use treadmills offer a great value and feature a convenient, space-saving portable design. The treadmills have a very stable base with four wheels for ease of movement, folding decks to conserve space, and a 30-year motor and lifetime deck and frame warranty. Sole is always looking for ways to make their equipment better, more efficient, with higher quality at a great price.

• Profile: Recumbent
• Number of workout programs: 11
• Workout programs: 1 Manual program, 6 preset profile programs, 3 Heart Rate Control programs and 1 Target Heart Rate program
• Heart rate monitor: Grip
• Resistance levels: 8
• Resistance system: Quiet Magnetic ECB (Eddy current brake) resistance
• Display: LCD
• Display readouts: Speed, RPM, Time, Distance, Watt, Calories, Pulse
• Dimensions: 58.5 x 26 x 36 inches
• Product weight: 58 pounds
• Maximum user weight: 275 pounds

Manufacturer's Warranty
Frame - 3 years; Parts - 6 months

About Recumbent Exercise Bikes
Despite the competition from trendy new fitness inventions, exercise bikes continue to be popular options for home exercise. They offer the same aerobic benefits of riding a bicycle at any time, in any weather, without leaving the comfort and safety of home. Exercise bikes don't take up much space, require little or no balance or coordination, and can provide an effective workout for all levels of users, from beginners to serious competitors. While the same could be said for a number of other types of home fitness equipment, the exercise bike is one of the few that allows you to watch television or read a magazine while you work out.

The term recumbent literally means "lying down." Exercising in a recumbent or reclining position allows the user to have full ergonomic back support, without causing strain on the arms, neck and shoulders, all of which can be common effects of using an upright bicycle. For many people, having convenient access to quality exercise equipment is critical to sticking with a long-term exercise program.

The X3 includes an advanced workout console with interactive heart rate monitoring.

About Life Fitness
What started as one man's pursuit to improve his own physical condition, eventually turned into a global fitness revolution. That man was Keene P. Dimick, the mastermind behind the legendary Lifecycle exercise bike. Little did he know in 1968 that his modest invention would go on to fuel the hopes and dreams of people around the world forever. Now, 30 years later, Life Fitness is the #1 brand of fitness equipment in health clubs worldwide and has put that same know-how into their award-winning home products.

When you buy a product of this caliber, expect the best. Life Fitness pours more time and energy into the things other companies take for granted. Biomechanics, product integrity, quality, force analysis, field research, technical optimization. These areas of development are invisible to you, but ensure that Life Fitness equipment delivers the best possible workout experience for a lifetime of use. It's part of the assurance that comes with owning a product made by the manufacturer of the #1 brand of fitness equipment in health clubs worldwide.

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The Pilates total toning kit will have you lean and tight in 15 minutes per day.

The workouts are hosted by award-winning, certified Pilates instructor Ana Caban, a professional dancer who turned to Pilates for empowerment and injury rehabilitation. Ana and her videos have been featured in CBS News, Weight Watchers Magazine, the Los Angeles Daily News, and the Miami Herald.

About Gaiam
Gaiam was created as a lifestyle company with the vision that, given a choice, people would choose a lifestyle that is healthy and life enhancing for themselves, their families, and the Earth. The Gaiam lifestyle is a vote for individual health as well as the future sustainability of the Earth's resources. Gaiam strives to provide customers with alternatives to traditional products by offering natural, eco-friendly, or healthy versions that compare with the style, quality, and price of conventional products.

Gaiam's goal is to become the trusted source and unifying brand for Lifestyle of Health and Sustainability (LOHAS) participants. The company understands that the opportunity to affect people's lives with information and products is both a privilege and a responsibility. Gaiam believes in the concept of Conscious Commerce, the practice of making purchasing decisions based on personal values and beliefs. It takes into consideration all the aspects of our lives and the impact we have upon the planet. Research indicates this concept appeals to approximately 50 million people in the U.S. alone. Gaiam's strategy in delivering the distinctive quality for which they are known is to partner with experts in health/wellness, eco-living, and personal development to develop proprietary products that meet customers' needs with meaningful solutions.

The name Gaiam is a fusion of the words Gaia (the name of Mother Earth from the Minoan civilization in ancient Crete), and I am, which reminds us that we are all interconnected with the Earth, the air, and the water, and very much a part of this living system that sustains us all.