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Life Fitness C1 LifeCycle Upright Bike | Commercial Grade Bike

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The Life Fitness C1 LifeCycle Upright Bike with Track Connect Console is the base model in the popular exercise bike series, offering the smooth ride and solid feel of the health club version at a more affordable price for the home gym.

It features an ultra-smooth eddy-current resistance system that is maintenance-free and very reliable. In addition, you get 20 different resistance levels to choose from, so you can challenge yourself from one workout to the next.

With two console choices (the Go console and the advanced Track Connect console), plenty of resistance levels, comfortable seats, and various built-in workouts, this is an excellent choice for those who want an affordable, easy-to-use commercial-grade exercise bike.

There are 12 built-in workouts and two custom programs on the Go console and 16 workouts with 12 custom on the more advanced Track Connect console. The latter costs about $500 more, but it can connect to your smartphone or tablet for workout tracking and app integration. It also gives you two additional user profiles.

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LifeSpan R5i Recumbent Bike | Power Through Your Workouts

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The LifeSpan R5i Recumbent Bike is an excellent combination of comfort and durability, with the quality to support home and commercial use. The R5i lets you power through your workouts in complete comfort with the oversized molded seat bottom, ventilated seat back, and extra lumbar support.

The LIfeSpan R5i Recumbent Bike offers 16 levels of resistance with 40 workout options along with Bluetooth connectivity. In addition, providing a magnetic current resistance system helps the recumbent bike’s smooth and quiet operation.

The R5i has a multi-color fitness monitor LCD with simultaneous readouts. The console readouts include the program name, date and time, workout time, calories, RPM, distance, heart rate, speed, resistance level, and watts. In addition, the unit can monitor your heart rate if you hold onto the EKG sensors incorporated into the armrests. Furthermore, it’s also telemetrically enabled. Unfortunately, an HR chest strap is not included and sells separately.

Start moving toward a healthier you with the R5i stationary exercise bike from LifeSpan. Plus, this self-generating exercise bike produces power, making it green and convenient. So you can quickly move the bike around without concerns about wiring or locating it near a power outlet.

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Schwinn 470 Elliptical Trainer | You can Achieve an Intense Burn

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The Schwinn 470 Elliptical Trainer is a top contender in its mid-price range. This Schwinn elliptical is perfect for your home gym and fitness enthusiasts of any skill level who want a low-impact workout. It is a medium-duty machine, handling user weights up to 300 pounds.

The Schwinn 470 provides an effective cardiovascular workout by combining upper and lower body flexibility and coordination into one impact-free motion and is easier on your joints. In addition, regular use of elliptical trainers will increase heart and lung capacity while improving your health and burning calories.

The Schwinn 470 Elliptical Trainer uses 25 magnetic brake resistance levels utilizing an eddy current brake (the best type). Magnetic resistance has the advantage of no friction, reliability, little to no maintenance costs, and quiet operation.

This 470 model has a powered incline with a 10° degree motorized adjustable ramp. The weighted flywheel provides smoother strides, and the rubberized footpads make workouts more comfortable — static & moving handlebars for a full cross-training workout.

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Precor EFX 245 Elliptical Trainer | With Personalized Workout Technology

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The Precor EFX 245 Elliptical trainer is part of Precor’s Energy Series and is a top-of-the-line home elliptical trainer with commercial quality. Just like Precor’s health club trainers, it fits virtually every trainee’s body size and workout goals. Among its many highlights are a 7″ touch screen, 25 preloaded workout programs, personalized workout technology, a motorized incline, and on-screen controls for your iPod or iPhone.

The EFX 245 preset workouts divide into five groups: Be Fit, Lose Weight, Push Performance, Get Toned, and Go the Distance. Additional programming on this EFX console includes a fitness test, manual mode, and room to save 16 customized routines.

Workout info displays on a 7″ color touch screen. There are now 14 additional types of feedback available while you train. This is in addition to the usual time, calories, heart rate, and distance-based metrics. (See the complete list below.) Several of these categories are also displayed more prominently as graphs while you train.

To help you stay motivated during workouts, this trainer holds your tablet computer securely. It also has the most advanced iPod integration of any elliptical in this series; the EFX 245 has complete on-screen music controls. A port for charging an Android or iOS phone. The console also has an accessory tray and water bottle holder.

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Nautilus R618 Recumbent Bike | Perfect for Light to Medium Cardio

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From the Nautilus Performance Series comes the R618 Recumbent Bike. Designed for serious cyclists looking to find their edge, the R618 delivers tons of comfort, dozens of training programs, Bluetooth connectivity, and free app-based tracking tools that help boost performance and results.

The Nautilus R618 Recumbent Exercise Bike utilizes an effective 30 lb flywheel and ECB resistance system, which combine to give smooth and consistent momentum throughout the ride.

Furthermore, there are 25 resistance levels to keep you challenged and 29 programs to keep your workouts varied, including intervals, challenges, weight management, heart rate, and custom programs.

The Nautilus R618 comes with a SightLine tilting console. Specifically, it allows different users to get the best viewing angle of the console’s dual STN blue backlit LCD screens. In addition, the LCDs have motivating workout stats, including time, speed, distance, calories, and heart rate. Also, it is compatible with the Nautilus Trainer 2 App and RideSocial via Bluetooth connectivity.

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