Commercial Exercise Bike Buying Guide: Upright, Recumbent, or Indoor Cycle? If you only have room for one type of commercial exercise bike, buy indoor cycles for the studio crowd and uprights for the cardio floor. Recumbents are the third machine you add once you serve older members or rehab users. In practice, most commercial facilities […]
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Commercial Stair Climber Buying Guide: Stepmills, Steppers, and What to Order A commercial stair climber is the cardio machine that makes a gym floor feel like a real training space. It is also the one gym owners most often under-order, overpay for, or buy in the wrong type. Get it right and it runs for […]
Elliptical vs Treadmill: Which Cardio Machine Should Your Gym Buy? If you’re stocking a gym floor with one piece of cardio at a time, the elliptical vs treadmill question comes up fast. The short answer: treadmills burn more calories per minute and build running fitness, while ellipticals are lower impact, take less floor space per […]
Commercial Air Bike Buying Guide: What Gyms Should Look For in a Fan Bike A commercial air bike is the simplest cardio machine in the building and one of the hardest workouts you can hand a member. There’s no motor, no speed setting, no resistance dial, and almost nothing to break. Pedal harder and it […]
Stationary Bike vs Spinning Bike: Which One Belongs in Your Home Gym? The stationary bike vs spinning bike question comes up in almost every home gym conversation, and most answers make it harder than it needs to be. So let’s settle it: a spin bike is one type of stationary bike. The real choice is […]
Commercial Treadmill Buying Guide: What Gym Owners Need to Know A commercial treadmill is the highest-usage machine in most gyms. Members queue for it before work, hammer it through lunch, and it is the first piece of equipment a new joiner tries. That popularity is exactly why buying one is different from buying any other […]