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Great Job, Tony! Another Happy Customer.
Here is a recent testimonial from a customer. Great job, Tony. "I wanted to provide some overdue feedback regarding my Precore elliptical purchase from Tony Howea in the Naperville/Aurora Chicago Home Fitness. Tony provided an excellent sales experience. He was knowledgeable, informative, and took his time with us as we pursued our options. He built a good relationship with both my wife and myself, and we never felt rushed or pressured to make our decision. Frankly, Tony provided the kind of customer service that is very rare nowadays and both my wife and I have high standards that we apply to our respective client service. Please pass this along to Tony and anyone else you feel appropriate." Regards, T. Vincere
Top 5 Fitness Apps for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod
We Can Provide the Product, and we can recommend a Trainer. At Chicago Home Fitness, we take pride in selling the most elite, advanced, and optimal fitness machinery in the market place in order to ensure a healthy and happy lifestyle. Now we’re taking it one step further. Although exercise should be a part of everybody’s daily life, electronics seem to hold the upper hand. So, we’re going to recommend the 5 best exercise-oriented apps for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod. Here is a list, in no particular order, of 5 apps that will help you stay fit:
Price: $9.99 Compatible with: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad
Although iPump is expensive, we can assure you it is well worth the price. Here are some of the stand-out features provided by iPump:
iPump is an amazing app to help you stay in shape. If you’re willing to spend the extra coin, you will definitely receive the extra results.
2. Fitnessclass Price: Free (actual classes provided are extra) Compatible with: iPad
Fitness class is an outstanding app that gives you access to hundreds of streaming exercise videos that you can then preview and purchase. Not to mention the app itself is completely free. PumpOne (who also created Fitness Builder) created the app, so you'll see a variety of PumpOne workouts as well as videos from well-known instructors like Kathy Smith, Cathe Friedrich and Patrick Goudeau. Classes are usually $1.99-$3.99 for a 30-day pass and include everything from kettlebell workouts, kickboxing, step, yoga and more. It only works with wi-fi or 3G, but there may be downloadable workouts soon.
3. MotionTraxx Radio Price: $2.99 Compatible with: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad
Motiontraxx is a excellent app that allows the use access to a huge selection of walking, running, and fitness workouts set to dance music at different BPMs (Beats Per Minute).
The app also allows you to stream a variety of workouts to your smartphone: Steady state, intervals, walking, running or even boot camp workouts.
If you do choose this app, we recommend you establish a strong 3G connection prior to your workout, as the app can crash without it.
4. BeatBurn Treadmill/ Outdoor Trainer Price: $3.99 Compatible with: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad
In todays exercise age, interval workouts are incredibly popular and effective, and they’re much easier to do when you have a program to follow.
BeatBurn offers this service, but in a unique way. Not only do they include music that changes to match your running pace, but you can actually change the pace at any time during the workout according to the speed you prefer. There is also an optional “coach” that offers occasional motivation pep talks throughout your workouts if you want that extra “umph.” The screen shows the intervals as well as your speed, calories burned, and even incline if you do choose the treadmill option. 5. Authentic Yoga with Deepak Chopra Price: $1.99 Compatible with: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad
When it comes to smartphone Yoga, a lot of individuals are extremely picky about their workouts. Some apps have pictures of the exercises popping up, with arrows pointing every which way telling you to twist and turn and it just gets confusing.
This app provides video with audio cues as well as visuals of the exercises to eliminate confusion and provide maximum convenience. With a variety of yoga routines for all fitness levels and for a variety of goals like balance, flexibility, strength, and awareness, this app is perfect if you want a quick and easy workout at home or on the road. This app is simple to use and reasonably priced. Chicago Home Fitness has an enormous assortment of exercise machinery and equipment to help individuals of all ages and fitness levels live happier and healthier lives. These apps can help you utilize our products, as well as help you have more fun in the sometimes boring and tedious world of fitness.
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How to shop for fitness equipment
With the New Year close and resolutions just around the corner it is time to review how to buy equipment. The first thing to do is discuss the goals of all the people in the family using the equipment. Chose the type of equipment based on what is most likely to be used. Pick a room that you frequent regularly, try not to hide your equipment. Out of site out of mind is not an option for achieving goals. You should have a good television straight ahead of your equipment and slightly above head level. You do not want to get a neck ache while you exercise and head slightly up and straight is the best neck position for exercise. If you do online research look at only quality points and features you think are important. Most equipment review sites are paid or commissioned affiliate sites. Even some of the magazines who take advertising dollars are forced to review the product favorably. The major consumer magazine does not take advertising but the product they review is not always current and sometimes can be wrong. It is a good baseline for brands to look for and points to consider. Now get on some comfortable cloths and go and try some equipment. Your body will tell you what works best for you. Remember if they are pushing an extended warrantee they don’t have faith in the machine or they are getting paid well for selling extended warrantees. Most times they do not cover wear and tear. Good luck in your quest.
Let cross-training help you run injury-free!
Cross-training is a great way to keep you injury-free to help ensure a good year of running. Elliptical training, bike riding, resistance training, and vibration training are all ways to add cross-training to your program. Elliptical training uses all the large muscles of the lower body like running, but hits them at different angles. If you train at 70% of your maximum heart rate (220 minus your age), you get the cardiovascular benefits of running. It’s a great workout without the risk of causing an overuse injury. Using an elliptical with a ramp gives you even more cross-training benefits because it gives you more workout options. Some incline elliptical trainers can have as many as 20 different elliptical paths. These different paths recruit different muscles, again helping to prevent muscle imbalances. Bike riding strengthens your quadriceps to help prevent runner’s knee issues. Training on a bike at 70% of your maximum heart rate will, like an elliptical, keep your cardiovascular system strong for running. Strength training will keep your core strong and help you maintain good running form. A twenty- minute, three-times-a-week strength program will also help strengthen any muscle imbalances that running can add to. Strength training can be done in many different ways: Stability balls, stretch tubes, dumbbells, home gyms, or functional trainers are all excellent choices. Vibration training has hit the running world by storm. It’s one of those things you have to try to believe. Some people use it to warm their muscles before a run, while some use it to relieve soreness afterwards. This machine works by vibrating at up to 50 Hz, causing up to 90% of your muscles to fire (fast and slow twitch). The vibration causes large amounts of blood to flow to the muscle which also helps remove lactic acid. Whatever form of cross-training you choose, the experts at Chicago Home Fitness can listen to your individual needs and set you up with the right home exercise program. They can help you add cross-training to your running no matter what your budget. Just go to chicagohomefitness.com to find a location near you. It’s a “touch and feel” type of place so bring some comfortable clothes! |
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