Exercise Equipment

Exercise Bikes/ Cycles

  • Excercise Bike Store: is a Hayneedle Inc Store that includes 220 stores. Each store is dedicated to one product category. Best of all you can shop all of them with one global shopping cart. This site has  information such as comparing exercise bikes versus treadmill and recumbent versus upright exercise bikes.
  • Sears: Department store. Carries Schwinn, Ignite, stamina, Spinner, Kettler, Omega, Life fitness etc brands.

Home Gyms

  • Bow Flex: owned by Nautilus, Inc. is a pure fitness company that provides tools and education necessary to help people achieve a fit and healthy lifestyle. With a brand portfolio that includes Nautilus®, Bowflex®, StairMaster®, Schwinn® Fitness, and Universal®, Nautilus manufactures and markets a complete line of innovative health and fitness products.
  • Nordic track: Manufacturer of the first home skiers (cross country skiing right in your home), and now sells strength machines, bikes, steppers etc.  Specialty in smooth, low-impact exercise machines. Nordic track “symbolize the means for serious athletes and fitness-buffs alike to “get ready for adventure,” whatever that may be.”

Pilates

  • Balanced Body Pilates: “The company was the first to substantially update Joseph Pilates’ equipment with state-of-the-art engineering, materials and technology. Ken Endelman, the company’s founder and owner, has designed hundreds of improvements to Pilates’ original equipment, many of which have since become industry standards. Balanced Body has been awarded 24 US patents, and numerous foreign patents for his inventions, with more patents pending. Formerly known as Current Concepts, the company changed its name to Balanced Body in 1999.”
  • Gratz Industries: Joseph Pilates contracted Gratz Industries to build the first Pilates equipment in the 1960s. Gratz industries provides classical equipment most closely related to Joseph Pilates and his direct lineage and is the typical choice of traditionalist Pilates instructors. Some of the traditionalist instructors find the equipment more challenging compared to other brands.
  • IM=X: reformer offers the unique design elements of the traditional pilates equipment but with more durability and power.
  • Peak Pilates: Founded by Julie Lobdell in 1996, Peak Pilates incorporates the original designs of Joseph Pilates with technologically advances to enhance safety and performance.
  • Pilates designs by Basil: Basil Blecher, president and founder created this line of pilates equipment after being involved personally in pilates for over twenty years.  This company offers a wall unit that is ideal for small studio or home use.  This unit is ideal for those transitioning from matwork to apparatus.
  • Sears: department store. Sells Stamina brand of pilates equipment
  • Stott Pilates: STOTT PILATES is a “contemporary approach to the original exercise method pioneered by the late Joseph Pilates. Co-founders Moira and Lindsay G. Merrithew, along with a team of physical therapists, sports medicine and fitness professionals, have spent over two decades refining the STOTT PILATES method of exercise and equipment. This resulted in the inclusion of modern principles of exercise science and spinal rehabilitation, making it one of the safest and effective methods available.”

Thread Mills

  • Bow Flex: owned by Nautilus, Inc. is a pure fitness company that provides tools and education necessary to help people achieve a fit and healthy lifestyle. With a brand portfolio that includes Nautilus®, Bowflex®, StairMaster®, Schwinn® Fitness, and Universal®, Nautilus manufactures and markets a complete line of innovative health and fitness products.
  • Nordic track: Manufacturer of the first home skiers (cross country skiing right in your home), and now sells strength machines, bikes, steppers etc.  Specialty in smooth, low-impact exercise machines. Nordic track “symbolize the means for serious athletes and fitness-buffs alike to “get ready for adventure,” whatever that may be.”
  • Sole Fitness: Site claims that “Sole Treadmills are preferred and used exclusively by hotels nationwide for In Room Fitness. In addition Sole Treadmills have also received great ratings from the TreadmillDoctor.com for our high quality.” Their treadmill line is described as  “simple in design, with an emphasis on quality and warranty all at a great price. These treadmills offer great value and are the most portable treadmills available. They 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.”

Trampolines

  • Trampolines Plus: is a Hayneedle Inc Store that includes 220 stores. Each store is dedicated to one product category. Best of all you can shop all of them with one global shopping cart. Trampolines plus carries trampolines and its related accessories such as covers, ladders and even water trampoline attachments!
  • Jump Sport: JumpSport’s trampoline products have won several awards, been featured on Good Morning America, 20/20, ESPN, and other broadcasts, and have appeared in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal and USA Today. Now the tremendous health and fitness benefits of trampolines can be more safely enjoyed by all families.