Hello Readers,

I know I’ve fallen off track with this treadmill review blog. But I’m back to get things rolling again. My hiatus has given me time to think about the direction I want to take this blog in.

My first started this blog I felt much the same way I fell when I got my first fitness equipment job; overwhelmed. They’re just so many elliptical trainers and treadmills out there it would be impossible for me to review them all. A good treadmill review takes about 3 to 5 hours to finish. That may seem like a long time, but it really isn’t. Whatever I say I have used or tested a treadmill it generally means I’ve spent about a half an hour to 45 minutes, even as much as an hour working out on a particular machine. There are cases where “I tried it” means I spent 30 seconds on the machine and got off, but that only happens when the equipment is clearly faulty. There is no need to literally risk my neck trying out a piece of fitness equipment. Then there is the fact checking. I look at multiple websites for specs including the manufactures website. I will pour through user guides and manuals to find any possible strong or weak point for a treadmill. Then there are user reviews. I make an effort to scour the Internet to find as many user reviews as possible. Sometimes there are a lot of user reviews to read, sometimes there are not any user reviews three. I know some of these reviews are going to be plants by the manufacturer or a competitor, so I take user reviews with a grain of salt. If there are a significant amount of user reviews that strongly conflict any conclusions I have made, I will usually take a trip to the retailer to see if I can confirm or disprove what’s being said online.

Yes, I do take lots of pride in my work. That’s why I have decided to limit the amount of treadmills and elliptical trainers that I will conduct a “full review” of. The immediate plan for Protreadmillreviews.com is to write many “initial” or “first look” reviews in which I survey a large portion of the treadmill and elliptical trainers out there and narrow each group down to 5 to 10 of the best, then thoroughly test them.

I just wanted to let you know what’s going on with the site. I hope you’ll find fitness equipment you need!