With the exercise equipment industry becoming more saturated by the day, there has been a large amount of cheap, flimsy, and unsafe fitness equipment that has flooded the health and fitness industry as a result. It is imperative now more than ever that you do the proper homework, necessary in order to make sure that the fitness equipment you buy is optimal for the specific needs of your body. There are far too many pieces of cardiovascular and strength equipment in the health and fitness industry, not up to par when it comes to their structural integrity, mechanical capacities, electronic technology and ergonomic design. Additionally, more exercise equipment and sporting good stores have started to sell products designed by manufacturers, with the sole intention of appealing to the aesthetic senses, of potential customers. However, the parts used, such as the drive and incline motors, rollers, and more, are not premium, high quality parts. Now to the naked eye it is nearly impossible to tell the difference between a good and bad motor, because they are covered by a shroud and its exact specifications can only be found by uncovering the motors, though taking off the protective shrouds that cover them, which almost nobody ever does.
A legitimate fitness equipment company that delivers what it promises, is Star Trac. Since 1974, they have supplied gyms and residences with user-defined, dependable and innovative exercise equipment. While the majority of fitness equipment manufacturers assembling products overseas, Star Trac's manufacturing plant is located right here in the U.S.A. Star Trac has earned state-wide and national respect for building a 100,000 sq. foot warehouse in Irvine, California, and have been labeled a benefactor of the community, due to the number of gainfully employed, and tax paying citizens, that they have created as a result of international headquarters being located there. Every day it seems as though their equipment is showing up more and more at health club facilities and gyms. There are several reasons for their progressive and what has now become epic, takeover of the fitness equipment industry. Here we will explore the history of Star Trac an an international provider of fitness equipment and we will explore the reasons behind their recent dominance.
First of all, Star Trac claims that 3 million people, across 70 different countries, use Star Trac gym equipment, every day of the year, in home gyms and health clubs. Star Trac manufactures elliptical machines, treadmill, stationary exercise bikes, spin cycles and strength fitness equipment. Although they dominate the commercial fitness equipment industry, Star Trac has a major strong-hold in the home fitness equipment industry too. The Star Trac commercial line of fitness equipment includes their ST Pro series of treadmills with built in cooling fans, ergonomically correct and structurally sound stationary upright and recumbent exercise bikes, elliptical trainers that mimic the natural stride length of its users, award winning spin bikes, free weight equipment and 3 separate lines of adjustable weight strength equipment.
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