LifeSpan Fitness TR4000i Folding Treadmill
- 3.25-horsepower folding treadmill with spacious 20-by-60-inch running surface
- Commercial-grade deck and aluminum side rails offer long-lasting durability
- Multicolored LCD console tracks your time, calories, distance, speed, and more
- Offers several weight loss, healthy living, sports training, and heart rate programs
- EZ Drop folding system; measures 35 x 52 x 79 inches (W x H x D); lifetime warranty on frame and motor
- Health Magazine “Best Treadmill” Award; Fitness Professor Best Treadmill under ,000 for 2011; Treadmill Doctor “Best Buy” Award; Runner’s World Award Winner
Rated the #1 treadmill by Health Magazine, this solid, durable and stable treadmill supports the training of serious runners.
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MORE FEATURES
Running Surface: 20 X 60
Belt: 2ply
Rollers: 2.5″ Front/ 2″ Rear
Folding: Yes w/ EZ Assist
Heart Rate Control: Yes with wireless chest strap included
Hand Pulse Grips: Yes, and arm rest speed/incline controls
Message Window: Yes – Scrolling Information
Cooling Fans: Yes
Display: Multi Color LCD 3.2″ x 5″
Standard Programs: 21
(5) Weight Management Programs
(5) Healthy Living Programs
(7) Sports Training Programs
(2) Custom User Set Programs
(2) Heart Rate Programs
Heart Rate Programs: Two
USB Data Port: USB automaticallly saves workout information.
Intelli-Guard: Automatically pauses the treadmill belt when you step off. This exclusice feature minimizes risk of injury to your children.
Intelli-Step: Automatically detects each step you take, and displays on the console.
Intelli-Key: Illuminates which button to press next. Simply press the blue lighted console button as they flash in sequence to get your workout started quickly.
Warranty
Frame & Motor: Lifetime
Parts: 5 Years
Labor: 1 YearRated the top treadmill on the market by Health Magazine, the LifeSpan TR4000i folding treadmill is durable, stable, and loaded with valuable features, helping it accommodate serious runners and their training routines. The treadmill is equipped with a 1-inch reversible, commercial-grade deck and aluminum side rails, which combine long-lasting durability with the strength and toughness required by serious home users or light commercial settings. The spacious running surface, meanwhile, measures 20 inches wide by 60 inches long, with a coarse-textured, 2.8mm thick orthopedic belt that provides support, cushioning, and excellent running traction. And to help you track your workout progress, the treadmill automatically saves your exercise data to your USB storage device. Once the info is saved, you can upload it to your personal online LifeSpan Fitness Club account, giving you access to exercise programs and detailed reports of your exercise and health results.
The multicolored LCD console tracks your time, distance, calories, and more. |
The centerpiece of the TR4000i, however, is the multicolored LCD console, which offers several simultaneous readouts and exercise programs to help you achieve your health and fitness goals. The display tracks your time, calories, distance, steps, heart rate, speed, and incline level, with large soft-touch keys helping you get started and control your momentum. More importantly, the console offers a variety of preset workout programs that help you vary your exercise routine–a critical factor for people trying to get in shape. Many of the workout programs on the TR4000i are grouped by exercise motivation, so you can quickly choose a workout that’s right for you. The program categories include weight loss (choose from steady pace, long slow distance, cardio run, short interval, or uphill walk); healthy living (with uphill climb, pyramid climb, plateau climb, ladder, and uphill interval options); and sports training (with seven programs designed to help you train for an upcoming sporting event).
In addition to the preset programs, the treadmill offers two My Zone heart rate control programs and two custom programs. The My Zone Constant program keeps your heart rate at a constant level–thereby using your heart rate as a fitness tool–while the My Zone Interval program lets you enter your own minimum and maximum hear rate. As you exercise, the treadmill speed and incline will automatically adjust to keep your heart rate at the preferred level. By contrast, the custom programs are fully adaptable to your favored workout formula. That’s because you’re in charge of setting the speed and incline level for each of the 20 program segments, and then saving them for future use.
As a bonus, when you purchase a LifeSpan TR4000i treadmill, you automatically receive a membership for the LifeSpan Fitness Club. This comprehensive online health management program, powered by the Interactive Health Partner, lets you select exercise programs, track and manage your fitness and health results, and receive motivating support as you work toward achieving your goals. The LifeSpan Fitness Club is easy to use: each time you work out on the TR3000i, the treadmill automatically saves your exercise results on your LifeSpan USB storage device. Because the USB device is personalized with your age, gender, and weight, not only do you bypass setup screens, you also receive accurate calorie calculations based on your data. Every 20 seconds during your workout, the console will then record your heart rate, minutes, miles, steps, and calories. After your workout, you simply upload your results to your personalized online account on your computer using the USB device. You’ll then have access to a full set of detailed reports and fun facts that you can analyze or share with friends, family, fitness coaches, or physicians.
Other features include a topnotch sound system, with a pair of high-quality, built-in speakers and a headphone port for plugging in your iPod or MP3 player; a large front safety bar that’s designed and positioned for easy access; an EZ Drop folding design that lowers the treadmill deck to the ground softly and lightly; an Intelli-Guard automatic safety pause that stops the treadmill belt from moving when no one is walking or running on the treadmill; and such sturdy construction components as a 3.25-horsepower continuous-duty DC motor and an 800-pound central-mount incline motor.
Specifications:
- Belt size: 20 by 60 inches
- Drive motor: 3.25-horsepower continuous-duty DC
- Belt type: 2.8mm upgraded thick belt
- Incline motor: 800-pounds max lift
- Rollers: 2.5-inch front, 2-inch rear
- Speed: 0.5 to 12 miles per hour
- Incline: 15 levels
- Deck suspension: 8 variable-density elastomers
- Deck: 1-inch phenolic
- Folding system: EZ Drop
- Side rails: Aluminum side rails
- Dimensions: 35 by 52 by 79 inches (W x H x D)
- Capacity: 350 pounds
The treadmill’s 20-by-60-inch running belt provides support, cushioning, and traction. |
Manufacturer’s Warranty
Lifetime on the frame and motor, 5 years on parts, 1 year on labor
About PCE Health and Fitness
Founded in 1994 in Park City, Utah, PCE Health and Fitness has established a reputation for innovation, quality, and community responsibility. In 2001, the company introduced the LifeSpan line of fitness equipment targeting the over-55, value-conscious consumer. The award-winning line of exercise equipment is now sold by fitness retailers across the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, and has grown to include both a high-value home series and a pro series that targets the high-end home user and the institutional customer. The company’s awards include a Gold Medal Excellence Award from the Industrial Design Society of America, the Treadmill Doctor Best New Treadmill of the Year, and multiple Best Buy and Recommend Buy awards from the Consumer Guide and many others.
PCE’s success stems in part from the delivery of meaningful innovation. The company truly believes that the best piece of exercise equipment is the one that you’ll use, and focuses its research and development on creating such innovations as step-counting and decline-walking in the TR2000, and the intelligent console buttons that lead customers through console operations so they don’t have a learning curve to use PCE products. The company also promotes active living and exercise as part of its beliefs and culture. PCE is a proud sponsor of the International Council on Active Aging and is a member of the Medical Fitness Association. PCE also donates equipment to local high schools and provides funding to the American Diabetes Association and various nonprofit organizations and activities.
List Price: $ 2,499.99
Price: $ 1,998.99
LifeSpan TR 800 Folding Treadmill
- Folding treadmill with 1.75-horsepower continuous-duty motor
- Blue backlit LCD console tracks your time, calories, distance, speed, and more
- 17 preset programs, 2 heart rate programs, and 2 custom programs
- Cushioned 18-by-52-inch running deck; EZ Drop lift-assist system
- 275-pound capacity; measures 66 x 54 x 31 inches (W x H x D)
- Fitness Professor Review “Head of the Class” Award winner for Treadmill Under ,000 for 2010
The TR800 folding treadmill is intuitive and simple to operate. It’s space-friendly and fits nicely into a home. The console features soft touch buttons so you can quickly select an exercise program or just press Start to begin exercising. Exercise programs are designed to help you achieve your goals for Weight Management, Healthy Living, Sports Training or Heart Rate Control. Convenient controls on the large handlebars let you adjust your speed and incline, and monitor your heart rate. Folding and unfolding the TR800 is easy due to the hydraulic system that safely and gently lowers the treadmill to the ground.Intuitive and simple to operate, the LifeSpan TR800 folding treadmill lets you walk, jog, or run with confidence in the comfort of your own home. The treadmill’s pleasing design starts with safe and convenient handlebar controls, which let you control your speed and incline without ever removing your hands from the handlebars. As a result, you can run or walk without fear of losing your concentration or balance while adjusting your pace. The TR800 is also space-friendly, with a foldable frame and a hydraulic lift-assist system that safely and gently lowers the treadmill to the ground. And runners with cranky knees will appreciate the cushioned 18-by-52-inch running deck. The deck includes eight variable-density elastomers that act as shock absorbers to provide cushioning for your joints.
The centerpiece of the TR800, however, is the blue backlit LCD console, which offers several simultaneous readouts and exercise programs to help you achieve your health and fitness goals. The display tracks your time, calories, distance, heart rate, speed, and incline level, with large soft-touch keys helping you get started and control your momentum. More importantly, the console offers 17 preset workout programs that help you vary your exercise routine–a critical factor for people trying to get in shape. The TR800′s workout programs, which are designed by exercise physiologists to keep you safe and motivated, are grouped by exercise motivation, so you can quickly choose a workout that’s right for you. All programs include 20 different segments, each with its own speed and inline level set according to the purpose of the program.
In addition to the preset programs, the treadmill offers two My Zone heart rate control programs and two custom programs. The My Zone Constant program keeps your heart rate at a constant level–thereby using your heart rate as a fitness tool–while the My Zone Interval program lets you enter your own minimum and maximum hear rate. As you exercise, the treadmill’s speed and incline will automatically adjust to keep your heart rate at the preferred level. By contrast, the custom programs are fully adaptable to your favored workout formula. That’s because you’re in charge of setting the speed and incline level for each of the 20 program segments, and then saving them for future use.
 
The TR800 treadmill includes a blue backlit LCD display and a folding frame with an EZ Drop lift-assist system. |
Specifications:
- Belt size: 18 by 52 inches
- Drive motor: 1.75-horsepower continuous-duty DC
- Incline motor: 650 pounds maximum lift
- Rollers: 2 inches (front and rear)
- Speed: 0.6 to 10 miles per hour
- Incline: 15 levels
- Deck suspension: 8 compression shock absorbers
- Deck: 3/4-inch phenolic
- Folding system: EZ Drop
- Full dimensions: 66 by 54 by 31 inches (W x H x D)
- Folded dimensions: 37 by 60 by 31 inches
- Maximum capacity: 275 pounds
Manufacturer’s Warranty
Lifetime on the frame and motor; 1 year on parts and labor
About PCE Health and Fitness
Founded in 1994 in Park City, Utah, PCE Health and Fitness has established a reputation for innovation, quality, and community responsibility. In 2001, the company introduced the LifeSpan line of fitness equipment targeting the over-55, value-conscious consumer. The award-winning line of exercise equipment is now sold by fitness retailers across the U.S., Mexico, and Canada, and has grown to include both a high-value home series and a pro series that targets the high-end home user and the institutional customer. The company’s awards include a Gold Medal Excellence Award from the Industrial Design Society of America, the Treadmill Doctor Best New Treadmill of the Year, and multiple Best Buy and Recommend Buy awards from the Consumer Guide and many others.
List Price: $ 999.99
Price: $ 899.99
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Solid Treadmill,
I purchased the treadmill from a local retailer. Initially, I didn’t see any independent user reviews on it so, I thought i would post something. My Projected running usage – Probably 2-3 X a week – average maybe 2 hours / week of running total.
The treadmill has a 20×60″ belt with a 3.25 hp motor. Haven’t seen any other in this price range with a motor like this one. Although they call the belt orthopedic, I don’t think it is particularly thick – but seems fine. Overall, it feels pretty stable and solid (no shaking or motion). The cushioning isn’t quite as good as the gym treadmills, but for the $ it’s perfectly fine.
I very much like the user-friendliness of the treadmill. It has large well lit buttons, that are very straightforward and easy to use. I like the buttons a lot more than the standard flat buttons you find on most treadmills. My only concern is the durability of the panel. The display is well lit and clear with a lot of nice information – of course it has the standard stuff like incline level, time, heart rate, calories. But it also displays not so standard stuff, like number of steps, age, height, weight (more on this later).
The treadmill programs work a little differently than most of the gym treadmills I have used. They several programs grouped in several areas (e.g. weight loss, sports training, healthy living, etc.). You can select “incline” program or “speed” program for any of the programs. In terms of speed/incline variability – the treadmill pretty much works like any standard gym treadmill – e.g. If you select incline program, the incline will adjust (up and down), while your speed remains constant. Selecting “speed program” adjusts the speed up and down while the incline remains constant. Also, adjusting the incline during the incline program will increase or decrease ALL of the incline levels for the entire workout. The equivalent is true for the speed programs as well. Some treadmills only adjust the bar or “time period” that you are currently in.. I actually like this feature on the 4000i.
I am not sure how these programs were chosen to be in a particular group (e.g. I would like what makes “pyramid climb” healthy living vs. cardio run for weight loss. All of the programs are clearly explained in the manual – i.e. you can see the duration and the level of incline (for incline programs) for each minute of the program (a nice touch!) and the equivalent for the speed programs.
The user defined programs are pretty standard and easy to setup. You can go thru each minute/bar, and change it to the level/speed that you want. The heart rate monitor works really well! The accuracy seems good and it doesn’t take a lot of fiddling.
One item that I miss from the gym treadmills is the random feature. It would be nice if it could generate some random incline and/or speed programs.
Another item that I noticed was missing (or at least I can’t figure it out) is a way to change the duration/time in the middle of a program?! You can set the duration at the start, but once the program start, you can’t change the time/duration of your workout. It seems a little bizarre to me that you can’t do this, but it’s not a deal breaker.
Ok, one of the big selling points for me was the ability to record and track my work outs and upload them to their system via the USB drive. You can record, the date and time of your workout, with frequent sampling (every 20 seconds, I think), of your heart rate, minutes, calories, distance, steps. I think the concept is terrific – and I like that they were able to include this feature in a cost effective treadmill. However, the implementation is lacking. So, uploading the data, and it does work. However, the website is user-unfriendly, and poorly implemented. Firefox support? nope! you have to use IE. It was developed using 1990′s web technology and navigation. So much so, that I am wondering if any of their customers actually use it?? I am a web guy so I guess my standards are higher… The site very much needs an overhaul and update. I won’t go into a lot of detail, but here are a couple of quick things about it.
1. Clicking on any of the links (e.g. Weekly View, Today’s Workout,USB Update,Manually Log Exercise,Update Vital Stats) gives you a pop up. You wait several seconds for each popup to occur, then you can do whatever function you are looking to do – Totally unncessary and annoying.
2. The “analyze my exercise” is just not formatted well and therefore not easy to follow – the info is all there, just not user friendly and clean. It would be pretty easy to make this graphical and easy to use.
3. Dates – For the life of me, I can not figure out how to set the current date on the tread?! The default date on the treadmill display is always some date in May?? Is the factory set date? When I plug in the usb drive into the treadmill,…
great treadmill,
It came down to this model and the Sole F85 but at the end it was the positive reviews from Health Magazine and Runners World on the TR 4000 that pushed me over the top I use it for about four to five hours a week, about every other day and I have noticed nothing but good things so far. The belt width is about 20 inches wide and the 60 inch long is perfect for all out sprints. Some other treadmills are wider like the F85, some are smaller but 20 inches seems to be the industry norm at this price. I have begun to notice after many uses, that the belt and deck offer a very nice cushioning system. There is an assortment of programs that come with this treadmill I have just begun to utilize, such as the 7 sports training programs. They really help you get a positive workout, warm-up to cool down. I recommend trying each program and seeing which one suits your lifestyle and fitness regimen. What appears to be unique to me from my research is that this treadmill allows you to decide programs based on your interest level…weight loss, training etc… It has 15 incline levels to compliment speeds of .5 mph to 12 mph which is great for interval training. The motor carries a lifetime warranty and is extremely quiet. I have the freedom to listen to my music through the treadmill console, which is not over powered by the noise of the motor. Other models I have tried in the past have had very loud, almost overwhelming sounding motors. I have also begun to use the LifeSpan Fitness Club that came with the unit. I had to speak to a representative from the actual company for information on how to use it. This perk allows you to record all aspects of a workout, and view it electronically through the internet. It really helps when goal setting to actually see your results and what you should be working for. This recording system keeps readings of my progress and outlines fitness goals. If you have this capability with a LifeSpan Treadmill, I would recommend taking the time to implement the LifeSpan fitness club into your workout routines. I would recommend this treadmill to anyone looking to take their workouts to a new level.
Well worth the investment,
I did 90% of my Christmas shopping this year at Amazon but I could not talk myself into buying a treadmill online without trying it out first. I did end up buying this from Second Wind a store here in MN that just sells fitness equipment. I would consider myself a distance runner and require a treadmill that can handle the amount of miles that I log during the winter months. I prefer to run outside but in the winter time here — Under Armor heat gear and all it is not an option. I initially found out about this treadmill in my Runner’s World and then thru further googling found that it had won several other awards which helped narrow down my choices, but I had to test drive it first. I also ran on a Vision and a Pacemaster which were also recommended at the store.
I like to log and journal my runs and the USB feature really makes this simple for me as the treadmill automatically uploads my distance, time and other metrics right to my account and from there I can add journal entries about each workout. The running surface is plenty long and wide. It really is amazing how solid the treadmill is even while at a sprint during intervals the display stays still. The display has several excellent features…the program assortment is very good and is broken down by categories. I typically will use the Sports Training, the heart rate programs (I use my Forerunner as it is compatible with the treadmill and the USB) or I use a saved program. The one criticism that I have is with the direct speed buttons as they top off at 6 MPH so when running at higher speeds you need to press and hold the speed button down on the console or the handlebar. The display is laid out nicely and very easy to read and see most of your information at the same time. The transitions in speed are smooth as you increase and decrease speeds. I am looking forward to many miles on this treadmill.
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