Fitness Shop

read moreAre you trying to lose weight? Do you want to get stronger or both? Knowing your goals in advance will help make sure the fitness equipment you buy will set you up for success. Most experts strongly recommended consulting a qualified fitness professional before purchasing. So, we've taken every step possible to educate our staff about exercise equipment during our 30 years of doing business. An infomercial or brochure may make a product sound great, but nothing takes the place of a personal, hands-on "test drive".

read moreWe're pleased to announce that our floor is starting to comeback after selling through floor models to satisfy the needs as many of our customers as possible. However, many of our suppliers are still have a backlog of orders to work through from both their dealer networks, or in some cases direct online sales. Listed below are some of the items we've brought onto our floor, along with leadtimes to expect for orders with the information we've been supplied by the manufacturers. We appreciate our customers support and patience as we attempt to keep as much of our community healthy during these challenging times.

read moreOften prescribed as a starting exercise, walking is something we've been doing since our toddler days and we all want to keep doing into our late years. Treadmills are also the most "stuck with" piece of exercise equipment.

read moreWhether you're looking to reduce the risk of injury when doing cardiovascular exercise, or simply looking to cross-train, elliptical trainers offer a non-impact workout to benefit YOUR life. By adjusting resistance, your speed, and sometimes incline, an elliptical cross trainer can provide a challenging workout for a wide range of users. The newest generation of ellipticals go beyond just reducing impact, and now look at where muscles and joints come under load to reduce shearing forces as well.

read moreValue priced for your home, the Horizon Fitness line from Johnson Health Tech brings club know-how into space saving fitness equipment for your home. As part of the Johnson family, Horizon benfits from the higher-end brands (like Matrix and Vision Fitness). Larger drive motors, tight pedal spacing, assisted folding features, and variable cushioning were all trickled into Horizion Fitness to your benefit. While you can find products from Horizon Fitness at a good price all over the internet, when you come into Fitness Shop you'll get great advise on the equipment, as well as on offer of assistance in assembly, or even getting into the room of your choice.

read moreGym systems provide safety and some guidance to your workout, allowing you to exercise with confidence. Cable Style Gyms: allow you to train standing, seated, or lying down - while performing traditional strength movements, multi-plane core training, or sport specific movements. Multi-Stack gyms allow multiple users to exercise at the same time. It's important to count the number of stacks a gym has (1 / user) not the number of chairs. Often home gyms will have multiple stations hooked into the same weight stack.

read moreClimbing stairs as a great cardio workout while toning your lower body muscles and engageing core strength. It's also load bearing which helps with bone density. Pay attention to your ceiling clearance. Most club "escalator style" climbers need about 9' ceilings. Look at the "step up height" on step/pedal style climbers. Add that to your height, and add a couple inches for personal space, that's the ceiling height you'll need for a pedal type climber.

read moreWhether you call them rowers, rowing machines, or ergometers, these indoor trainers can be a great tool for reaching your fitness goals. Rowing machines offer a total body workout; can engage fast twitch & slow twitch muscle fibers; and can help improve aerobic endurance as well as muscular strength. The new generation of rowing machines are taking advantage of new resistance mechanisms, more wear resistant materials, and newer engineering techniques.