Precor
Precor is one of the most popular fitness equipment brands in the market today. The company, which introduced its first elliptical cross-trainer more than 10 years back, leads the high end elliptical market. The company also manufactures professional treadmills, exercise bikes, rowing machines and stretch trainers.
If you are planning to buy an elliptical, then a Precor machine is one that you should definitely consider. Precor ellipticals are equipped with their patented cross ramp technology, which lets the user adjust the elliptical ramp incline. This leads to cross training and helps in working out different muscle groups. Since the company is a leader of the high end segment, the products are endowed with great design, construction and quality. However, the price range of Precor ellipticals starts only around $3000, and so they are built to provide faultless service for years. All Precor models come with a lifetime warranty for the frame and 10 years for the parts. There is also an year’s warranty on labor. The only drawbacks are that most models do not come with upper body arms and in spite of having a state of the art display screen, many Precor ellipticals do not monitor your heart rate.
The Precor 540 range of ellipticals includes the Precor 546, which is one of the best ellipticals available today and comes highly recommended by fitness experts. It is an improved version of the previous Precor EFX 544 and is equipped with 20 different resistance levels that ensure intense workouts, along with all the other features that accompany most Precor ellipticals like cross ramp technology etcetra. The Precor 556 elliptical is another model that comes highly recommended for commercial use. However, due to the Precor 556’s superior specifications, many people buy it for their personal gyms. That’s because when it comes to Precor consumer versus commercial ellipticals, many people chose to buy it for home use, since it was the first company to market ellipticals and is definitely one of the best.
Apart from ellipticals, the company also manufactures premium treadmills for personal and professional use. Precor treadmills come loaded with a number of patented technologies like the Quickstart, Footplant and Ground Effects which make working out on them comfortable and effective. In case you want to buy a treadmill for commercial purposes, it would make sense to compare Precor with Life Fitness treadmills, since the latter also offers very good options for gym use. The Precor 9.21 Low Impact Treadmill which comes with features like Ground Effects, Integrated Footplant Technology, Electronic Readout and a Heart Rate Interactive System is quite popular in personal gyms even though it is meant for commercial use. One thing to keep in mind when installing a Precor is headroom, since theses machines are on the higher side and should be preferably kept in a room with high ceilings .All in all, the last word when buying Precor is, if you can afford it, then you should go for it, and you will not be disappointed!
