Life Fitness Te Treadmill Review

Basic Information:

The 95Te weighs a heavy 436 pounds. Don't expect to be moving it when you have guests over. It measures 64 inches high by 37 inches wide by 83 inches long. The maximum user weight is 400 pounds.

Life Fitness has a very good warranty. You'll get a life time warranty on the motor and frame; two years on the electrical parts.

The belt or walking/running surface is 60 inches long by 20 inches wide. If you run and you tend to not run in a straight line the width becomes an issue. I am more concerned with the length because I don't like hitting the front of treadmills. I found the 95Te very comfortable to walk on. The sides of the belt have a really nice tread.

The 95Tei has the Flex Deck Shock Absorption System. Life Fitness tells us that this System should reduce shock and impact to the knees, back, and joints by nearly 30% compared to other treadmills. It was very comfortable. Remember we are looking at a top of the line and pricey treadmill. I thought that the belt was really smooth and the machine was quiet. On the cruise and in the hotel the machine(s) get a lot of use. They were in great condition in spite of that.

There is a middle bar with heart rate sensors and buttons for the most used controls. The most used controls are a nice feature and for the money you want as many features as possible. Having the controls near the heart rate sensors made monitoring my heart rate easy because I didn't have to move my hand very far from the sensors to change my pace. This machine has no chest strap to monitor your heart rate so you will be depending on the sensors. You can buy a chest strap if that is something you really want.

There are two integrated water bottle holders, a magazine rack and another space in the middle for my keys.

The console:

The console was huge and showed me my elapsed time, speed, distance, incline, calories, heart rate, distance climbed, watts, mets, and custom messaging.

The machine inclined 0 to 15% and the speed went from .5 to 12 miles per hour which is more than enough for even the elite athlete.

It has an amazing 28 workouts including workouts called Zone Training which include cardio and hills; Interval workouts which include hills, and speed interval training; Goal Workouts which give you goals of calories, distance and time in your own zone. I always like interval training. This means that the machine adjusted itself to various levels and speeds depending on the difficulty level I chose. These levels can be changed at any time during a workout.

I used both the distance and calorie goal programs. Once I hit my goal the machine went into a cool down phase. I also liked the heart rate interval workout which took my heart rate from hills and 80% of my maximum heart rate (220 minus your age will get you your maximum heart rate.) to valleys and 65% of my heart rate maximum.

Let's use a program:

One workout I did was cardio. I chose it and hit enter. I then put in my weight and hit enter; time and hit enter; age and hit enter and at this point the machine showed me my target heart rate and what my speed would be. The elevation changed to reach my target heart rate and prompted me to put my hands on the heart rate sensors when it wanted to know my heart rate (custom messaging).

The television:

This machine had what is called an "E3 Integrated LCD System which is FM radio-ready, and has up to 125 available TV channels." We had the pleasure of using this in both gyms and it was a lot of fun and very easy to use. I could pick channels and make the sound louder or softer. This feature is worth the money the machine costs!

You would never get bored with the 95Te. It's a great machine and a lot of fun. It doesn't have fans that some less expensive machines have but it's certainly a 5 star machine.

Jo's Viewpoint

I like it!