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• Mini-Stepper with resistance bands combines the lower body workout of a stepper with the upper body workout provided by the resistance bands, for full body cardiovascular conditioning.
• Use the resistance bands to work various upper body muscle groups
• Compact design for easy storage.
• Heavy duty steel frame for years of long life.
• LCD computer function: scan, time, count, total count, calories

Product Description
Mini-Stepper with resistance bands combines the lower body workout of a stepper with the upper body workout provided by the resistance bands, for full body cardiovascular conditioning.
This compact unit comes complete with dual hydraulic cylinders for resistance and an LCD monitor for tracking time and steps taken.
Compact design for easy storage.
Heavy duty steel frame for years of long life.

LCD Batteries – FREE – included
No need to run out to the store, the Mini Stepper comes with everything you need to get going!

Upper Body Resistance
Get the added benefit of the upper body motion as you step. Use the resistance bands to work various upper body muscle groups. The resistance cords work the upper body while the steps work the lower body.
Maximum weight limit: 220 pounds.
16.50 inches wide x 8 inches high x 12.25 inches long.

New Mini Stepper with Resistance Bands

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• MS1 and MS2 pins broken out to change microstepping resolution to full, half, quarter and eighth steps (defaults to eighth)
• Adjustable current control from 150mA/phase to 750mA/phase
• Power supply range from 7V to 30V. The higher the voltage, the higher the torque at high speeds

Product Description
The EasyDriver is a simple to use stepper motor driver, compatible with anything that can output a digital 0 to 5V pulse (or 0 to 3.3V pulse if you solder SJ2 closed on the EasyDriver). EasyDriver requires a 7V to 30V supply to power the motor and can power any voltage of stepper motor. The EasyDriver has an on board voltage regulator for the digital interface that can be set to 5V or 3.3V. Connect a 4-wire stepper motor and a microcontroller and you’ve got precision motor control! EasyDriver drives bi-polar motors, and motors wired as bi-polar. I.e. 4,6, or 8 wire stepper motors. On this version (v4.4) we fixed the silk error on the min/max adjustment.

This is the newest version of EasyDriver V4 co-designed with Brian Schmalz. It provides much more flexibility and control over your stepper motor, when compared to older versions. The microstep select (MS1 and MS2) pins of the A3967 are broken out allowing adjustments to the microstepping resolution. The sleep and enable pins are also broken out for further control.

Caution: Do not connect or disconnect a motor while the driver is energized. This will cause permanent damage to the A3967 IC.

Features:

A3967 microstepping driver
MS1 and MS2 pins broken out to change microstepping resolution to full, half, quarter and eighth steps (defaults to eighth)
Compatible with 4, 6, and 8 wire stepper motors of any voltage
Adjustable current control from 150mA/phase to 750mA/phase
Power supply range from 7V to 30V. The higher the voltage, the higher the torque at high speeds

EasyDriver Stepper Motor Driver

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• Delivers a serious & comfortable, no-impact cardio workout for full body toning
• Comfort abdominal support pad
• Completely smooth and quiet
• Computer provides time, count, total distance, calories.
• Weight Capacity: 220 LB

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Sunny Air Walk Trainer

Sunny Air Walk Trainer

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• Compact cardio device for working upper and lower body
• Pair of nonslip footpads and set of resistance bands with handles
• Tones your upper body while challenging glutes, hamstrings, and calves
• Electronic meter tracks calories burned, time, and session workouts
• Supports up to 250 pounds; measures 16 x 7 x 13 inches (W x H x D)

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Weider Mini StepperAmazon.com
Work your upper and lower body simultaneously without investing in an expensive, space-hogging elliptical trainer with the Weider Mini Stepper. The Mini Stepper is equipped with a pair of nonslip footpads that keep you steady and on pace, along with a set of resistance bands with handles for working your arms. As a result, you can tone your biceps and triceps while also challenging your glutes, hamstrings, and calves. To help you track your workout progress, the Mini Stepper also comes with an electronic meter that keeps track of your calories burned, time, and total session workouts. The Mini Stepper measures a compact 16 by 7 by 13 inches (W x H x D), supports up to 250 pounds, and carries a 90-day manufacturer’s warranty.

Weider Mini Stepper

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• Elliptical trainer designed for low-impact cardiovascular workouts
• Ideal for event training, rehabilitation, and traditional cardio fitness
• Footpads move in natural elliptical motion for low impact
• Adjustable resistance dial; pair of arm poles for upper body work
• Measures 34 x 60 x 24 inches (W x H x D); weighs 60 pounds

Product Description
The Elliptical machine Provides a total body (legs, hips, buttocks, arms & shoulders), low-impact, cardiovascular workout for all family members, regardless of ability level. This unit resembles a walking or jogging machine. Your feet move in a natural elliptical motion, providing a no-impact workout for less stress on the joints. As you walk, your hands grasp poles that move in conjunction with your leg motion. This results in a smooth, fluid movement that tones arms, chest, back, hips, legs, and glutei. Better than a treadmill! Burns 5 times more calories than walking. Adjustable resistance dial. Dimensions: Length-34″, Width-24″, Height-60″. Highest quality construction that will last for years that is comparable with any of the major manufacturers at a fraction of their cost. Instruction manual and all necessary tools for easy home assembly are included. Full factory warranty. Weight: 60 lbs. Compare similar machines at $249 and up! Buy direct from the factory and save! CUSTOMER COMMENTS: I just wanted to let the staff at golf outlets know that I love my elliptical bike. This particular bike is really a smooth ride and easy on the ankles, knees, hips and back. I’ve attached some before and after pictures so you can see what this machine did for me!!! A colleague of mine was so impressed at how fast i lost the weight he came over my house to see this machine that I’d been talking about, it took him all of 30 seconds of riding it before he asked me where he could purchase one! Andy – Levittown, NY.Amazon.com Product Description
Enjoy a total body workout without leaving the home with this Confidence elliptical trainer. Designed to provide a low-impact cardiovascular workout for all family members regardless of ability level, the trainer is ideal for event training, rehabilitation, and plain-old cardio fitness. The unit starts with a set of footpads that move in a natural elliptical motion, along with a set of arm poles that move in conjunction with your legs. The smooth, fluid movement will tone your arms, chest, back, hips, legs, and glutes while providing a low-impact workout that’s five times as efficient than walking. The trainer also includes an adjustable resistance dial to keep you challenged. And at 34 by 60 by 24 inches (W x H x D), the trainer won’t take up a ton of room in your den, basement, or garage. The Confidence elliptical trainer weighs 60 pounds.

Key Details:

• Tracks your time, speed, distance, and calories while working out
• Strides both forward and reverse
• Adjustable resistance dial
• Measures 34 inches long by 24 inches wide by 60 inches tall
• All necessary tools for easy home assembly are included
• Weighs 60 pounds
• 240-pound maximum user capacity

Confidence Fitness Elliptical Cross Trainer

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• Using air resistance to cushion your every step, and much more superior than spring or piston types.
• The Air Stepper’s advanced, air-powered design eliminates pounding and jarring impact on your body.
• Train shoulder, triceps, abs, oblique muscles, and muscles in your whole leg.
• Use your Air Stepper for a longer period without feeling pain because of the minimal impact on your body.
• Durable plastic and strong design for long lasting usage. 1 year parts and labor warranty.

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Air Stepper uses patented air power technology to create resistance with every step that you take. It pumps the bellows of the Air Stepper that are located underneath each of the foot pedals. When you exercise on the Air Stepper, air moves between the two bellows and creates resistance that your whole body will benefit from. The Air Stepper uses the power of air, and minimizes the impact and jarring most conventional workout machines would create on your joints and muscles. With this technology, you will be able to use your Air Stepper for a longer period of time, and not feel tired, sore, and in pain afterwards. The Air Stepper is the ultimate convenient walking workout machine that will help you burn calories and get fit, all with the power of air!

AIR STEPPER : the best non-impact exerciser you can count on for burning calories and toning legs and core. Swing your arms while you are air-stepping, and you will get a full-body work out and control weight at the same time. 1 year warranty with North American Support and Services.

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• Basic training for indoor mountain climbing
• Great low-impact, calorie burning, cardiovascular workout
• Display features Calories, Scan, Timer, Count
• Folds for easy storage
• Two adjustable resistance cylinders provide a smooth stepping motion

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Great basic training for indoor mountain climbing. Also a great low-impact, calorie burning, cardiovascular workout. Tones the calves, buttocks, thighs, and hips. The display features Calories, Scan, Timer, and Count. This item folds for easy storage.

Sunny Climbing Stepper

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• A great choice for working out in apartments or at your office during breaks
• Uses durable rubber bands that can located in seven different positions for different resistance levels
• Foot angle and tension can be adjusted independently
• Non-skid foot stabilizers for carpet and floors
• Place on top of a desk or table for arm and shoulder exercises

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Paradigm’s ActivStepper is a low impact upper and lower body exerciser. It has a tough durable steel frame with a scratch resistant powder coated finish. It uses durable rubber bands that can located in 7 different positions for different resistance levels. The foot angle and tension can be adjusted independently. It utilizes non-skid foot stabilizers for carpet and floors. No tools are required for some assembly. It can fold for storage. It can be used will sitting at a computer, or on a chair reading. It can also exercise ankles and relief stiffness in the arms and legs.Amazon.com Product Description
The Paradigm ACTIVstepper is a great choice for getting a step workout in small apartments, condos, or even offices at lunchtime, and it can even be placed on top of a desk or table for arm and shoulder exercises. It helps to burn calories, increase cardiovascular endurance, and improve your metabolism and flexibility. Small enough to easily store out of sight when not in use and simple enough for anyone to use, it uses durable rubber bands that can located in seven different positions for different resistance levels. The foot angle and tension can be adjusted independently. It utilizes non-skid foot stabilizers for carpet and floors. The ACTIVstepper has a tough durable steel frame with a scratch resistant powder coated finish, and it can fold for easy storage. The ACTIVstepper is backed by a 1-year warranty.

Paradigm 7111 ACTIVstepper

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• Lets you change stride lengths without manual adjustments
• Features 16-total programs, including 11-workout profiles
• Tracks results and programming for up to two users; articulating foot plates minimize heel impact
• Shows your time, interval time, RPM, watts, distance, pulse, speed, calories, resistance level, and course profile
• Measures 54 x 34 x 73 inches (L x W x H)

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The Schwinn® 460 elliptical helps you burn up to 2 times as many calories as a treadmill, and up to 15% more calories than on a fixed-stride elliptical. Schwinn® V-Stride™ technology allows you to change stride lengths without manual adjustments or machine modifications. 11 workout profiles built by the Nautilus Institute include instructional messages on utilizing stride lengths and foot/leg motions for maximized results.Amazon.com Product Description
Maximize your home workouts with the Schwinn 460 Elliptical Trainer, which features Schwinn’s exclusive V-Stride Technology that allows you to change stride lengths without manual adjustments or machine modifications. The 460 provides a complete lower-body workout: step to target calves and quads; walk to work your thighs and glutes, and run to lengthen your strides and engage all muscle groups.

Featuring a high-tech design, the Schwinn 460 includes 11 workout profiles built by the Nautilus Institute with instructional messages on utilizing stride lengths and foot/leg motions for maximized results. And the Schwinn Advantage workout system tracks results and programming for up to two users. You’ll get heart rate feedback via the HR grips on the static handlebars, and heart rate telemetry using the included chest strap.

The dynamic backlit touchscreen console displays workout and interval time, distance, pulse, speed, calories, resistance level, and course profile. Other features include an oversized water bottle holder (accommodates 4-inch bottle), adjustable cooling fan, and transport handle and non-skid wheels for easy storage.

The Schwinn 460 combines dynamic workout programs, an intuitive touch screen console, and Schwinn V-Stride technology to let you change stride lengths without manual adjustments or machine modifications.

Features and Specifications:

• V-Stride technology, integrated in the cam/footplate, enables strides from 2 to 26 inches
• Independent footplates let users target core muscles while engaging both sides of the body
• 16 total programs: 1 Manual, 11 Profile, 2 Custom for two users
• Quiet, magnetic ECB (Eddy current brake) resistance with 16 levels
• Fly wheel: 25 pounds, steel
• Drive system: Computer controlled
• Fixed and moving handlebars
• Chest strap with telemetric and grip heart rate monitoring
• Heart rate grip on padded static handlebars
• Transport handle and non-skid wheels
• Articulating foot plates minimize heel impact
• Schwinn Advantage workout system tracks results and programming for two users
• Dynamic backlit LCD touchscreen console
• Display Readout: Time, Interval Time, RPM, Watts, Distance, Pulse, Speed, Calories, Resistance Level, Course Profile
• 11 workout profiles contain embedded fitness prompts to maximize results
• Oversized water bottle holder and angle-adjustable fan
• Maximum user weight: 300 pounds
• Dimensions: 54 x 34 x 73 inches (L x W x H)
• Unit weight: 205 pounds
• Power requirements: AC adapter

Manufacturer’s Warranty
Frame – 10 years, parts – 2 years, electronics – 1 year, wear parts: 90 days

About Elliptical Trainers
Elliptical trainers represent the next wave of advancement in low-impact cardiovascular exercise machines and continue to grow in popularity. By simulating motions experienced through walking, stepping, cycling, and skiing, elliptical machines allow for a smooth and fluid motion while building strength in the arms and legs. Similar to the exercise position for treadmills, elliptical trainers are used by standing in an upright position while holding the handrails of the machine. With elliptical trainers, however, your feet remain in the foot pedals throughout the exercise regimen and circulate in a smooth and seamless motion, resulting in little to no impact on the knees, back, and hips.

Elliptical trainers are compatible for all ages and fitness levels and allow you to select the difficulty level through the incline and intensity settings. Additionally, elliptical trainers allow you to determine the complexity of your workout based on your needs, all while listening to music, watching television, or reading a magazine while exercising in the comfort and safety of your own home.

Although different types of elliptical trainers offer an assortment of features, many of them include an array of challenging programs, forward and reverse directional movement, EKG grip pulse handles, a lightweight portable design with easy fold-up capability, and a monitor displaying calories burned, distance, speed, time, and heart rate. Other types of exercise machines, namely treadmills and bikes, offer excellent cardiovascular exercise and muscular training for the legs in a forward-motion exercise. Elliptical trainers take this to the next level by offering an upper and lower body workout with dual motion, challenging and diverse programs, and a low-impact exercise machine that won’t strain sensitive joints.

Schwinn 460 Variable Stride Elliptical Trainer

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• Elliptical trainer with 8 electronic resistance levels and heavy-duty 14.3-pound flywheel
• 9 goal-based program options; extra-low 9.1-inch step-on height
• Non-backlit LCD display; 18-inch stride length; 275-pound capacity
• Efficient flywheel maintains pedal and arm momentum while offering smooth, quiet operation
• Measures 29 x 67 x 55 inches (W x H x D); 20-year warranty on brake

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The Horizon EX-57 elliptical gives you club-quality performance – from the smooth stride motion to the easy programmability – and recreates the feeling of running or walking without leaving home. 8 motorized resistance levels let you adjust the intensity of your workout, and the clear LCD screen displays heart rate and other key workout feedback.Amazon.com Product Description
Bring the gym into your home and enjoy an efficient, high-caliber workout with the Horizon EX-57 elliptical trainer, which works your legs as well as your upper body. Perfect for rigorous training routines, the EX-57 offers an eight-level electronic resistance system, along with a heavy 14-pound flywheel that maintains pedal and arm momentum while offering a smooth, quiet operation. More significantly from a user perspective, it offers nine goal-oriented programs. You can choose one of three different goals (time, distance, and calories) and one of three terrains (manual, reverse train, and hills). The crisp LCD screen, meanwhile, offers key workout feedback, helping you develop an effective training regimen.

Horizon employs a heavy-duty flywheel that provides continuous velocity, so as your feet move the pedals, the flywheel’s momentum carries you through the complete motion. As a result, the trainer feels very natural and not at all choppy. Plus, the flywheel is extremely quiet, making the trainer ideal for home use. Horizon also applies a magnetic brake to the flywheel, creating more consistent resistance during a workout. And the instep-stacked flywheel design–where the flywheel sits above the pedals rather than in line with them–delivers a lower step-on height for easy access, along with a stride length that’s longer, more natural, and more versatile regardless of the user, workout type, and fitness level. As an added benefit, the unit is smaller and shorter than other ellipticals, so it fits in almost any room, including low-ceiling basements.

Horizon’s Ergoflow elliptical geometry is built around your body, not the machine’s components. The distance between the pedals have also been narrowed to create a more natural walking motion, and the pivoting footpad imitates how your foot’s position changes as you move forward. And a more natural, ergonomic movement means less stress on your knees, hips, and lowers back, so you enjoy longer workouts and faster results.

Elliptical Trainer Features:

• Resistance: Electronic
• Resistance range: 1 to 8 resistance levels
• Flywheel: 14.3-pound flywheel for fluid, quiet motion
• Step-on height: 9.8 inches
• Stride length: 18 inches
• Pedal spacing: 2.8 inches
• Screen: Non-backlit LCD (2.4 x 4.8 inches)
• Programs: 9
• Program type: Choose 1 of 3 different goals (time, distance, calories) and 1 of 3 terrains (manual, reverse train, and hills)
• Weight capacity: 275 pounds
• Dimensions: 29 x 67 x 55 inches (W x H x D)
• Weight: 163 pounds
• Warranties: Lifetime on frame; 20 years on brake; 1 year on parts and labor

About Elliptical Trainers
Elliptical trainers represent the next wave of advancement in low-impact cardiovascular exercise machines and continue to grow in popularity. By simulating motions experienced through walking, stepping, cycling, and skiing, elliptical machines allow for a smooth and fluid motion while building strength in the arms and legs. Similar to the exercise position for treadmills, elliptical trainers are used by standing in an upright position while holding the handrails of the machine. With elliptical trainers, however, your feet remain in the foot pedals throughout the exercise regimen and circulate in a smooth and seamless motion, resulting in little to no impact on the knees, back, and hips.

Elliptical trainers are compatible for all ages and fitness levels and allow you to select the difficulty level through the incline and intensity settings. Additionally, elliptical trainers allow you to determine the complexity of your workout based on your needs, all while listening to music, watching television, or reading a magazine while exercising in the comfort and safety of your own home.

Many elliptical trainers include an array of challenging programs, forward and reverse directional movement, EKG grip pulse handles, a lightweight portable design with easy fold-up capability, and a monitor displaying calories burned, distance, speed, time, and heart rate. Other types of exercise machines, namely treadmills and bikes, offer excellent cardiovascular exercise and muscular training for the legs in a forward-motion exercise. Elliptical trainers take this to the next level by offering an upper and lower body workout with dual motion, challenging and diverse programs, and a low-impact exercise machine that won’t strain sensitive joints.

About Horizon Fitness
Horizon is part of Johnson Health Tech, one of the largest manufacturers of fitness equipment in the world. The company is committed to designing, engineering, and manufacturing superior products for health clubs and homes. Horizon’s manufacturing facilities rank among the most sophisticated in the industry, with an intricate mix of robotics and skilled workers that maintain the highest standards of accuracy and quality. Every stage of manufacturing undergoes a testing phase, and 10 percent of Horizon’s products go through a rigorous quality inspection that includes completely taking them apart and reassembling them.

Horizon Fitness EX-57 Elliptical Trainer

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