Bowflex TreadClimber TC20

Bowflex TreadClimber TC20 Review

Bowflex TreadClimber TC20 Feature

• The G.O. CoachTM console is an interactive program that interacts with the user to establish goals, monitor progress and compare results
• Personalize your workout with customizable goal-oriented programming
• G.O. CoachTM technology delivers customized programming for two users and goal progress displays
• 3 Landmark challenges to keep you energized just like being monitored by a personal trainer
• Set, monitor, and track personal fitness goals - and improvements

Work out smarter and more efficiently with the top-of-the-line TreadClimber TC20, which comes with five standard workouts and three "landmark" workouts to raise your heart rate quickly.

The Bowflex dual treadle system.

The TC20 delivers an impressively low-impact fitness routine that's easy on your joints. As a result, your "perceived exertion" is incredibly low. That means you'll burn more calories on a TreadClimber than you would with other cardio machines, but won't feel as tired when you're done. You'll get the effects--and the results--without feeling the fatigue. A University of Wisconsin study indicates that TreadClimber technology lets you burn up to 3.5 times the calories in the same amount of time as with other cardio machines.

The TC20 burns up to 3.5x more calories in the same amount of time as other cardio machines.

The secret to the TreadClimber TC20 is Bowflex's unique dual treadle system, which offers the benefits of three machines in one. In Action 1, the TC20 performs like a treadmill, with belts that move as you walk forward. In Action 2, the TC20 mimics a stair climber, with two independent treadles that move up and down. When you combine these actions, you get the third machine: an elliptical trainer that provides a smooth, low-impact motion. Cardio training on the TreadClimber TC20 not only helps you lose weight, but it also increases your energy level, improves your bone density, increases HDLs (the "good" cholesterol), reduces back pain, and makes you leaner.

The TreadClimber TC20 comes equipped with a fully backlit LCD display that monitors your speed, distance, time, calories, and heart rate. The machine also offers two personalized user profiles, with custom distance, calories, or time goals (the goals reset weekly). The profiles interact with the TC20's G.O. Coach console to establish targets, track progress, and compare results. And the TC20 helps maximize your workout efficiency thanks to its wireless heart rate monitor, which keeps you in your target heart rate zone. Other features include an instant Quick Start feature, an ergonomic console that provides easy access to water bottles and magazines, a speed range of 0.5 to 4.5 miles per hour, extra-long foot treadles, transport wheels for easy mobility, and a Bowflex body weight loss plan.

The TreadClimber is also available in entry-level TC5 and midrange TC10 models.

Specifications

• Speed range: 0.5 to 4.5 mph
• Electronic functions: Speed, distance, time, calories, and HR
• Dimensions: 31.5 by 55.25 by 55 inches (W x H x D)
• Minimum ceiling height: The treadles are 17 inches off the floor at their highest point. Add 17 inches to your height plus a couple of inches for clearance.
• Capacity: 300 pounds
• Weight: 217 pounds
• Warranty: 3 years

TreadClimber Comparison

	TC5	TC10	TC20
Maximum displayed speed	4.5 mph	4 mph	4.5 mph
Saved user profiles	0	1	2
Integrated heart rate monitor	No	No	Yes
Extended treadles	No	No	Yes
Display type	LCD	LCD	Backlit LCD
Display functions	4 (speed, distance, time, calories)	4 (speed, distance, time, calories)	5 (speed, distance, time, calories, HR)
Dimensions	27 x 52.8 x 43.1 inches (W x H x D)	30.3 x 52.3 x 50.6 inches (W x H x D)	31.5 x 55.25 x 55 inches (W x H x D)
Capacity	300 pounds	300 pounds	300 pounds
Weight	163 pounds	185 pounds	217 pounds
Warranty (covers entire machine)	1 year	2 years	3 years