Russell Watson, a PowerDeck and a hidden movie!

Thursday: We completed a belt-lube service to Russell Watson’s Spirit XT685 treadmill and fitted a PowerDeck to a Bremshey treadmill amongst other things!

The Spirit XT685 is a light-commercial treadmill and needs quite a lot of space. Russell uses it for general fitness when he is not on tour. These treadmills aren’t made to fold up like normal doemstic machines and so the bigger size allows these machines to accommodate a large motor, cooling fans and uprated electronics. That means they can run for 4-6 hours every day whereas a conventional domestic treadmill is limited to around 1 hour! The XT865 is a very nice machine if you have the space and it also comes with a lifetime warranty if you use it in your home. (Russell is currently on tour and involved in the Jubilee celebrations and he has a new album out http://www.russell-watson.com/?country_id=-1&skin=2 . Busy man!).

PowerDeck is the name of our own replacment running platform. The Bremshey treadmill it went on has had two new running platforms already and it’s only a few years old! Wisely, the owner decided that enough was enough and that it was time to upgrade to the PowerDeck. I think the PowerDeck will out-last the treadmill. The deck is made from high-grade marine ply and we add a special abrasive resistant running surface (the exact specifiaction is a trade secret). There is a movie on youtube which shows the front wheel of my 3.5T Renault Master van supported by a section of PowerDeck. I was going to add the movie to our website but it really needs re-shooting and I need to try to look more lively! So for now, it’s tucked away in the bowels of our youtube site (if you really want to see it, you can sneek a preview here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg-Nri2WkMA ).

 

The Treadmill Engineer
Northwick Associates Limited
Experts in fitness machine technology
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A stairmaster stepper required and a complete gym for sale

London today. Hot and sunny! Worked on a TrimMaster cross trainer, tunturi t60 treadmill, a new fitness treadmill, a stairmaster stepper and a Lifefitness 9500 cross trainer. The stairmaster stepper must have been 15 years old but was still going until recently when the resistance started to fail. It was a problem with the alternator brushes. The owner has decided to trade in for another model, so if you know of a decent quality used stepper For sale then please let me know......I'll be happy to put you in touch with the guy. I've also got a hot lead for a complete set of used gym machines if anyone is interested. This includes treadmills, cross trainers, bikes and weights machines. Ideal for a start up gum or somone looking to modernise/upgrade. I've seen a few photos and it looks in good condition. If you are interested then drop me an email to jon@northwick.eu ASAP. If you need any gym machine repairs, servicing or maintenance just ask, or visit my website www.northwick.eu

I've set up two links to this Blog. One is for positove feedback which tallys how many people like our treadmill repair service and another which is for negative feedback where we could improve. Both links end up here where people can express their views for the world to see!

Over a period of time, we will be able to add up the page hits and comments to get a quick and simple idea of how we are doing. Jon

Ok, so I'm going to use this blog for feedback so that our customers can tell us how well they think we are doing. Could be a risky move!