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25 Cyber Monday Exercise Equipment Deals 2020: Weights, Bikes, Rowing Machines, More

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We are roughly one month out from finishing this dumpster fire of a year, with one last big sale, which is today only: Cyber Monday (November 30). There’s been a flurry of sales all November leading up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but that hasn’t deterred major brands and retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and Theragun from slashing their prices for this shopping holiday. If you’re working from home, you likely don’t have all the time in the world to set alerts on who has the best deal on what. Chances are that you’re also working out from home, as gyms aren’t your best bet during a pandemic as they involve you staying indoors with a bunch of breathing people. And if you were relying on outdoor workouts, temperatures are dropping, forcing you inside. 

Which leaves you one last option, which is to beef up your at-home gym setup. If you’ve had your eye on a folding treadmill, stationary bike, rowing machine, weights, a new yoga mat, and/or on-demand exercise subscriptions, make moves ASAP to snatch up these last-chance Cyber savings so that you can make moves inside your own house. If you’re not adding to your cart now for your wallet, then at least do it for your health.

Retail giant Amazon, as expected, has some killer deals on all the at-home fitness equipment you could want to round out your home gym: Foldable treadmills, cycling machines, adjustable dumbbells, and more.

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Sunny Health & Fitness Folding Treadmill

This compact folding treadmill is Amazon’s number one bestseller, with some intrepid shoppers noting that it’s even possible to use as a walking desk if you afix a shelf to the top of it. It has three levels of manual inclines and includes nine built-in workout programs. 

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ATIVAFIT Adjustable Dumbbell for Workout Strength Training

Walmart is offering up to 40% off its fitness gear, from basics like step decks and pull-up bars, to serious equipment such as cycles and treadmills. 

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Costway 800W Portable Folding Electric Motorized Treadmill

Safety is key when it comes to this motorized machine, which features a Safety Key connect system and emergency stop button for added protection. The small but sturdy steel frame also comes equipped with a multifunction LED screen, handrails, and a holder for securely stashing your smartphone or iPad.

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Echelon Connect Sport Indoor Cycling Exercise Bike

Therabody’s self-massage devices are popular in the fitness community for their quickfire ability to massage sore, strained muscles. It’s kind of like a foam roller, but with a more powerful impact. The brand rarely has sales, and this one’s about to run out, so get to it. 

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Theragun Elite

This handheld percussive therapy device uses amplitude (depth), frequency (speed), and torque (force) to reach deep into your muscles to increase blood flow and decrease soreness and stiffness. It helped me move better after tough workouts, and also released tension in my shoulders after leaning over a laptop all day.

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Theragun Prime

This ergonomic percussive device boasts a 120-minute battery

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Top 3 best Kohl’s Cyber Monday fitness deals of the day: cheap treadmill, exercise bike and elliptical offers on NOW

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Are you after the best Kohl’s Cyber Monday fitness deals? We have them right here: no need to hunt down the best Cyber Monday deals at Kohl’s. As well as these this handy list of well-priced treadmills, exercise bikes and ellipticals, we have a top 3 Fitbit deals at Kohl’s and a top 3 Garmin deals at Kohl’s roundup too. In case you would like to compliment your new cardio machine machine with a new fitness wearable.

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Check out the best Garmin watch deals and all the best deals from the Fitbit Black Friday/Cyber Monday Sale. Some of the the best Black Friday treadmill deals, best Black Friday exercise bike deals and best Black Friday elliptical deals are still on too.

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ProForm Crosswalk LT Treadmill | Buy it for $399.99 at Kohl’s
Have you ever wondered if it was possible to do Nordic walking indoors but without using an elliptical? After all, elliptical trainers take up more space than treadmills, and definitely more than foldable treadmills. Well, aren’t you lucky, as this ProForm Crosswalk LT Treadmill is pretty much does all of the above and it is also cheap, like sub-$400 cheap. ProForm Crosswalk LT Treadmill connects to iFit where you can access thousands of on-demand workouts (subscription sold separately). Buy this treadmill today!View Deal

Sunny Health & Fitness SF-B2883 Magnetic Upright Exercise Bike | Buy it for $449.99 at Kohl’s
This upright exercise bike can track speed, RPM, time, distance, calories burned, wattage, heart rate and more. The Sunny Health & Fitness SF-B2883 Magnetic Upright Exercise Bike also comes with 24 pre-installed workout programs and even a built-in bottle holder/device holder. The handles have an integrated heart rate sensor so you can keep tabs on the old ticker as you pedal away. The sturdy steel frame makes this bike solid and durable. Only $449.99!View Deal

Sunny Health & Fitness SF-E3919 Premium Cardio Climber | Buy it for $699.99 at Kohl’s
You have been eyeballing the Bowflex BXE226 elliptical trainer for a while but could never justify the asking price? How about getting this Sunny Health & Fitness elliptical trainer instead? This capable device can climb to a vertical height of 9 inches and stride a horizontal distance of 7 inches plus has a 14lb inertia-ready flywheel. Handles are heart rate sensor enabled and this bad boy even has a calendar, clock and a thermometer. Choose from 8 levels of magnetic resistance. Just $699.99!View Deal

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T3 guides to the Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales

Cyber Monday sales around the web

  • Allsaints – 30% off everything
  • Amazon.co.uk – huge sale from Friday 20 to Monday 30 November
  • AO.com – 1,000 deals on household appliances large and small
  • Argos – big deals with same-day home delivery
  • ASOS– savings on over 850 brands from 27 – 30
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Exercise is medicine, even in the middle of a pandemic

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Maimonides (Rambam), the great 12th century Torah scholar and physician, sums up the Jewish attitude toward exercise: “As long as a person exercises and exerts himself…sickness does not befall him and his strength increases…. But one who is idle and does not exercise…even if he eats healthy foods and maintains healthy habits, all his days will be of ailment and his strength will diminish.” The Rambam defined exercise as “vigorous or gentle movement, or a combination of the two, which increases one’s breathing rate.” Interestingly, this is exactly the type of cardiovascular exercise advised by modern medicine – like walking, jogging, dancing, biking, or swimming for 30 minutes at least three times a week.However, social distancing, self-quarantining, and the closure of many gyms have made it harder to exercise. In desperation, many people have turned to walking or jogging outdoors – not permitted in Israel during the first lockdown — while others have found benefit in turning to online workouts. During the first wave, my wife and I did in fact discover a very good online exercise program.Certainly, the physical benefits of exercise are many: increased strength and stamina, fitness, speed and power as well as aesthetic appeal. In addition, over the past 20 years, hundreds of studies have shown that exercise provides numerous emotional benefits such as lowering depression and anxiety and improving overall self-esteem and confidence. In fact, I would argue that regular exercise is a vital coping tool in dealing with the multitude of problems, challenges and stressors that are part of everyday life.Below I list a few of the emotional and physical benefits of exercise.1. When you exercise, your brain produces endorphins (endogenous morphine) that block the feelings of pain and create feelings of euphoria by attaching to receptors on the outer surfaces of brain cells.2. Exercise also increases the production of serotonin and norepinephrine (adrenaline), which is the neurotransmitter in the brain that is associated with all kinds of psychological disorders. Researchers have established that individuals experiencing depression tend to have lower levels of serotonin and adrenaline in their blood. Through exercise, these neurotransmitters are increased and help people to feel less depressed, more optimistic, less worried and more confident.

3. During the COVID-19 pandemic: Exercise boosts the immune system. Research shows that regular, moderate-intensity exercise has immune-boosting benefits that may reduce symptoms of illnesses and disease, ranging from cancer to the common cold. Even arthritis and gastrointestinal disorders are relieved through exercise.4. Exercise allows you to express your frustrations, disappointments, anger, and negative energy in a positive way. Psychologically and physically, exercise gives you more energy and confidence to improve your relationships with family and friends and problem-solve more effectively.5. Exercise increases self-confidence, which positively affects your professional, personal and social lives.6. Exercise shows your kids the importance of being healthy and fit. You’ll be a positive role model. The emotional benefits of exercise can reach your children and beyond.7.

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Work out with these active exercise titles

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(Pocket-lint) – Videogames have long since moved past worries about inactivity and sedentary behaviour – while it’s true that many games will suck players into playing for hours at a time without much benefit to their physical wellbeing, the relaxation and enjoyment they offer is almost peerless.

  • Best dieting apps: 8 apps to help you lose weight at home

That said, there is still a range of games on the market that could scratch both itches, giving you fun gameplay and systems to interact with, while also getting your pulse pounding and helping you to keep active. Right now, given how many of us are spending large amounts of time at home, that could be the perfect combination.

So, to that end, we’ve gathered together some of the very best active videogames for you, so that you can get a burst of exercise without leaving your home, all with the help of your games console. 

Our pick of the best exercise games to buy or try today

Ring Fit Adventure

Nintendo’s latest fitness game, after the success of Wii Fit so many years ago, is an absolute sensation. It’s flown off the shelves, making it really difficult to find at the moment, but if you can spot it in stock anywhere it’s the perfect fitness title for the stay-at-home age. 

With the aid of flexible Ring-con controller and a leg strap, you’ll squat, stretch and flex your way through workouts masquerading as a quasi-RPG, and have a great time doing it. It’s beautifully designed and will help you get a bit fitter while monitoring your progress and encouraging you along the way.

Just Dance 2021

Another staple on the active gaming scene is the Just Dance series, which is available on the Switch, Xbox One and PS4. It’s a full-body rhythm action game, challenging you to dance along to a soundtrack full of popping tracks, matching your movements to the directions on-screen.

It’s a colourful, glorious bit of fun, and while it doesn’t have to be massively exerting if you play it concertedly and make sure to keep up the regularity of your sessions, it can be a great way of staying active without necessarily feeling like you’re flogging yourself with workouts. 

Fitness Boxing

Another great game for the Switch, Fitness Boxing takes maximum advantage of the Joy-Con controllers to let you take virtual boxing lessons and punch your way to getting fit.

It’s more explicitly about fitness than some of the others on this list, which brings with it a different tone and a bit more potential intensity to make sure that even if you get properly in shape it’ll still offer up solid workouts. It might not have the lustre of more mainstream efforts, but it’s still a great option. 

Beat Saber

Moving into the world of VR, Beat Saber is a really fun VR game that’s pretty taxing

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Fitness Innovator Dragon Door Releases ‘Get Strong’ Exercise Program by Al Kavadlo & Danny Kavadlo, exclusively for the TriadXP Fitness App

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LITTLE CANADA, Minn., Oct. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Dragon Door Publications, Inc. and Triad Fitness Group, LLC, creator of the TriadXP fitness platform, announced the upcoming release of an in-app version of Al Kavadlo and Danny Kavadlo’s ” Get Strong” exercise program. “Get Strong” is the ultimate 16-week transformation program for gaining muscle and strength—using the power of progressive calisthenics. Al and Danny Kavadlo, two exceptional personal trainers, specialize in bodyweight training as a singular method to build an impressive physique, increase strength, and improve athletic performance, mobility, and flexibility. Plus, the new TriadXP in-app version makes it easier and hassle-free for users to perform their workouts and track their results anywhere, anytime.

“If you want to get as strong as possible, you need intelligent progression,” said John Du Cane, CEO of Dragon Door Publications. “That’s why ‘Get Strong’ is such a phenomenal program, and using the TriadXP fitness app to perform it and track your results makes it even more effective.”

The Kavadlo brothers’ plan starts with building a proper foundation. From there, it gradually progresses you through four phases of strength, giving you the proper progressions and programming details to take you beyond what you ever thought possible. The brothers have also outdone themselves with incredible exercise visuals. Users will find this in-app exercise program packed with well-thought-out, clearly delivered guidance, and beautiful imagery.

The “Get Strong” in-app exercise program will be available in both the Dragon Door and TriadXP online stores. Exercisers can perform it with the free TriadXP fitness app, which provides workout guidance, tracking, and portability; it can be streamed to a mobile device or downloaded to a user’s device for offline performance in remote training areas. TriadXP’s in-app exercise programs provide users with audio and visual workout cues and tracks duration, reps, distance, and resistance while exercising. This premium fitness program from the Kavadlo brothers has been delivering extraordinary results for years but hasn’t been available on mobile devices…until now!

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Dragon Door Publications is a publisher of innovative fitness content that offers effective, safe, and proven methods for maintaining a high level of health and physical performance over the longterm. The company is best known for having launched the modern kettlebell movement in 2001. Learn more at www.dragondoor.com

About TriadXP.com
TriadXP.com, a fitness content platform from Triad Fitness Group, provides services and technology to allow content providers to convert text-based programs and related exercise imagery and videos into in-app exercise programs to be performed and tracked with the TriadXP mobile app. The app is free and compatible with iOS and Android devices. TriadXP is making workouts better for everyone. Learn more at www.triadxp.com

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Auckland cemetery visitor slams exercise group running a loud fitness boot camp next to graveyard

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Rest in beats: Mourning son paying his respects to his late father at a cemetery is interrupted by a fitness boot camp playing loud music

  • A man visited an Auckland cemetery to mourn his dead father on his birthday 
  • His sacred silence was broken by a loud exercise boot camp blaring pop music  
  • He asked them if they thought it was appropriate and they ‘seemed astounded’  
  • The man filmed the group and sent the clip to the Purewa Cemetery Trust Board
  • The board manager said the exercise group was ordered to stop months ago

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A mourning son has spoken of his anger after being interrupted while paying his respects to his father at a cemetery by a fitness group working out to loud music. 

The man, who wished to remain anonymous, visited the Purewa Cemetery in Auckland, New Zealand, on Tuesday to visit his dad’s resting place.

But the sacred silence was broken by a fitness group blaring loud pop music, shouting instructions and jumping up and down.  

Speaking to the New Zealand Herald, the man said the work out session should not have taken place there.

‘I go there on his birthday and the day he died every year. Suddenly I’m hearing music and these people are jumping up and down and someone yelling out, “one, two” and on further investigation I found these people having their fitness class,’ the man said. 

‘I walked up to them and asked if it was really an appropriate place to be doing what they were doing. They seemed quite astounded that someone would be upset.

‘If you saw people hooning around and driving up and down playing loud music you’d say that wouldn’t be acceptable behaviour so I don’t see why running a fitness club in a graveyard is.’         

The man decided to film the fitness group, which was made up of up to 15 people exercising outside of the chapel – just metres away from his father’s grave. 

In the video, the group can be seen squatting and jumping to the tune of ‘If I Can’t Have You’ by Shawn Mendes while an instructor shouts: ’10 seconds, push it!’ 

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In the video (screenshot pictured), the group can be seen squatting and jumping to the tune of ‘If I Can’t Have You’ by Shawn Mendes while an instructor shouts: ’10 seconds, push it!’

He sent the video in an email to the Purewa Cemetery Trust Board demanding that something be done about the workout group.   

Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, board general manager Alastair Crombie said the group had been ordered to stop working out at the grounds months ago.  

‘Historically, many years ago they were given permission by previous management to exercise under cover during winter but it was rescinded,’ Mr Crombie said. 

‘Four or five, maybe even six months ago even, they were told they wouldn’t be able to continue

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Stretching before and after exercise

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With the weather improving, you may have noticed growing numbers of joggers and runners appearing around your local area. It’s a common sight to see them stepping out of a building, balancing on one foot as they grasp the other in a quadricep stretch while checking their smartwatch ahead of a cardio session. What you might not know is that this is poor stretching form. This is a static stretch, and it’s not a good idea to do one before a workout, explains Dubai-based fitness instructor and influencer Danny Jones.

“Static stretching before a workout is never advisable purely because the muscles aren’t warm and [this] can increase the risk of injury,” he says, adding that an active warm-up, which incorporates dynamic stretches would be more advisable.

Here, Jones breaks down everything you need to know about stretching – the types, when it’s best to do, what stretch, how much is enough and why they’re important for both improved performance and injury prevention.

Types of stretches

Broadly speaking, there are three categories of stretch. “Static stretching refers to the body being in a static position and holding stretches for a set period of time. Dynamic stretching is a more coordinated and controlled movement that takes the muscles through a set range of motion in order to promote more blood flow to that specific area. Ballistic stretching is a more uncoordinated and uncontrolled stretching technique which uses momentum or bouncing in order to increase the elastic threshold of the muscle.”

For a great pair of dynamic stretches, Jones recommends inchworms – standing with your feet, bend at the hips and then walk your hands forward into an extended plank position, before walking them back – with a hold, before samson lunges, which are similar to regular lunges but with your rear knee on the ground and fingers interlocked above your head to stretch the psoas.

When it comes to lifting, whether you’re doing high weights on low repetitions or large numbers of reps at lighter loads, Jones says this shouldn’t impact your stretching routine. “The only difference between someone weight training versus endurance, is that person will be working specific muscle groups within that workout and is more likely to only stretch the muscle groups that they have used, whereas typically an endurance athlete will incorporate a full-body stretch after a long run, bike or swim, for example, due to the large number of muscles used to perform the exercises.”

Common errors

One of the most frequent mistakes Jones sees his clients make when stretching is duration. “People often rush their stretches without spending enough time in each position – this defeats the object of stretching in the first place as there is zero benefit in holding a stretch for less than ten seconds.”

Another error is bouncing, which commonly occurs during ballistic stretching – this can increase the risk of injury, especially if your muscles aren’t warm. “It takes the muscle through a greater range of motion

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Fitness: Exercise is a golden opportunity for older adults

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Another unexpected finding is that peak oxygen uptake, a measure of cardiovascular fitness, showed no age-related decline over the course of the study. This is good news for older exercisers, as a decline in peak oxygen uptake is typical in this age group and is associated with an increased risk of premature death and coronary heart disease.

The bottom line is that there are a number of options for older adults who want to reap all the health benefits physical activity has to offer. It’s also clear that for active older adults, judging the effectiveness of a workout by its length or intensity isn’t a good practice.

“The central implication is that either shorter-duration vigorous physical activity or longer-duration moderate physical activity or a combination of the two, that amount to the same amount of work each week, will have the same favourable health outcomes, with vigorous physical activity being the time-efficient alternative,” stated the researchers.

So go ahead and pick the workout of your choice — or better yet, mix it up between all three routines featured in this study. For older adults, not only does exercise have the potential to mitigate several of the negative health conditions associated with aging, it can truly make the latter decades of life golden.

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Exercise boosts physical, mental well-being of older cancer survivors

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Active older adults — cancer survivors included — are in better physical and mental health than their sedentary peers, a new study finds.

More regular moderate to vigorous physical activity and less sedentary time improve the mental and physical health of older cancer survivors and older people without a cancer diagnosis, say researchers from the American Cancer Society.

“The findings reinforce the importance of moving more and sitting less for both physical and mental health, no matter your age or history of cancer,” study co-author Dr. Erika Rees-Punia said.

“This is especially relevant now as so many of us, particularly cancer survivors, may be staying home to avoid COVID-19 exposure, and may be feeling a little isolated or down,” Rees-Punia added in a cancer society news release.

For the study, the research team analyzed aerobic and muscle-strengthening activities, sitting time and mental and physical health of nearly 78,000 people who took part in the society’s Cancer Prevention Study II Nutrition Cohort.

The researchers found clinically meaningful differences in mental and physical health between the most and least active, and the least and most sedentary.

They say the findings support the importance of regular exercise and less sitting time as a way to improve quality of life for older men and women.

The American Cancer Society physical activity guidelines recommend that adults get 150 to 300 minutes of moderate-intensity activity or 75 to 150 minutes of vigorous-intensity a week. They also advise limiting sedentary behaviors like screen time.

“A simple walk or other physical activity that you enjoy may be good for your mind and body,” Rees-Punia said.

The report was published this week in the journal Cancer.

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A top-quality alternative to a standard exercise bike

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Exercise bikes are a hugely popular home gym option, especially when you have limited space. But if you want to work your arms and torso as well you’ll also need weights or maybe a rowing machine, all of which take up extra space.

That’s where a machine like the JTX Mission AirBike comes in. Not only does it let you get your cycling fix, whatever the weather, but moving handlebars linked to the pedals also mean you can get a full-body workout at the same time.

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The benchmark machine in this sector is the Assault AirBike Classic, which you’ve probably seen lurking in the corner at your local gym. If you buy one for your own home gym you know you’re getting a certain level of quality but they’re expensive, typically costing £749.

The JTX Mission AirBike matches the Assault AirBike pretty much feature for feature and comes out on top in some areas, too, yet it costs £50 less.

Just like the Assault bike, build quality is excellent with a heavy-gauge steel frame and large, steel-bladed fan providing robust longevity.

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Wheels at the front help you move it around (although its 65kg heft means you’ll need someone to help you carry it anywhere) and the saddle has 300mm of height adjustment and 80mm of fore-aft adjustment to help you find a comfortable position.

However, the JTX machine edges in front with a few key advantages. It uses a quiet, maintenance-free belt drive instead of a chain, its handlebars offer multiple positions instead of the one on the Assault Bike, and it has the option to connect a heart rate monitor as well. You have to step up to the £1,249 Assault Bike Elite to get that feature.

Add in a two-year in-home repair warranty (which we doubt you’ll need given how well-made the bike feels), and you have a very good value all-round package.

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Like all air bikes, the key to how this bike works is the large fan at the front, which is used to generate resistance instead of the flywheels and brakes that regular exercise bikes employ.

This generates resistance that’s directly related directly to the effort you put in, so there’s no need to fumble around with buttons to set the resistance level as you exercise – just push the pedal/handlebars harder for a more intense workout.

Another neat side benefit to using air-resistance exercise bikes is they’re mostly self-powered; only a couple of AA batteries are required to power the computer and display. You don’t need to plug it into the mains or turn it on and wait for it to fire up. Just jump on and start working out. It’s simplicity itself.

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