The Reebok Treadmill Model 9500 ES is so packed with features that I wonder if it should be described as a treadmill at all! Combining fitness with fun, its more of a one stop workout and mini entertainment venue right there in your own home. An expensive gadget or a cheaper alternative to a fitness membership? I guess that depends on how much you pay at your fitness center, and how often you use it.
Another thing that strikes you when you're looking around for advice on the Reebock Treadmill Model 9500 ES, and other Reebok treadmills - made by ICON Health and Fitness - is the manufacturer's description. There's a trademark attached to so many of the features, and without sounding negative about the product itself, do we really care if the fan, or incline control has some kind of made-up name for the sake of adding a TM after it, and does it make the treadmill any more attractive to buyers? I doubt it! For the purpose of this review, however, I have included all the ® and (TM) logos where appropriate, and you can see for yourself how ridiculous it starts to appear.
Main specifications:
Motor: 3.5 CHP Commercial grade
Incline: 0-12% Power Incline(TM)
Speed: 0-12 mph One Touch(TM) Speed Control
Running surface: 60" x 20"
Heart Rate: EKG(TM) Heart Rate Monitor
Folding feature: SpaceSaver® Fold Away Design
Shock Absorption: DMX(TM) Adjustable Impact
Max user weight: 350 lbs
Warranty: Motor - 20 years
Workout:
The Reebok Treadmill Model 9500 ES has a huge choice of 35 built-in programs, including four pre-set options, two event training programs, two for heart rate control, and six calibrated weight loss programs. If that's not enough, the 9500 ES is also compatible with iFit® Interactive Technology, which is like having a virtual personal trainer! The belt on this model is a very good size for a home treadmill, at 60" in length and 20" wide, giving a decent running surface and a more comfortable workout for those with longer legs. With speeds of up to 12mph thanks to the 3.5 CHP commercial grade motor, the Reebok 9500 ES is able to compete with some of the treadmills you see at the gym. Another attractive feature is the One Touch(TM) Speed Control, making it quick and easy to adjust your speed to your required level.
Console:
A multi-color LED display on the console shows the usual readouts for speed, time, distance and heart rate, and the integrated AutoBreeze(TM) Fan on the Reebock Treadmill Model 9500 ES will help keep you cool during your workout. The piece de resistance on this treadmill has to be the entertainment center. Featuring a 7" interactive flat screen, built in speakers, sub woofer and MP3 system, the Reebok Treadmill Model 9500 ES will surely make your regular workout an enjoyable experience.
Design and Warranty:
The folding feature of the Reebok Treadmill Model 9500 ES offers a convenient solution for home fitness users. The SpaceSaver® Fold Away Design with Easy Lift Assist Shock makes quick work of storing the unit away when you need the space.
The standard warranty on this model is one year for parts and labor, and 20 years for the motor. This, for me, is where it falls down when compared to some of the other folding treadmills; for example the Sole F80 includes a 30-year deck and motor warranty, and 5 years for its other parts.
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How Can Virtual Companies Ensure Compliance?
First and foremost, the buck stops here. With this recognition comes the understanding that there are several crucial elements that require attention, like for example, enough fundraising and proper investment strategies, right-sized resourcing, and ongoing maintenance of infrastructure. Stakeholders have to have clarity about the end point they are attempting to achieve.
Likewise, a clinical study has to be carried out to deliver the necessary data required for a successful filing, and the business must be capable of building and running a compliant supply chain and the supporting infrastructure.
The study has to include a quality system to make sure obligations can be met assertively. This quality system has to be owned by the company and must be overseen by permanent and committed staff who must have a minimum level of technical knowledge and competence to organize procedures to meet a successful conclusion.
Then there is the subject of procurement and contracting. When third parties are accountable for delivering critical regulatory inputs, study or commercial supplies, and key business support, it is crucial to have advanced procurement skills.
Virtual companies may be tempted to use current scientific and technical staff to carry out these activities, and to hand things over to the lawyers at the final stage to put in the boilerplate words and a stamp for signature, but if there was a recipe for underperformance, this will be it.
Procurement is a strategic activity because the services and relationships in the contractor base can signify the difference between success and failure. Costs are considerable and can get out of hand unless the right agreements are made before performing the work.
Remember that CROs and contract manufacturing companies are professional contracting businesses that deserve a professional approach back. To be successful, virtual pharma companies have to understand that strategic procurement is a requisite.
In the end, virtual pharma can be a good or bad option, just as any other type of business model. We've heard and read about companies that have met and matched the challenge, and about many others that have failed miserably.
The stakeholders, investors, payers, providers, regulators, management boards, and staff, are the ones responsible for understanding the risks and opportunities intrinsic to the virtual model within this industry, where safety is critical.
And to help them understand what's at stake they have the pharmaceutical consultant, a neutral party that is ready to guide pharma companies in the right direction.
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Likewise, a clinical study has to be carried out to deliver the necessary data required for a successful filing, and the business must be capable of building and running a compliant supply chain and the supporting infrastructure.
The study has to include a quality system to make sure obligations can be met assertively. This quality system has to be owned by the company and must be overseen by permanent and committed staff who must have a minimum level of technical knowledge and competence to organize procedures to meet a successful conclusion.
Then there is the subject of procurement and contracting. When third parties are accountable for delivering critical regulatory inputs, study or commercial supplies, and key business support, it is crucial to have advanced procurement skills.
Virtual companies may be tempted to use current scientific and technical staff to carry out these activities, and to hand things over to the lawyers at the final stage to put in the boilerplate words and a stamp for signature, but if there was a recipe for underperformance, this will be it.
Procurement is a strategic activity because the services and relationships in the contractor base can signify the difference between success and failure. Costs are considerable and can get out of hand unless the right agreements are made before performing the work.
Remember that CROs and contract manufacturing companies are professional contracting businesses that deserve a professional approach back. To be successful, virtual pharma companies have to understand that strategic procurement is a requisite.
In the end, virtual pharma can be a good or bad option, just as any other type of business model. We've heard and read about companies that have met and matched the challenge, and about many others that have failed miserably.
The stakeholders, investors, payers, providers, regulators, management boards, and staff, are the ones responsible for understanding the risks and opportunities intrinsic to the virtual model within this industry, where safety is critical.
And to help them understand what's at stake they have the pharmaceutical consultant, a neutral party that is ready to guide pharma companies in the right direction.
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7 Weight Loss Tips You Don't Know About
There are thousands upon thousands of advice claiming to be the best weight loss tips floating around on the internet. I've tried to pull together the most useful that you may not have come across before and put them all in this article.
Keep a journal of your food intake
We often kid ourselves about exactly what we're putting in our mouths. Keeping a detailed, specific journal can often really open your eyes about your calorie intake and your ratios of fat, carbs and protein. In order to accurately journal your intake, you'll need to have a kitchen scale...
Weigh your food
We've grown used to having enormous portions and we aren't used to estimating by eye exactly what we're consuming. Often we only get the scales out when following a recipe. Never estimate cups by eye: always use a proper measuring cup. One cup is only 250ml, the size of a small coffee cup. Which brings me to...
Don't drink your calories
Prepared drinks can be incredibly fattening. A Starbucks large cappuccino can be up to 180 calories. One small glass of orange juice is 100 calories. A can of Mountain Dew is 110 calories. A cola is 100 calories per can - and we all know people who can drink a 6-pack per day. Your best bet is water - your body needs water to hydrate it, not sugary liquids.
See your goal
Quite often we say to ourselves "I want to lose weight" or "I want to get skinny" but without any precise definition of where we want to end up. Pick a specific weight - perhaps with the help of your doctor or a BMI chart - or a specific dress size. Be realistic - if you're 5ft10, you're never going to weigh 120lbs.
Once you've got your specific goal in mind, visualise that goal. If you've been that weight before, try to find a photo of yourself at that weight and put it somewhere prominent. If you don't have a photo, try using a virtual model generator - try mvm.com for a free online service.
Make your choices rationally
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Have a specific plan in mind for how you will reach your goal. I would advise against setting a time-frame - it can be de-motivating if the weight doesn't come off quickly enough. Specific actions could be: eat no more than 1800 calories per day, join a gym and go at least 3 times per week, eat 5 portions of fruit and vegetables every day, do not eat takeout.
Now when you're faced with one of those decisions - such as "It's Friday night and I don't have any food in the house, maybe I'll just get a pizza delivered" - think about the choice you're making. Is your choice going to help, or hinder you, in getting to your goal? Each time you make a hard decision to stay on your path to health, those decisions will get easier.
Believe you deserve it
It's been my experience that many of us who struggle with our weight have issues with confidence and self-esteem. Quite often this can be a vicious circle - we eat badly, so we weigh more, so we despise ourselves, so we eat more, so we weigh more... it just goes around and around. You need to drop a brick wall in front of that train of negative thought.
You may feel right now that your body is an inconvenience and an embarrassment. But treating it badly is never going to change that. As long as you keep feeding it rubbish and denying it exercise, it's going to stay the same state - or get worse. You must make a commitment to yourself to treat your body with respect - because it's part of you, and you deserve respect.
If right now you can't grasp that - if you can hear it but not believe it - behave as if you believe it anyway. Once you start respecting your body, and it begins to respond to that respect by losing fat, becoming more responsive, giving you less pain, you will start to respect it anyway, and thereby yourself.
Celebrate success, but don't punish failure
If you've had a slip-up, given in to temptation, it's easy to say "Well, this day is ruined, so I may as well eat like a pig for the rest of it." Then the day becomes a week... the week becomes a month... then it's "til after my birthday"... and before you know it, it's next year and you're another 20lbs heavier.
When you do slip up - and we're only human, it will happen - don't give in to despair or self-loathing. Just say to yourself, "OK, I made a mistake. I'll just get back on track now and the rest of the day will be fine." If you're able, add some more exercise to offset the extra intake.
Don't try to punish yourself for being human. You've already punished yourself by eating something unhealthy.
On the more cheerful side, when you've reached a milestone, celebrate. It's good to have a list of mini-goals on your journey, and what you'll do to celebrate each one. A new outfit, a pair of shoes, a hair cut, a spa treatment - whatever you like, as long as it's not a food treat!
With this list of weight loss tips, you'll be ready for your journey to health.
Karen Barr is a mother, designer, and lifelong dieter. She owns and operates TopFastWeightLoss.com, a dieter's resource for weight loss news, reviews, tips and opinion.
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/6156248
Keep a journal of your food intake
We often kid ourselves about exactly what we're putting in our mouths. Keeping a detailed, specific journal can often really open your eyes about your calorie intake and your ratios of fat, carbs and protein. In order to accurately journal your intake, you'll need to have a kitchen scale...
Weigh your food
We've grown used to having enormous portions and we aren't used to estimating by eye exactly what we're consuming. Often we only get the scales out when following a recipe. Never estimate cups by eye: always use a proper measuring cup. One cup is only 250ml, the size of a small coffee cup. Which brings me to...
Don't drink your calories
Prepared drinks can be incredibly fattening. A Starbucks large cappuccino can be up to 180 calories. One small glass of orange juice is 100 calories. A can of Mountain Dew is 110 calories. A cola is 100 calories per can - and we all know people who can drink a 6-pack per day. Your best bet is water - your body needs water to hydrate it, not sugary liquids.
See your goal
Quite often we say to ourselves "I want to lose weight" or "I want to get skinny" but without any precise definition of where we want to end up. Pick a specific weight - perhaps with the help of your doctor or a BMI chart - or a specific dress size. Be realistic - if you're 5ft10, you're never going to weigh 120lbs.
Once you've got your specific goal in mind, visualise that goal. If you've been that weight before, try to find a photo of yourself at that weight and put it somewhere prominent. If you don't have a photo, try using a virtual model generator - try mvm.com for a free online service.
Make your choices rationally
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Have a specific plan in mind for how you will reach your goal. I would advise against setting a time-frame - it can be de-motivating if the weight doesn't come off quickly enough. Specific actions could be: eat no more than 1800 calories per day, join a gym and go at least 3 times per week, eat 5 portions of fruit and vegetables every day, do not eat takeout.
Now when you're faced with one of those decisions - such as "It's Friday night and I don't have any food in the house, maybe I'll just get a pizza delivered" - think about the choice you're making. Is your choice going to help, or hinder you, in getting to your goal? Each time you make a hard decision to stay on your path to health, those decisions will get easier.
Believe you deserve it
It's been my experience that many of us who struggle with our weight have issues with confidence and self-esteem. Quite often this can be a vicious circle - we eat badly, so we weigh more, so we despise ourselves, so we eat more, so we weigh more... it just goes around and around. You need to drop a brick wall in front of that train of negative thought.
You may feel right now that your body is an inconvenience and an embarrassment. But treating it badly is never going to change that. As long as you keep feeding it rubbish and denying it exercise, it's going to stay the same state - or get worse. You must make a commitment to yourself to treat your body with respect - because it's part of you, and you deserve respect.
If right now you can't grasp that - if you can hear it but not believe it - behave as if you believe it anyway. Once you start respecting your body, and it begins to respond to that respect by losing fat, becoming more responsive, giving you less pain, you will start to respect it anyway, and thereby yourself.
Celebrate success, but don't punish failure
If you've had a slip-up, given in to temptation, it's easy to say "Well, this day is ruined, so I may as well eat like a pig for the rest of it." Then the day becomes a week... the week becomes a month... then it's "til after my birthday"... and before you know it, it's next year and you're another 20lbs heavier.
When you do slip up - and we're only human, it will happen - don't give in to despair or self-loathing. Just say to yourself, "OK, I made a mistake. I'll just get back on track now and the rest of the day will be fine." If you're able, add some more exercise to offset the extra intake.
Don't try to punish yourself for being human. You've already punished yourself by eating something unhealthy.
On the more cheerful side, when you've reached a milestone, celebrate. It's good to have a list of mini-goals on your journey, and what you'll do to celebrate each one. A new outfit, a pair of shoes, a hair cut, a spa treatment - whatever you like, as long as it's not a food treat!
With this list of weight loss tips, you'll be ready for your journey to health.
Karen Barr is a mother, designer, and lifelong dieter. She owns and operates TopFastWeightLoss.com, a dieter's resource for weight loss news, reviews, tips and opinion.
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