Preventative maintenance from experienced, certified service experts is very important for exercise equipment to keep costly repairs away.
With a special price of $119.99 (savings from $149) per item, At Home Fitness can have your equipment working at peak efficiency and save it from running into big problems down the road.
Today, here’s a look at what the At Home Fitness’ service experts will look at when inspecting and tuning up your treadmill:
• Inspect and/or adjust running belt alignment and tension.
• Inspect running deck and belt for wear. Amperage draw test.
• Inspect lift motor calibration and function.
• Inspect all electrical connections.
• Inspect and/or adjust both drive and take-up rollers.
• Wipe down running bed and display console.
• Inspect and/or adjust drive belt alignment and tension.
• Inspect and/or adjust motor speed sensor.
• Inspect drive motor brushes and commutator.
• Inspect motor controller P.C.B.
• Lubricate deck as needed.
• Vacuum under hood of treadmill.
At Home Fitness has retail locations in Scottsdale, Ahwatukee, Desert Ridge and Gilbert, but will service and repair exercise equipment all over the Valley. They make house calls and service most major brands – whether you bought them at At Home Fitness or not.
Call the service department at 480-940-1022 for more information or to service a house call.
At Home Fitness consultant Aaron Dorksen’s blog deals with a variety of fitness topics, ranging from workout tips, motivational ideas and feature stories on how exercise impacts people’s lives. E-mail him with comments, questions or ideas for future blogs at aaron@athomefitness.com

Before, during and after the sale At Home Fitness is a one-stop source for the best specialty fitness equipment and service in Arizona.
Actually, make that a four-stop provider because At Home Fitness has four specialty fitness superstores in Arizona.
At Home Fitness is proud to offer the following superstore locations:
* Awatukee- 14647 So. 50th St., Phoenix, AZ 85044 (480-940-1022);
* Desert Ridge Marketplace – 21001 N. Tatum Blvd, Phoenix, 85050 (480-513-1123);
* Gilbert – 2810 S. Market St., Gilbert, AZ 85295 (480-855-6044) and;
* Scottsdale – 6969 E. Shea Blvd, Scottsdale, AZ 85254 (480-951-6951).
For Commercial Sales call 888-351-6951, while the Service Department can be reached at 480-940-1022 or email Support@AtHomeFitness.com.
AT HOME FITNESS RETAIL – At Home Fitness offers treadmills, exercise bikes, elliptical machines, home gyms, vibration training machines and many more of the best deals on exercise equipment in Arizona at its superstores and online at www.athomefitness.com. Exercise equipment for people of all ages and fitness backgrounds can be found at At Home Fitness.
Not only does At Home Fitness sell the most fitness equipment and have the best selection in Arizona, it also has the most knowledgeable team of fitness associates to get you set up with the right equipment at the right price.
Whether you’re a veteran fitness enthusiast or a beginner trying to get started down a healthier road, At Home Fitness can set you up with the right exercise equipment.
Unlike sales associates in most chain stores, the highly trained At Home Fitness staff knows the fitness business inside and out. They’re dedicated to staying fit themselves and constantly learning about fitness equipment.
So if you’re wondering questions such as, “should I get a treadmill or elliptical machine,” or “what’s the difference between an upright bike and a recumbent bike,” or “should I buy a home gym or functional trainer,” At Home Fitness is the place to get your answers.
Or maybe you’re wondering if you should invest in dumbbells or kettle bells, or simply in need of fitness equipment accessories such as exercise mats, power tubes or even pain relief gel, At Home Fitness has those accessories and countless more. Perhaps you want to ask about the new, highly efficient and effective vibration training machines that At Home Fitness is now carrying.
The At Home Fitness associates will listen – and then show you the best fitness equipment to fit your needs in our giant showrooms.
Fitness equipment prices are as big of a concern as ever, and At Home fitness has equipment to fit your budget and great financing plans available as well. High-end fitness equipment is available, while mid-range fitness price points and entry-level products are available as well.
Because At Home Fitness is Arizona’s No. 1 specialty fitness retailer, it can offer the lowest prices and best selection of equipment anywhere in the state.
AT HOME FITNESS SERVICE DEPARTMENT – If you live in Phoenix, Arizona, or anywhere else in Arizona and need a treadmill serviced or repaired, At Home Fitness can get the job done.
At Home Fitness is Arizona’s leader for sales of specialty fitness equipment, and is also a leader in repairing fitness equipment. At Home Fitness also repairs other equipment, such as elliptical machines, exercise bikes, home gyms and more.
Whether you bought your fitness equipment from At Home Fitness or somewhere else, a member of AHF’s highly trained service staff is available to come to your home and fix your equipment in the convenience of your own home. Trained service technicians provide quality and convenience with their in-home service visits.
At Home Fitness services most major brands of exercise equipment. All of the fitness equipment repair and service is done by At Home Fitness’ qualified and expert service team.

At Home Fitness consultant Aaron Dorksen’s blog deals with a variety of fitness topics, ranging from workout tips, motivational ideas and feature stories on how exercise impacts people’s lives. E-mail him with comments, questions or ideas for future blogs at aaron@athomefitness.com

How can At Home Fitness help you with exercise equipment service and repair?
The ways are just about countless, as Arizona’s exercise equipment retail service leader is now also the service pro to turn to for repairs and service.
Turn to At Home Fitness for these services for most major brands, whether you bought the equipment from AHF or not:
* Exercise Equipment Service and Repair
* Preventative Maintenance Contracts
* Exercise Equipment Assembly and Installation
* Exercise Equipment Moves / Relocations
* Exercise Equipment StorageAt Home Fitness is pleased to offer Treadmill service and repair in Phoenix and most of Arizona, as well as Elliptical machines service and repair for Phoenix and beyond.
Also, AHF can deliver Exercise Bikes service and repair in Phoenix and beyond, as well as Home Gym service and repair in Phoenix and most of Arizona for that matter.
For Rowing Machines service and repair or Vibration Plate Machines service and repair in Phoenix and Arizona, you guessed it – AHF services those types of equipment as well.
Some of the brands you can get equipment service and repair for from At Home Fitness in Phoenix are Life Fitness, Octane Fitness, Vision Fitness, AFG, Lifecore Fitness, Horizon Fitness, Inspire Fitness, Hoist Fitness, 3G Cardio, Power Plate vibration plate, Lifespan Fitness, Landice Treadmills,Torque Fitness, Bodysolid Home Gyms, and Lemond Fitness exercise equipment.
Whereas as some so-called exercise equipment repair companies might also fix things like refrigerators, air conditioners or swimming pools, At Home Fitness only works with fitness equipment.
The highly trained experts know the equipment inside and out and the company is locally owned in Arizona. They make their living by taking pride in providing the best specialty fitness equipment sales and service.
If the brand of fitness equipment you own is not listed above, call At Home Fitness – they might fix it as well.
At Home Fitness can service your equipment in one of their superstores or make house calls.
Call At Home Fitness at 480-940-1022 or 888-940-1022 (Ext 2) to reach the Service and Repair Department or email Support@AtHomeFitness.com.

At Home Fitness consultant Aaron Dorksen’s blog deals with a variety of fitness topics, ranging from workout tips, motivational ideas and feature stories on how exercise impacts people’s lives. Consult a doctor before making any significant changes in your exercise routine or diet. E-mail him with comments, questions or ideas for future blogs at aaron@athomefitness.com

At Home Fitness is known far and wide in Arizona as the leader for fitness and exercise equipment, with four retail superstores in the greater-Phoenix area.
Arizona’s retail fitness giant is now the best choice for Exercise Equipment Service and Repair, Installations, Preventative Maintenance, Assembly, Storage, Equipment Moves and Relocations.
There’s really nothing At Home Fitness’ highly trained and experienced service team can’t do.
At Home Fitness will repair virtually all types of fitness equipment, ranging from ellipticals, treadmills, bikes, home gyms, vibration plates, rowing machines, stair steppers and much more.
A great feature of At Home Fitness’ service department is that it doesn’t matter whether or not you originally bought your fitness equipment from AHF or from somewhere else – either way you‘ll get the same top-grade service and attention.
At Home Fitness’ service staff is available to come to your home or commercial facility and all AHF employees are certified, insured and most importantly, know what they are doing!
Here are several ways in which you can contact At Home Fitness for more on their service options:
At Home Fitness
Service and Repair Department
14647 So. 50th Street #110
Phoenix, Arizona 850447
Support@AtHomeFitness.com
888-940-1022 (Ext 2)
480-940-1022 (Corporate Location)
602-471-1116 (Direct Service Line)

At Home Fitness consultant Aaron Dorksen’s blog deals with a variety of fitness topics, ranging from workout tips, motivational ideas and feature stories on how exercise impacts people’s lives. Consult a doctor before making any significant changes in your exercise routine or diet. E-mail him with comments, questions or ideas for future blogs at aaron@athomefitness.com

Everyone should know that it’s important to exercise, but many people wonder how long they should do it for.
Unfortunately, some people don’t bother to exercise at all because they think something like this: “What’s the use? I don’t have (insert a. time, b. motivation, c. a healthy enough body, d. all of the above) to make a difference.”
That is a sad attitude to take because every little bit of exercise can make a difference. It’s really not that hard to meet the minimum exercise requirements set by the American Heart Association.
The AHA recommends a minimum of 30 minutes of moderate aerobic activity five days per week, or at least 20 minutes of vigorous activity three days per week.
That literally could boil down to five brisk walks around the neighorhood or on the treadmill a week. Of course, working briskly around the house or doing other activities can be considered moderate aerobic activity as well.
But if you can’t meet the five moderate walks a week, then try a lesser number and you can gradually increase the amount of time you exercise.
If you are out of shape, overweight or have other health issues, it may be difficult to reach these minimum levels. Any cardio exercise is beneficial and you should improve over time.
Most people probably know “cardio” is when you get your heart rate elevated for a certain period of time through exercising.
Cardio, which is short for cardiovascular, is also known as aerobic exercise. But when quizzed on the subject, many people don’t know exactly how long, or how hard they should push themselves to get a good cardio workout.
One of the most basic, effective ways to exercise is to do what’s called a cardio workout. The most basic cardio workouts are brisk walking or jogging. For people who are in excellent shape, they need to elevate their exercise level more to push themselves sufficiently.
Machines such as treadmills and ellipticals are great to get cardio workouts on. Countless other activities can push you to get aerobic workouts, such as swimming, hiking or playing tennis.
Activities that that emphasize strength and stretching, such as Pilates and Yoga, are not generally considered cardio exercise, but that’s not to say you can’t get aerobic benefit from them.

At Home Fitness consultant Aaron Dorksen’s blog deals with a variety of fitness topics, ranging from workout tips, motivational ideas and feature stories on how exercise impacts people’s lives. Consult a doctor before making any significant changes in your exercise routine or diet. E-mail him with comments, questions or ideas for future blogs at aaron@athomefitness.com

Many people who want to maintain a healthy lifestyle struggle with the cost of eating healthy. However, there are many cost-cutting measures you can take to eat healthy.
Here are seven tips to eat healthy on a budget:
1. Know the season – Eat the fruits and vegetables that are in season. They are almost always less expensive, fresher and have more flavor.
2. Visit local markets – For the ultimate in freshness and savings, find out where the local farmers’ markets are to shop for produce.
3. Search out savings – Check your local newspaper, online, and at stores for coupons and specials that can help lower your food bill.
4. Plan ahead – Make a list ahead of time what healthy meals and snacks you plan to shop for and then stick to it once you’re at the store. And don’t go to the store hungry – that can lead to impulse buys of unhealthy foods.
5. Prepare your own produce – Don’t buy pre-cut, pre-washed, or ready-to-eat to eat foods at the store if you’re really trying to save money.
Buy fruits and vegetables in their most natural state that you take home and cut and wash yourself – it will save money.
6. Plant a garden – This is a fun way to save money and really get in touch with nature.
7. Cook in bulk – Make a big healthy meal and then freeze leftovers to have help you during the week.

At Home Fitness consultant Aaron Dorksen’s blog deals with a variety of fitness topics, ranging from workout tips, motivational ideas and feature stories on how exercise impacts people’s lives. Consult a doctor before making any significant changes in your exercise routine or diet. E-mail him with comments, questions or ideas for future blogs at aaron@athomefitness.com

Walking is one of the best and easiest ways to stay fit. Even briskly walking as little as three times a week for 30 minutes can help you lose weight and improve your overall health.
Here are six tips to make the most of walking as part of an exercise program:
1.Be prepared – If you’re not wearing a good pair of walking shoes, keep them in the your car. You never know when the opportunity will arise to take a nice walk. Keeping a sweatshirt or light jacket in your car is a good idea too just in case it gets a little cold out when u want to walk.
2. Keep shoes in good condition – Check your soles and plan to get new shoes about every 500 miles for best results.
3. Do interval training – If you’re going on a 20-minute walk, for example, for several durations of that walk faster and then slow down to a normal pace. On a treadmill, use the interval training program. This is a good way to burn more calories and get an even better cardio workout.
4. Do hill training – Setting your treadmill for inclines and-or declines is a good way to switch up how your leg muscles are worked and also burn more calories. If you’re walking outside, plan to walk in some areas where the are hills to make the workout more challenging and fun.
5. Don’t forget Fido – Take your family dog on the walk. It will be good exercise for both of you.
6. Hit the trail – Walking on a trail that’s rough requires considerably more effort than say a sidewalk or treadmill. Go for some tougher trails walks every now and then.

At Home Fitness consultant Aaron Dorksen’s blog deals with a variety of fitness topics, ranging from workout tips, motivational ideas and feature stories on how exercise impacts people’s lives. Consult a doctor before making any significant changes in your exercise routine or diet. E-mail him with comments, questions or ideas for future blogs at aaron@athomefitness.com

There’s nothing more natural or easier to do than walking. Here are eight reasons why you should make walking a part of your healthy lifestyle.
1. Better health – Regular walking can help you maintain a healthy weight, while helping to prevent or manage various health conditions including heart disease, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. Walking even helps strengthen your bones.
2. Mood enhancer – Exercising can actually help improve your mood and brisk walking is one of the easiest, safest ways to get in a good workout that you’ll feel good about.
3. Use it or lose it – If you don’t exercise, you’ll lose muscle tone and even coordination. Walking helps you maintain good balance and coordination
4. Keep weight off – A weight gain of even just 11-18 pounds can increase your risk of heart disease by 25 percent, according to studies. If you’re more than 25 pounds overweight, your risk goes up 200-300.
5. Live longer – A Honolulu heart study of 8,000 men found that walking just two miles a day cut the risk of death almost in half. The walkers’ risk of death was especially lower from cancer. Other studies have provided similar findings.
6. Boosts brain power – The National Council on Aging studied people 60 and older and found that walking 45 minutes a day at 16-minute mile pace increased the thinking skills of those over 60. The participants started at 15 minutes of walking and built up their time and speed. The result was that the same people were mentally sharper after taking up this walking program.
7. It’s easy to do – All you need is a good pair of walking shoes and can-do attitude.
8. Social connection – Walk with a relative, friend or group and it will increase your social fun and help pass the time. It’s a great way to enjoy the beautiful outdoors, or if you prefer control the climate and environment by walking indoors on a treadmill.
Whether you walk on a treadmill, track, neighborhood, park, etc., mix up your walk locations, it all helps. Walking is fun, easy to do and will help improve your life. Get moving today.

At Home Fitness consultant Aaron Dorksen’s blog deals with a variety of fitness topics, ranging from workout tips, motivational ideas and feature stories on how exercise impacts people’s lives. Consult a doctor before making any significant changes in your exercise routine or diet. E-mail him with comments, questions or ideas for future blogs at aaron@athomefitness.com

With Memorial Day Weekend now behind us and most schools either out for the summer or soon to adjourn, people’s thoughts are really turning to summer.
Here are four summer fitness tips to help you stay healthy and fit:
1. Drink enough water – Don’t make the mistake of waiting until you feel thirsty to start consuming water or sports drinks. Once dehydration, heat exhaustion and heat stroke set in they are tough to treat, but drinking enough fluids ahead of time can help prevent such problems.
2. Get outdoors – There are so many beautiful places to go in our country to go to combine having fun and staying fit. Go for a hike, bike, walk, run etc. whenever possible.
3. Do morning workouts – The coolest time of day to work out is in the morning and it’s also a great time to send you into the rest of the day with great energy. This is especially key in the warmer climates.
If you can work it into your schedule, seriously consider starting each day off with a morning workout.
4. Don’t forget the home gym – Even though the weather’s nicer, it’s also nice to still have the option of working out in a home gym or at a club. You should still keep up a strength training regimen and it’s also nice to have the option to do a cardio workout indoors on a treadmill, elliptical or exercise bike.

At Home Fitness consultant Aaron Dorksen’s blog deals with a variety of fitness topics, ranging from workout tips, motivational ideas and feature stories on how exercise impacts people’s lives. Consult a doctor before making any significant changes in your exercise routine or diet. E-mail him with comments, questions or ideas for future blogs at aaron@athomefitness.com

No guy should want to lug around a spare tire for a belly.
With some self-discipline, knowledge and less hard work than you might think, it’s possible to bust your gut.
To really get defined abs, well that will take a great deal of effort and some good genetics as well, but let’s start simple for this this article.
Here are six gut-buster tips for men to trim your waist line and keep your belly from hanging over your pants.
1. Burn more calories than you consume – You can’t spot reduce fat. The body distributes body fat fairly consistently around the whole body and the first place excess fat is stored on men is right around the abdomen. For women, it’s stored around the butt and thighs.
2. Do regular cardio workouts – Doing an endless amount of sit-ups or buying an ab roller off of an infomercial isn’t a good way to tone your stomach. They will only condition the abs under all the fat. You can’t work the fat off in certain areas.
Cardio exercise, such as briskly walking or running on a treadmill, or going for a bike ride, burns lots and lots of fat. In fact, 70-90 percent of the energy you burn during aerobic workouts is fat, according to several studies.
3. Eat small, frequent meals – This will help you improve your metabolism and take in less calories.
4. Stand up more – When you take a phone call at work, try to stand up if possible. Standing burns 1 1/2 times more calories than sitting does. Look into getting a stand-up desk to work at if you can and there are also treadmills with desks.
5. Eat eggs for breakfast – A study in Nutrition Research reported that people who eat eggs for breakfast consume fewer total calories the rest of the day. Eating breakfast in general helps you eat less and be more productive.
6. Put produce at eye level – This is one of my favorite healthy eating tips I’ve ever stumbled across. Scientists at Cornell University reported that you’re 2.7 times more likely to eat healthy food if it’s in your line of sight. That makes sense, sometimes I forget that there’s fruit in the house if it’s stored out of the way.

At Home Fitness consultant Aaron Dorksen’s blog deals with a variety of fitness topics, ranging from workout tips, motivational ideas and feature stories on how exercise impacts people’s lives. Consult a doctor before making any significant changes in your exercise routine or diet. E-mail him with comments, questions or ideas for future blogs at aaron@athomefitness.com