The Life Fitness Club Series Elliptical – A Premium Workout Experience

What You Get

The Club Series Console features Total-Body and Lower-Body Trainer workout modes to hit different muscles groups. The 18 workouts programs include 7 personalized workouts, a race mode, and goal workouts. The feedback console on the Life Fitness Club Series elliptical displays a 16-character message center as well as readouts for distance, speed, level, time, calories, METs, Watts, and Heart Rate.

The full specs on the Life Fitness Club Series are:

• Alternator Resistance System
• 18" stride length
• 18 programs
• LifePulse Digital Contact Heart Rate Monitoring
• Polar Wireless Chest Strap Included
• ErgoGrip stationary handlebar
• Oversized Pedals
• Minimum step-up height – 10 inches
• Unit wt/dimensions: 235 lbs/ 83 x 28 x 61 inches (LxWxH)
• 350-lb. user weight capacity
• Warranty – lifetime frame; 3 years parts; 1 year labor

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The Word on the Street

In addition to a superior level of comfort provided during the workout, the Life Fitness Club Series elliptical offers a variety of exciting programs including 10 Heartsync and Manual workouts. Among the Special workouts you get Around the World, Cascades, Foothills, Kilimanjaro, Speed Training, and Interval Training. A Polar wireless chest strap comes with the unit for hands-free heart rate monitoring, or you can use the sensors on the handlebars to get a reading.

Elliptical reviews are overwhelmingly favorable on every model Life Fitness builds, and this one ranks near the top on most Best Buy lists for its price range. The Life Fitness Club Series cross trainer offers an incredibly smooth glide, accurate HR monitoring, great programs, wonderful ergonomics, and Life Fitness machines have a reputation for being reliable (equipment techs report few if any breakdowns). The only downside to this machine is the lack of adjustability in the fixed 18" stride length — well, that and the big price tag.

Our Thoughts

The Life Fitness Club Series elliptical is the exact same price as the Life Fitness X8 with basic console, both sell for $3,999. They are great machines but likely more trainer than you really need. If you are absolutely driven to spend $4K on a Life Fitness elliptical, get the X8 instead of the Club Series since it has a better warranty, an 18" to 24" automatic adjusting stride length, and a choice between a basic or advanced console.

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