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Steppers Buying Guide

Brands

Bowflex Steppers — Founded in 1986, The Nautilus Group is a complete health and fitness company and a leading marketer, developer, and manufacturer of branded health and fitness products with direct, retail, and commercial sales channels worldwide. The Nautilus Group owns some of the most recognized brands in the industry with a portfolio that includes Nautilus, Schwinn, StairMaster, Trimline, TreadClimber, and Bowflex.
Top pick: Bowflex Treadclimber TC5000
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Cardio Kids Steppers — International Youth Fitness is the leading developer and manufacturer of Youth Fitness Equipment. Since 1999 IYF has developed more than 60 different fitness products for children. Each products' foremost goal is to "Motivate Kids to Move"! At IYF they are determined to provide the tools for children to grow and mature in all areas of their life. They are working diligently to develop balanced active healthy lifestyles for children of all ages.

Aerobic exercise equipment similar to what Mom and Dad use but utilizing a modified design for children.
Top pick: Cardio Kids Stepper
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Cateye Fitness Steppers — Cateye Fitness has been engineering technologically advanced fitness equipment since the early 1980s. Cateye Fitness is striving towards "the perfect workout". In the process, they have engineered many exclusive, patented features that they incorporate into their equipment. The Cateye Data Card System, for example, allows a user to store their specific workout preferences for later workouts - without having to remember or reenter the settings. Cateye fitness equipment offers the user state-of-the-art interactive technology to enhance their workout.
Top pick: Cateye Fitness EC-5000 Stepper
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Cory Everson Steppers — Jamz fitness, is a leading manufacture of core strength training equipment producing quality products, offering superior design and technology. Jamz products enables consumers to bring home the health club experience, with product designs for today's active lifestyle and offers value - conscious consumers a affordable brand of quality equipment. Products that are built for easy use, comfort and safety for an enjoyable workout experience.
Top pick: Cory Everson Bilateral Balance Stepper
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First Degree Fitness Steppers — First Degree Fitness (FDF) was created in order to develop Fluid Technology as a resistance system for a range of products that suited everybody, from those needing specific rehabilitation to general exercisers to world-class athletes. FDF is, first and foremost, a general fitness equipment company, but their focus has been strongly focused on Rowing Machines, the most natural application of water resistance.

In its founding, FDF sought to offer the commercial fitness industry a new range of machines that combined robustness with simplicity, but above all gave users of all ages and body types the ability to enjoy a perfectly tailored workout, with all the fitness benefits it entailed. Everybody loves the sight, sound, and feel of a resistance system using water as its heart. To understand what we mean, just try one of their unique fluid products; close your eyes and be captivated by the experience. FDF blends the essence of indoor and outdoor exercise in a manner no other apparatus can offer. FDF's patented Fluid Technology resistance system offers 20 levels of resistance, from feather light to Olympic sprint , all adjustable at the touch of a lever.
Top pick: First Degree Fitness Step Right Up
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Fitball Steppers — Ball Dynamics has been family owned and operated since 1990. We were founded by Joanne Posner-Mayer to ensure that her physical therapy clients had access to the highest-quality exercise and therapy ball products.

Since that time, BDI has been a leading source and educator for physical therapists and fitness professionals offering a full line of Gymnic and FitBALL exercise balls, accessories, books and videos. We continue to broaden our expertise and now offer our customers new wellness products that compliment a healthy lifestyle including massage, Yoga, Pilates, ChiBall and other mind/body traditions.
Top pick: Fitball Movin Step Gait Cushion
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Jacobs Ladder Steppers — Jacobs Ladder was developed by Steve Nichols, a former Western N.Y. fitness champion, whose participation in strenuous physical activity left him with severe back and knee problems that threatened to keep him from the conditioning he was accustomed to. Because of his physical challenges, Steve began seeking alternative exercise equipment to allow him to maintain his conditioning goals without encouraging further injury.

Gradually the Jacobs Ladder began to take shape and when it was completed the new exercise was so effective Steve decided to patent it. Jacobs Ladder has proven its effectiveness to fitness professionals around the country. The response has been quite impressive.
Top pick: Jacobs Ladder - Total Body Exerciser
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Kettler Steppers — Since 1949, Kettler has grown from a small enterprise in Heinz Kettler's home town of Ense-Parsit, Germany into a world-wide leading brand in sports and fitness equipment with sales in 60 countries and over 3,000 employees. It continues to maintain its typically German standards of precision and quality to provide some of the fitness market's most beloved products.
Top pick: Kettler Power Stepper
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Motus Steppers — MOTUS Co., Ltd. was founded in 1993 as a venture manufacturer of fitness equipment which includes treadmills, Crosstrainers ellipticals, bikes, steppers and strength training machines. With over 12 years of experience manufacturing high quality commercial treadmills, Motus is further engaged, a 10 year agreement in 1995, which was concluded with the National Sports Science Institute. The result is a cooperative R&D program which has ensured the latest trends and findings which is directly afforded to the engineers and product developer in real time without the need for special studies to be compiled only when required.
Top pick: Motus M650SL Stepper
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Multisports Steppers — With the tagline The Future of Fitness, Multisports continuously proves itself to be a leader in its industry. For almost 20 years, Multisports has been supplying fitness retailers with the best products available on the market today.
Top pick: Multisports ST-2200 Electronic Stepper
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Phoenix Steppers — Phoenix Health & Fitness is well known for its high-quality exercise equipment. Its parent company, Greenmaster Industrial Corporation has been a success in its industry for over a decade.
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Stairmaster Steppers — The Nautilus Group, Inc. is a leading marketer, developer, and manufacturer of branded health and fitness products sold under such well-known names as Bowflex, Nautilus, Schwinn Fitness, StairMaster and Trimline. The Company sells its Nautilus, Schwinn Fitness, and StairMaster commercial fitness equipment through its sales force and selected dealers to health clubs, government agencies, hotels, corporate fitness centers, colleges, universities, and assisted living facilities. The Nautilus Group also markets and sells a complete line of consumer fitness equipment, under its Nautilus, Schwinn Fitness, Trimline, and StairMaster brands, through a network of specialty dealers, distributors, and retailers worldwide.
Top pick: Stairmaster 7000PT Remanufactured StepMill with Blue LED Console
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Stamina Steppers — From its inception in 1987, Stamina has focused on supplying quality and value to the fitness and leisure markets. Over the years, Stamina has developed a broad distribution base, including mass merchants, sporting goods dealers, catalogs, internet retailers, and TV shopping networks.
Top pick: Stamina Dual-Action Elite Programmable Elliptical/Stepper
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Star Trac Steppers — The international leader of commercial-quality fitness equipment, Star Trac introduced its first piece of commercial fitness equipment in 1974. From beginners to advanced athletes, Star Trac dedicates effort into fulfilling every part of the exercise experience by providing products that require little maintenance, endure constant use, and keep the user in mind.
Top pick: Star Trac E-Series Stepper with Integrated Screen
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Price

Under $500 Steppers — In the Under $500 price range you'll find mostly Mini Steppers, though there is one Full Size combination Elliptical/Stepper and a Full Size Folding Stepper. But if you want Pre-Set Programs where the resistance is automaticall adjusted to take you through a workout, you'll need to step up to our $500 to $1,000 Steppers.
Top pick: Stamina Instride Pro Stepper
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$500 to $2,000 Steppers — In the $500 to $1,000 price range you get a wide variety of Steppers. They run from the basic piston steppers, to combination Elliptical/Steppers, to high end pieces with built in computers and programming. You won't find any of the Climber Steppers, for those you'll need to step up to our Over $2,000 Steppers.
Top pick: Stamina Dual-Action Elite Programmable Elliptical/Stepper
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Over $2,000 Steppers — In the Over $2,000 price range you'll get the best of the best in the world of steppers. Commercial grade frames, top-end electronics, and deluxe programming. You'll also find the Climber Steppers, a revolving staircase also known as the toughest workout in the gym.
Top pick: Stairmaster SM916 StepMill
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Workout Programs

Interactive Programs Steppers — For the most innovative in programming, these Steppers use Heart Rate Monitoring to sense your level of exertion and automatically adjust the resistance or speed, keeping you in your Target Heart Rate Range.
Top pick: Star Trac 4110HR Remanufactured Stepper
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Pre-set Programs Steppers — Need extra motivation? We offer a select set of Steppers to notch up resistance or speed and challenge you: hill workouts, interval workouts, etc. Just pick the program, start moving, and try to keep up!
Top pick: Multisports ST-2200 Electronic Stepper
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Readout Monitor Only Steppers — Want to track your workout, but not break the bank? These Stepper have Readout Monitors that track the basics of your workout - time, distance, speed. They free you up to concentrate on getting a great workout.
Top pick: Bowflex Treadclimber TC3000
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No Monitor Steppers — If you're in love with stepping and don't feel the need to electronically gauge the quality of your workout, you'll be happy with our steppers without monitors. They concentrate on one thing and one thing only: giving you a great workout.
Top pick: Cardio Kids Stepper
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Heart Rate Monitoring

Built-in Hand Grips Steppers — These Steppers have both the Heart Rate Monitor and receiver built right into them. Just place your hands on the sensors conveniently located on the handle bars and your heart rate will be displayed on the monitor.
Top pick: Star Trac P-Series Stepper
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Supports Wireless Steppers — These Steppers have the capability of displaying your heart rate. However, you'll need to use a separate wearable monitor to transmit to the receiver built into the bike. Most commonly, this is a chest strap, worn under your clothing, though they come in ear clip and wrist-band styles as well. We've included the receiver free when possible, but for some you'll need to add the receiver as an accessory when purchasing.
Top pick: Multisports ST-2200 Electronic Stepper
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No HR Monitoring Steppers — These Steppers have monitors that don't have a Heart Rate Receiver integrated in them. While this group does include our budget models, it also includes some of our high-end models with programming that measures your workout in so many other ways that you'll never even miss it.
Top pick: Bowflex Treadclimber TC5000
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Top pick: Cateye Fitness EC-5000 Stepper
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Top pick: Bowflex Treadclimber TC3000
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Top pick: Bowflex TreadClimber TC1000
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Top pick: Stairmaster 7000PT StepMill Remanufactured Stepper
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