Refurbished Fitness Equipment: Commercial Exercise Machines At a Fraction of the Cost

Whether you’re involved with running a commercial health club, or you’re an entrepreneurial fitness coach looking to start your own personal training studio, or you’re a home owner looking to build your home gym with quality equipment, you can get commercial grade exercise machines at a fraction of the cost with refurbished fitness equipment.

New commercial exercise equipment can cost you thousands of dollars. With refurbished exercise equipment, you can save up to fifty percent off the regular retail price of a new machine; all with virtually identical functions and even a similar warranty compared to a new machine. Everything from treadmills, elliptical trainers, exercise bikes, steppers to free weights and even floor matting can be found at a discounted price from a fitness remanufacturing company.

Refurbished Exercise Equipment: Good As New?

If you find the right company that sells refurbished exercise equipment, then the answer is a definite yes. Fitness remanufacturing companies such as Global Fitness, Fitness Equipment Depot and Kacor Inc., who specializes in buying pre-owned equipment from health clubs, that have gone bankrupt or upgraded what they have, and remanufacturing the exercise equipment good as new.

Remanufacturing Process

The basic remanufacturing process of commercial exercise equipment is taking apart the used equipment, powder coat the frame and the machine is reconstructed from the ground up. In the end, the gym machine will function and look as though it is new. There are three different remanufacturing processes:

Total Remanufacture

• Machine is stripped down, and sand blasted
• Powder finish
• A test of all moving parts
• Savings of 35% off the price of a new machine
• Longest warranty period-comparable to that of a new model

Refurbished

• Touch up of paint job
• Testing of machine to make sure its 100% operational
• 40-50% off the price of a new machine
• Approximately 6 month warranty

Serviced

• Machine is cleaned with some minor touch-ups
• Testing of machine to make sure its 100% operational
• 40-50% off the price of a new machine
• Approximately 3 month warranty
• (Note: although this sounds like the fitness machine will have a short lifespan, it may be the case that serviced equipment is a newer machine that didn’t need as much work).