Cheap Chinese Fitness Equipment sold to the public...
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| After reading this article..... http://www.ausleisure.com.au/default.asp?PageID=2&ReleaseID=2572&Display=True I think Richard Beddie and Fitness N.Z. need to be reminded what behavior they have supported, promoted and awarded in the past. Look up what Jonathan Ullrich's business ( X Fitness Systems ltd ) sold, as Fitness N.Z. Board Member of some time. Cheap Chinese fitness equipment, telling people that it did the same thing as commercial units. Using other companies names sometimes to fool the consumer into buying it. Being actually given a "preferred suppliers" award for his efforts. I have attached the advert. Note: The 13 minute workout. The same time on the machine as the larger more powerful commercial units advertise. With copied benefits from other much more expensive to build products. It is in fact basically a foot massager. Sold for approx. a 2000% markup to trusting consumers. Complaints were laid by multiple parties. Richard Beddie did nothing to resolve the issue. So how is the as seen on TV stuff any different. Cheap Chinese equipment I think everybody will agree is the enemy of every personal trainer in our industry. |
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Re: Cheap Chinese Fitness Equipment sold to the public...
Well that certainly raises an interesting question about where to get quality, impartial information about the merits of one fitness product over another.
When searching for fitness solutions, what makes one product or service more appealing or more convincing than another?
Is it price? Quality? Or is it the testimonials of those who've tried it with success before?
Do endorsements from Olympic athletes or celebrities make a product more desirable?
Or is it scientific studies or endorsement and promotion from "industry leaders" that seals the deal when making consumer choices?
Presumably a fitness product is initially created to meet a specific need of a person or group of people.
If that product gets results other companies may jump on the band wagon and make a cheaper version to make a quick buck while the hype lasts.
Alternatively, other companies may market the original product but to a larger market that falls outside the products original target market.
So what we end up with is a market saturated with a mixed bag of products ranging in quality and price marketed to everyone from your average Joe to the elite pros.
So then, who do you trust to guide you to the best solution?
This is exactly where the humble Personal Trainer comes in to their own.
Surely the person who takes the time to get to know about you, your goals, your preferences and capabilities and also has the knowledge to determine the merits of the range of fitness products out there is exactly the right one to be going to for advise.
Rather than being the enemy, perhaps those cheap and misleadingly marketed products are actually aiding in directing many fitness hopefuls into the open arms of the impartial and experienced Personal Trainer.


