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Lifespan Apex Treadmill Maintenance

 How to maintain your Apex Treadmill We usually have two choices in life, with cars we can learn to change our own tyre with the spare if we get a puncture or call the RACV (roadside assistance of your choosing), I always prefer to do what I can when it comes to maintenance and minor repairs at the very least. This treadmill like many does need the odd amount of adjustment and lubrication to keep it running smoothly and efficiently, the main part that needs occasional love is the running/walk belt. Alignment of the belt is important, keeping it as centred as possible is key, if it goes too far to one side or the other you can hear it scraping which will most likely do damage to the belt if left unattended. The adjustment for keeping the belt centred is with two bolts at the back of the deck, the bolts on the Apex are allen key heads. These bolts also what is used to keep tension on the belt so it doesn't slip or if too tight doesn't put undue load on the treadmill electric moto...

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I've mainly created this blog to keep me honest as I'm on a bit of a fitness kick, read if you like, though it's not for you, it's for me. My most frequent exercise will be done on a Treadmill I bought cheap from Lifespan Fitness at their shop in Broadmeadows, Victoria. I use the app supplied by Lifespan, the app is not flashy which of course caves the arses in of some out there, but for me as long as the app logs the info of my workouts/walking then that's all I need, in fact I despise bling distractions, give me the bloody info, the Lifespan app does this! The APEX Treadmill counts distance steps and other metrics, I'm a step kinda guy, steps are what I like to increase... The footwear I use for this exercising are running shoes from Under Armour , I also use the UA Map my Walk app which connects to the UA footwear to log my walking exercises, I use UA's Wind Velociti and Sonic 3 shoes. Now, speaking of apps, Under Armour has some great apps, if you wan...