True Engineering
The Treadbuster – King of the True Fitness Doom Room

This nasty fellow’s job is to pound and stomp on our treadmills day and night until they can’t take it any more, which, after 25 years of constant improvements in treadmill durability, is no easy task.

But The Treadbuster tirelessly soldiers on, fighting an uphill battle with our entire engineering team, a team whose ultimate goal is to bust The Treadbuster himself.

State-of-the-art in every stride.

At True Fitness, we're dedicated to always staying a step ahead of our competition and supplying our valued customers with the finest workout equipment in the industry. From treadmills to elliptical trainers to exercise bikes, all of our durable high-performance equipment is designed to accommodate the needs of everyone from the professional athlete to the weekend warrior. To achieve this goal (and help you achieve yours) we make major investments in both research and product development and back it with the most advanced technology on the market. Here's how:

Pioneering Programs: Heart Rate Control™

TRUE pioneered and then patented a revolutionary technology called Heart Rate Control™. Your True machine has the unique ability to automatically adjust the intensity level of your workout to keep you at your selected target heart rate. Target heart rate training is the most effective and efficient way to exercise. It’s like working out with a personal trainer at your side. You’ll never over-train or under-train. Practical info on HRC you can use.

Intelligent Engineering: Taking the first step.

Intensive quality control standards help to guarantee excellence in every phase of the production of our equipment. Today, True Fitness is the choice for workouts among beginners, rehab patients and world-class athletes. And it's another major reason why our treadmills are consistently rated #1 in the categories of smoothness, quietness and softness. From our laser-cut, robotic-weld manufacturing process to strenuous testing procedures, our equipment is built for miles of relentless performance.

Humanomics: The perfect combination of man and machine.

At True Fitness, we call our approach to ergonomics combined with Intelligent Engineering, "Humanomics". It's the unique way we design our equipment to effectively, comfortably and safely interact with our valued customers. Humanomic design embodies the intellectually-intuitive features that carefully consider the user's thought processes, time-sensitivity, and the need for program initiation and operation, as well as monitoring and control.

Integrated Design: Stronger by the sum of our parts.

Human beings don't have the biggest brains, the most powerful muscles, or the strongest bones on the planet. But the human body and intellect are a superior system that works together with inspiring precision to make us the planet's dominant form of life.

Power Features and Benefits: Our treadmills are an example of how we think.

  • Every heavy-duty motor is perfectly aligned and computer balanced with one of the industry's heaviest flywheels to produce superior smoothness and quiet running.
  • We manufacture our own custom decks and rollers to create less friction and heat buildup. Consequently, our treadbelt runs smoother with less drag and lasts longer.
  • We are not just treadmill assemblers - we handcraft each one. True Fitness is one of the few manufacturers that balances every flywheel to the exact motor with which it works. The one-to-one balancing eliminates treadmill vibration and extends product life.
  • We choose to use 11-gauge steel instead of lightweight aluminum. Steel provides more than strength - it also enhances performance. In addition, the added weight of steel provides a stable, solid and vibration-free base for running and walking.

Electronic Features and Benefits: Technology on the run.

  • We design our control panels for intuitive use. Users can get on and get going right away. And it's easy to switch from program to program "on the fly."
  • Control panels allow users to set and control specific programs to match their workout goals, which includes a warm-up stage, heart-rate control stage and cool-down stage.
  • Electronic brains in every model of our equipment provide diagnostic information for hours used, mileage logged and can even provide an alert when maintenance is due.

The Final Test: Welcome to the Doom Room.

Deep within the confines of our plant is our "Doom Room", a devilish place containing "Treadbusters" that whirl and twirl and romp around the clock with one mission - to break our equipment. This brutal testing pushes the limits of every part and component. What we learn from this relentless process helps us to continually improve our equipment. And keeps us at the forefront of the industry.