NordicTrack – Commercial 2950 Treadmill – Black

I had my treadmill delivered. Make sure they put the box down flat (not on the side) and the letters on the box should not be upside down, otherwise, you’ll have to muscle this thing around to get it upright and it’s heavy.
I assembled this myself and it was a bit of a challenge for a very fit and chiseled male with impressive upper and lower body strength. The most challenging part is having to hoist the conveyer section of the unit up so you can install a crossbar. You can get creative and figure out how to safely make this move.
All put together the unit is impressive. I’ve been on plenty of treadmills at the gym but this unit is a notch above once you see the console. It’s wide and that monitor is nice. And if you’re like me trying to weigh the pros and cons as to why you should shell out the big bucks, well, here’s what I didn’t expect: I have a treadmill in my living room. I work from home. It’s convenient to just hop on this thing and go and then get off for a meeting. At lunch or dinner I’m back on it for at least 30m and I don’t have to get off and get in my car to drive home. I used to have to prepare for the gym or to run on the street and that’s all in the past. I can run in my jammies…but I don’t.
If you haven’t run on a treadmill with a huge monitor while following a trainer or pack of people in a marathon, then you’re going to love it, yes, you will fall in love with this thing. Having that visual helps with the cadence or your run. You’ll double love that the treadmill is changing speed to maintain pace with the runners and the incline matches the steepness of the terrain, so going up a hill – you’re going to feel it – and coming back down the hill – you’re going to feel it. This thing has a negative incline so you work out a different set of muscles. You can detach from the trainer and adjust your own incline and/or speed at any time.
I give the machine 5-stars.
iFit gets 3-stars.
iFit clutters the startup screen with junk for other workouts. Hit the “Filter” button to narrow your what they show you. iFit doesn’t allow you to continue where you left off so you’ll be looking at the same scenery and listening to the same conversation every time. Yes, there’s a descent amount of content but you’ll likely gravitate to specific types of workouts and you’ll be saying “been here – heard that” after some time. They swap out content so you won’t be trapped. Sometimes I will run and listen to the trainer but most of the time I have headphones on so I’m lost in the visual of the trainer with the scenery. They do this part well. I give them a B on their video quality. I have fiber. The trainers will take you running in the mountains, desert, beach, and cites across the globe – very cool. It comes with 1-year iFit membership (Best Buy spec sheet said 30-days) and it says I can have 3 more family members open an account on the same machine for tracking which is nice to have. The free content isn’t so bad so if you don’t want to sign up after 1-year you still get to run but with limit content. There’s also a way to run your monitor in admin mode and surf for content on the web (youtube).
I had to call iFit because signing up on the machine failed. Thankfully they have good service. I nice lady in Idaho made it all better.
I had read plenty of reviews before making this purchase. Especially where people were complaining about defects or breakdowns. You have to go into this accepting the fact that machines breakdown. Electronics fail and moving parts fail. I purchased this from Best Buy because I wanted the Geek Squad warranty on top of the manufactures support. I’m not alone with any problems that arise within 5 years. I know it takes time for parts and a technician to manifest, I know this because I’ve seen gym equipment sit broken for one to three weeks. I’ll find something to do in the meantime.

I love my Nordic Track treadmill that works with the IFIT program. It is a very well built prodct. It is very heavy and takes 2 to 3 people to put together, but the directions are very easy. IFIT is a wonderful, motivating program with so many workout options. I use it just about every day. They add new content regularly, which helps keep exercising fun. Overall, I’m very satisfied with the product and highly recommend this treadmill. I received this product for a reduced rate, in exchange for my honest opinion.

Great machine. iFit is great!! Having the trainers control your incline and speed is pretty cool. You can override the speed and incline if too advance or if you want to kick it up a notch higher than the program you’re doing. The machine is quiet and smooth. Fans work great and the speakers are pretty loud.
Contrary to what other are saying, yes you can watch TV on your treadmill. There are YouTube videos on how to access privilege mode which is where you can access the browser. To save you time:
1) turn on treadmill
2) let it load up to iFit screen
3) in blank space, tap 10x on screen
4) wait 7 seconds
5) tap 10x for the 2nd time
6) privileged mode will appear at bottom of screen
7) at bottom of screen swipe up
8) 3 icons will appear (click on the circle)
9) next screen you will see couple icons
10) swipe up and more icons will appear
11) click on browser icon
12) from there you can go to any website (YouTube, YouTube TV, Netflix, Prime, Hulu etc)
13) on whatever site you choose log in if you already have a subscription and enjoy watching)
14) to get back to iFit, at bottom of screen, swipe up
15) tap the circle icon
16) swipe up again
17) tap the iFit icon
18) if you want to lower the trainer’s voice, start a workout and tap screen and you will see mixer icon
19) lower/mute the trainer voice
20) repeat process to go back to browser and watch whatever you chose (Netflix, YouTube etc)
And you can use the volume button on the console to control volume of whatever you’re watching.
This will work for other Nordictrack and Proform treadmills as well
Enjoy treadmill, it’s pretty awesome!! The 22 inch screen is worth it!!

The treadmill is sturdy and is well built my wife loves it and the i fit program. We bought the proform 900 but was not sturdy. Also i put the treadmill together myself due to the initial installation was of the proform was installed Incorrectly. If you know how install yourself because you want get the installation fees back if they install Incorrectly i lost 200 in installation fees and best buy wanted me to pay for the new installation again thats why i installed the nordictrack myself