ConsumerGuide.com Helps Turn Resolutions Into Realities

ConsumerGuide.com Helps Turn Resolutions Into Realities

Research and Find the Tools to Get Your Home Fitness on the Right Track

LINCOLNWOOD, Ill., Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Have holiday feasts left you with a "bowl full of jelly" belly that would make Santa envious? You're not alone. In fact, at 26 percent, the largest percentage of this year's projected New Year's resolutions will be focused on health and fitness -- a four percent increase from last year*.

There is a place to turn if your resolution involves fitness. ConsumerGuide.com, the ultimate FREE shopping resource, has the tools necessary to help you reclaim your waistline. Whether you are researching Pilates DVDs or complete home gyms, ConsumerGuide.com offers one-stop professional product reviews, pricing details, purchase destinations and how- to-shop buying guides.

"This year's biggest home fitness equipment trend is 'crossover' products that provide a total-body workout," says ConsumerGuide.com senior buying guides editor John Tasigeorgos. "On ConsumerGuide.com, you can find information on everything from the Nautilus Treadclimber TC5000, a combination of a treadmill and a stepper, for serious crossover enthusiasts to elliptical machines for more mainstream exercisers."

Another trend is the resurgence in the exercise cycle. While they may seem mundane at first glance, even NBC's "The Biggest Losers" could use this nonimpact equipment for hours on end. And, with several new models at affordable prices, exercise cycles are perfect for beginners.

ConsumerGuide.com offers recommendations in two categories for each type of product: Best Buys, products ConsumerGuide.com recommends as the best value for the money; and Budget Buys, products that are good buys at affordable prices, usually the entry point of a product category. These ratings allow customers to make the most informed shopping decisions possible. Following are ConsumerGuide.com's top Best and Budget Buys for home fitness equipment:

Elliptical Machines -- Best Buy: Horizon Fitness Elite 4.0E, Budget Buy:
Core Fitness Systems R-E1

Treadmills -- Best Buy: Nautilus Treadclimber TC5000, Budget Buy: Keys
Fitness Ironman M4

Home Gyms -- Best Buy: Body-Solid EXM3250GS, Budget Buy: BodyCraft
miniXPress

Exercise Cycles -- Best Buy: SportsArt C51r, Budget Buy: Nautilus
NB1000




ConsumerGuide.com accepts no payment for placements or recommendations, giving shoppers complete confidence in the site's evaluation of products. And ConsumerGuide.com's reviews are conducted in real-world settings, not in a sterile lab removed from the realities of everyday use, to ensure consumers get the unvarnished truth about how well the products really work. Visit http://www.consumerguide.com/ for more information.

Consumer Guide and ConsumerGuide.com

Consumer Guide has been a trusted resource helping smart consumers make buying decisions with confidence for more than 30 years. The company publishes books and magazines, written by experts, on automobiles and consumer products, and offers its advice free online, as well, at ConsumerGuide.com. Consumer Guide has teams of experts and editors who review thousands of products and every new car each year.

Consumer Guide L.L.C. is a division of Publications International, Ltd. based in Lincolnwood, IL. PIL publishes more than 500 book and magazine titles a year in categories that include children's, cooking, sports, how-to and crafts, entertainment, medical and health, auto, and consumer information.

*According to mygoals.com projected 2005 statistics.

Contact: Emily Towey
312.297.7442
Emily.Towey@edelman.com


Source: ConsumerGuide.com

CONTACT: Emily Towey for ConsumerGuide.com, +1-312-297-7442,
Emily.Towey@edelman.com

Web site: http://www.consumerguide.com/


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