Fitness Machine Technicians of Northeast Cleveland keeps the gym warrior on the move
By Patricia Nugent
With people’s schedules busier than ever—and the prevalence of customized online training programs—more folks are ditching their gym to work out at home.
Research tells us 80 percent of people who join a gym will drop out within their first two months, so a home gym is becoming a better long-term investment. But how are you supposed to protect that investment of fitness equipment, which actually endures more wear and tear than your home or car with every pounding mile, step and lift?
New to the area, Fitness Machine Technicians of Northeast Cleveland is an in-demand service offering maintenance and repair work, as well as assembly services, for everything from treadmills, ellipticals, stair masters and climbers to rowing machines, stationary bikes, spin bikes, air bikes, ski machines and Pilates reformers, as well as home gyms with strength training for single and multi-stations with pneumatic equipment.
“I was researching the local service business landscape in Cleveland and saw there was a real need for what we do,” says owner Jennifer Houghton. “We find out a little about the history of each piece of equipment before servicing it, asking questions such as how many people in the home or gym are using it, how often and how much. From initial diagnosis to repair, our expertise and turnaround time is second to none.”
In addition to home gyms, her technicians service many local large-scale public gyms and industrial fitness rooms, including the Mandel JCC, hotels and senior living communities.
The experts with Fitness Machine Technicians of Northeast Cleveland have industrial backgrounds and are always undergoing further training through the company’s national program.
An Ounce of Prevention
“We’re committed to our clients getting the best value from our services,” says Jennifer. “And we make our maintenance service contracts attractive and affordable. We offer service contracts on a monthly, bimonthly and quarterly basis.”
Exercise equipment is made up of unique parts, such as cabling, pulleys and bolts. Cleaning, lubricating and making adjustments as well as replacing worn parts are all necessary tasks for ensuring the safety and reliability of your equipment. Signing up for a maintenance plan is a great way to ensure longer lasting equipment life with optimum performance.
“Since high-performance exercise equipment can be expensive to repair, we recommend maintaining it to prevent any problems, saving money in the long run and adding years of life to the machines,” she says. “And just as important as saving money is ensuring safety. With these complicated systems, including precision assembly and pulleys, if something were to slip or fail, it would be dangerous.”
Assembly and disassembly when moving your equipment is also an important service.
“We’ve already earned an excellent reputation, and companies often call us to disassemble equipment when people are moving,” she says.
Headquartered in Shaker Heights, Fitness Machine Technicians of Northeast Cleveland services residential and commercial equipment on the east side, south to Hudson and east all the way to Pennsylvania. For more information, call (216) 367-9417 or visit FitnessMachineTechnicians.com. Fill out an online service request on their site. A preliminary diagnosis will be performed over the phone, and the repair will be completed at your site.