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As people today become more and more health and fitness conscious, the fitness equipment industry must keep pace in designing better and better machines. And done that they have. But do you know where this technology came from? How did somebody come up with these ideas? Well, first, they had to start with a goal.

Schwinn Bicycle Company has been around nearly as long as the bicycle itself.  Founded be Ignaz Schwinn, it was by far the biggest name in American bikes throughout the 20th century.

When Tessema Shifferaw invented the Bowflex machine in 1979 there were very few people who showed interest. Shifferaw, who came from a highly influential and powerful family in Ethiopia, had lost everything when in 1974 Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie was deposed. Shifferaw, who was a teen, was in the US at that time attending college in California.

The P90X Workout is a very popular fitness program that was developed by exercise instructor Tony Horton. During the early part of his career, Horton had created numerous workout programs. Then, over time, he developed what would be the P90X Workout, which is still one of the hottest fitness programs around.

So you want to take your dog for a walk, or perhaps you want to take him jogging with you – but it’s freezing outside. You’d like to get your exercise in today, when you have time, but is it really worth venturing out into the cold? Well, ok, we’ll put it off until tomorrow…or maybe when it gets warmer.