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Mounting a Book to a Treadmill

For those going old school and wanting to read a book while on a treadmill, we present this article on how to mount a book to a treadmill. Depending upon the treadmill, this may not be easy. We previously looked at how to mount an Apple iPad or tablet to a treadmill. So today, we’re going low tech. Our advice in this article applies to book or magazines. Treadmill Design All treadmills are different. Some have a shelf built onto the display. If the shelf is deep enough, and the book stays flat, read no further, you’re good to go. … Read more

Mounting a Phone or Tablet on a Planet Fitness Recumbent Bike

While there is nothing more boring than using a treadmill, a Planet Fitness recumbent bike is a close second. In fact, it might be a tie. Sure, there are about twenty televisions to watch but that may not work out well for a few reasons. First, is that you need a corded headset to plug into the Planet Fitness recumbent bike. Pedaling a Planet Fitness recumbent bike can become a challenge with a cable hanging from the port under the display. Additionally, and just as obvious, you might not want to watch television. Perhaps you want to watch YouTube or a podcast. … Read more

Mounting a Phone or Tablet on a Planet Fitness Treadmill

A photo of some of what seems like thousands of treadmills at Planet Fitness accompanies this article. These are typical examples of a Planet Fitness treadmill. These are some of the most boring pieces of exercise equipment in existence. Entertainment options are required. Sure you could view one of the 20+ televisions and could listen to the audio by plugging a 3.5 mm headset into the little hole on the bottom of the display. However, who’s walking around with a wired set of ear buds? Better yet, is there anything on those 20+ televisions worth watching? Perhaps, you want to … Read more

Choosing the Best Place to Put a Google WiFi Puck

Google WiFi can be a life changing WiFi experience. The question is where to best place each unit. Sure, you could just place them on a bunch of tables, but that might not be the best location. This is a mesh system. A mesh system consists of a series of devices that work together as one. We’ll call each device a puck which seems to be a term used all over the internet for a Google WiFi device. Think if a group of pucks kind of like the Borg Collective from Star Trek in that they work together to appear … Read more

Mounting a Phone or Tablet on a Planet Fitness Elliptical Machine

Second only to treadmills, the Planet Fitness elliptical machine can be found by the dozens in the front row nearest the televisions. You cannot beat an elliptical machine for a good cardio workout. However, those workouts can get long and boring. Mount Analysis The photo that accompanies this article is three of dozens of elliptical machines at Planet Fitness. These are the elliptical machines currently rolling out to a Planet Fitness and likely similar to ones at other gyms. There’s a small cup holder beneath the display. Depending upon the size of your phone, it may not fit. Larger phones are … Read more

Cobb Tuning Accessport V3 Mounting Options

The Cobb Tuning Accessport is one of the most popular monitoring and tuning solutions available. Cobb Tuning has their headquarters in Texas. They started out tuning Subarus and have turned their Accessport line into one that can be used for multiple brands. Since this site concentrates on mounting solutions, we aren’t going into the technical details of the Accessport line, but will leave that for other review sites that have that level of expertise. Mount Analysis So onto the mount discussion which fortunately, we do have a lot of expertise with. The Cobb Tuning Accessport V3 comes with a cradle that the device will … Read more