refurbished
equipment
SECOND COMING
The second-hand fitness equipment industry appears to be booming, with Physique alone anticipating
purchases of more than 5,000 CV stations from across the UK for resale this year. Abigail Harris
takes a look at four health clubs that have put their faith in pre-owned fitness equipment
Club: Moathouse Leisure and Neighbourhood Centre, Coventry every moving part has been replaced.
Supplier: Physique (part of the PTE group)
The feedback has been excellent.”
Physique offered an extended
C
oventry Sports Trust chose invest in Hoist’s Roc-It, a new concept warranty on the remanufactured kit
remanufactured Life Fitness in strength training, which gives us the to ensure there was no compromise
Silver Line CV equipment competitive edge over other local facilities. on service and support. However, a
from Physique for this new £11m “Ultimately, then, we chose the year on, there have been no service
centre, funded by the New Deal for introduction of new innovations issues with the equipment. “It still looks
Communities and Coventry City over new CV kit. We didn’t view immaculate,” says Graham Bertrand,
Council, which opened in March 2009. this as a compromise, because the MD of the PTE group. “And because
Hugh Davies, CEO of Coventry Sports remanufactured CV equipment looks the colour of the Roc-It circuit matches
Trust, says: “Our choice was budget- brand new. No-one would know it’s the silver of the Life Fitness equipment,
driven. The cost savings allowed us to been completely remanufactured, as visually it fi ts together really well too.”
The silver colour scheme of both new and remanufactured kit at the Moathouse centre ensures it all fi ts together visually
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