Pwned By The Stairmaster 7000
Written by Michael on March 15th, 2008
If you think you might end up in hell some day, bring a coat because I bought a gym membership and Hell hath frozen over. I’ve been looking to supplement my three hours a day on the bike with some other workouts so I joined the same gym Amy works out at, 24-Hour Fitness. I’ve never been a gym person but I’m desperate enough that I can look past that temporarily. Up until this morning, I had just done 65 minute runs on the treadmill.
My shins were hurting today so Amy suggested I try the Stairmaster. My Dad had a nice commercial one of these a few years back and I never really thought they provided much of a workout. It was too easy to cheat when you started to get tired. I felt the design was flawed and never really paid attention to these type of machines. This one is a little different with a real set of stairs on a treadmill like belt. There’s no real way to cheat or you will fall off, similar to a running/walking treadmill.
Amy said her previous record was level 6 for 45 minutes so of course I started at level 8 and set it for 61. This thing was a monster. Even though I must have looked like I was just plodding along like a lazy bastard, I estimated my heart rate to be in the 160’s and within 20 minutes, my t-shirt was completely soaked. I struggled through another 30 minutes and then upped it to level 9 for the last 10. When I was done, I was so knackered that I could barely stand. I walked over and did about 36 minutes on an elliptical trainer next to Amy which didn’t really do anything for me.
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omg….l i can’t go very long on those. They officially kick my ass.