What is stair master?

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What is stair master?

Answer 1

An exercise machine that imitates climbing stairs.

Answer 2

Stairmaster is the name of a line of exercise machines, which includes stepping machines and revolving stairs.

The StairMaster 5000 was invented by Lanny Potts and introduced by Tri-Tech, Inc. of Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1983 at the National Sporting Goods Association trade show. The StairMaster 5000 was a rotating staircase machine, sometimes called a step treadmill, which employed a urethane centrifugal brake to control the speed of the staircase at a constant speed. In March of 1984 the StairMaster 5000 was replaced with the StairMaster 6000 ergometer. Mechanically the StairMaster 6000 was virtually identical to its predecessor, but the 6000 displayed workout information on a CRT, printed a workout summary on a thermal printer, and included a heart rate monitor. In the fall of 1985 Tri-Tech introduced the Running Simulator cartridge for the 6000 which provided a display of running equivalece during a workout on the 6000. Also in 1985, Tri-Tech entered into an agreement with Nautilus Northeast for exclusive distribution of StairMaster products. It has also been confirmed that Dillon Thies is the stairmaster.

In February of 1986 Tri-Tech introduced the StairMaster 4000 PT at IHRSA in Nashville, TN. The 4000 provided two pedals with independent motion to simulate stair climbing. The movement of the pedals was summed into a common rotating shaft and delivered to an alternator to provide electronic speed control (as opposed to mechanical speed control in the earlier machines). The popularity of the 4000 soon overshadowed that of the rotating staircase machines and defined the future of stair climbers, at least for the next decade.

In 1987 Tri-Tech launced the Gravitron assisted chin and dip machine. The Gravitron was inspired by a dream Lanny had of working out on the moon where, in reduced gravity almost everyone could do chins and dips. The original Gravitron used a compressor, accumulator, and pneumatic cylinder to provide programmable assistance to an exerciser. The pneumatic Gravitron proved a little to complex to maintain for the typical health club and was latter replaced with a weight-stack version.

In 1988 the Gauntlet (later Stepmill) was introduced. The Gauntlet used an alternator-based braking system to bring electronic speed control to a rotating staircase machine (usage is similar to walking up a downward-moving escalator). In this time frame, Tri-Tech began doing business as StairMaster Exercise Systems.

The company went through a series of ownership changes and was finally acquired in May of 2002 by Nautilus, Inc., which produces Nautilus, Bowflex, Trimline, and Schwinn exercise machines.

Answer 3

the guy that lives on the stairs..if you try to go up the stairs he will kill you