Treadmill vs Stair stepper

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  • sweetgirl83
    sweetgirl83 Posts: 32
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    I actually use both and wear an HRM and they both give me a similar calorie burn per hour but I have to work harder on the treadmill to get my heart rate up. I use the setting called "Rolling Hills" on the stairmaster, three big hills total for 30 minutes, by the time I top the third hill my heart rate is maxed out. To get that same burn on the treadmill I have to incline to 12 at around 3.3 mph, I go to max heart rate not holding on, then hold on to bring rate down and keep going back and forth. Switch it up and do both on different days but when using the stairmaster be sure not to lean onto it, just hold on to keep your balance.


    You mentioned some important pointers. I noticed doing only 15 min on the stair stepper, I burn almost half of the calories I burn on the treadmill for 60 minutes. That's insane. Thank you!

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