Stairmaster High Scores!

eternlgladiator
eternlgladiator Posts: 69
in Fitness and Exercise
I'd like to start a little friendly competition if anybody is interested. I've been using the stair master at the gym lately for my cardio because I hate hate hate the treadmills and watching tv just makes me go slower. Is anybody interested?

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If interested to get going just start posting your most recent excursion.

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My last time was Saturday night

Flights: 230
Distance: 4.76 miles
Time: 60 Minutes
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  • jamiesgotagun
    jamiesgotagun Posts: 670 Member
    Sure, I actually have a little competition with my younger brother right now too, so that would be fun!!!! :smile:
  • jamiesgotagun
    jamiesgotagun Posts: 670 Member
    Ok, well I will be no competition for you :(

    Flights: 98
    Time: 30 min, I am trying to build it up, but that is the best I have for now :)
  • eternlgladiator
    eternlgladiator Posts: 69
    Ok, well I will be no competition for you :(

    Flights: 98
    Time: 30 min, I am trying to build it up, but that is the best I have for now :)

    That's why its a friendly competition. You're halfway there. Its a brutal machine. I have to cover the display with my towel or I'd never make it half way.
  • jamiesgotagun
    jamiesgotagun Posts: 670 Member
    Ok, well I will be no competition for you :(

    Flights: 98
    Time: 30 min, I am trying to build it up, but that is the best I have for now :)

    That's why its a friendly competition. You're halfway there. Its a brutal machine. I have to cover the display with my towel or I'd never make it half way.

    I will have to try that, cause it takes all I have to make it the 30 minutes!!!
  • eternlgladiator
    eternlgladiator Posts: 69
    Ok, well I will be no competition for you :(

    Flights: 98
    Time: 30 min, I am trying to build it up, but that is the best I have for now :)

    That's why its a friendly competition. You're halfway there. Its a brutal machine. I have to cover the display with my towel or I'd never make it half way.

    I will have to try that, cause it takes all I have to make it the 30 minutes!!!

    Just keep it covered up and check on it every 5-10 minutes as you need to. I use a program to vary the speed so I keep an eye on things to make sure I don't get surprised by anything but some long songs on the ipod and not watching the clock makes it go by pretty fast.
  • jamiesgotagun
    jamiesgotagun Posts: 670 Member
    Ok, well I will be no competition for you :(

    Flights: 98
    Time: 30 min, I am trying to build it up, but that is the best I have for now :)

    That's why its a friendly competition. You're halfway there. Its a brutal machine. I have to cover the display with my towel or I'd never make it half way.

    I will have to try that, cause it takes all I have to make it the 30 minutes!!!

    Just keep it covered up and check on it every 5-10 minutes as you need to. I use a program to vary the speed so I keep an eye on things to make sure I don't get surprised by anything but some long songs on the ipod and not watching the clock makes it go by pretty fast.

    I always have my ipod, keeps out all the other distracting noises, like people on their cell phones and the crappy music the gym plays. I will be covering up the display next time and hopefully that helps, because I definitely watch the clock!!
  • eternlgladiator
    eternlgladiator Posts: 69
    Just got home. It was quite the trip. It's always hard to start the stairmaster but tonight was by far my best yet.

    Flights: 250
    Time: 60 Minutes
    Distance: 5.2 Miles
  • jamiesgotagun
    jamiesgotagun Posts: 670 Member
    OMG, you have got to be dead after that!!!!! AMAZING =)
  • jamiesgotagun
    jamiesgotagun Posts: 670 Member
    So yesterday for me, which was my best as well :)

    Floors - 133
    Time - 40 min
  • eternlgladiator
    eternlgladiator Posts: 69
    So yesterday for me, which was my best as well :)

    Floors - 133
    Time - 40 min

    That's awesome. Great work! I told you the towel would help. Honestly I felt good afterwards. I hate the first 15 minutes more than the last. It's so hard to motivate to get going and the first part drags by but once I'm going I just keep trucking along. I did take a few short 30 second breaks to stretch quick but I usually do anyways.
  • jamiesgotagun
    jamiesgotagun Posts: 670 Member

    That's awesome. Great work! I told you the towel would help. Honestly I felt good afterwards. I hate the first 15 minutes more than the last. It's so hard to motivate to get going and the first part drags by but once I'm going I just keep trucking along. I did take a few short 30 second breaks to stretch quick but I usually do anyways.

    Yeah the legs do tend to cramp up a bit. You are absolutely killing it, I couldn't imagine going for 60 minutes AND 250 floors, like I said AMAZING!!!!

    How often do you do the stairmaster??
  • jamiesgotagun
    jamiesgotagun Posts: 670 Member
    Today, which took everything I had, but feel good now =)

    Floors - 137
    Time - 40 Minutes
    Distance - 2.85 miles

    Hope you have a great weekend!!!
  • eternlgladiator
    eternlgladiator Posts: 69
    That's awesome! You're doing better every time. I won't be back on the stairs until monday or tuesday because I'll be out biking this weekend. Have a great weekend.
  • eternlgladiator
    eternlgladiator Posts: 69
    Missed the bike today because of some bad weather. Hit the gym with my fiance instead. Here's my numbers. I went for less time and higher intensity. It was way harder than I expected.

    Floors: 152
    Time: 30 Minutes
    Distance: 3.18 Miles
  • julesandrich
    julesandrich Posts: 188 Member
    You both are doing a great job...I am still kind of afraid of the StairMaster. Every time I am at the gym I think perhaps today I will try it. So far I have not-so maybe this week is the week! Keep it up!!
  • eternlgladiator
    eternlgladiator Posts: 69
    You both are doing a great job...I am still kind of afraid of the StairMaster. Every time I am at the gym I think perhaps today I will try it. So far I have not-so maybe this week is the week! Keep it up!!

    Just go for it. I actually thought the opposite and stayed away because it looked to easy and I was acting macho about it. It's an awesome workout. Last night during my 30 minute trip I was dying. I increased the intensity A LOT. My fiance was on the treadmill behind me and every time I had to take a 30 second break she had to look over and smile which pushed me on.

    I started off slowly. Just doing about 10-15 minutes, then increased intensity by either speeding it up or carrying a weight. Carrying a weight creates a two fold problem. First, you can't hold the rails, which could be considered unsafe, but it also doesn't allow you to use your hands to take any weight off your legs. The second thing it does is force your body to use more muscles. This will create some core activity as you'll be leaning more in different directions.
  • jamiesgotagun
    jamiesgotagun Posts: 670 Member
    I started off slowly. Just doing about 10-15 minutes, then increased intensity by either speeding it up or carrying a weight. Carrying a weight creates a two fold problem. First, you can't hold the rails, which could be considered unsafe, but it also doesn't allow you to use your hands to take any weight off your legs. The second thing it does is force your body to use more muscles. This will create some core activity as you'll be leaning more in different directions.

    Adding weights, are you crazy!!!! LOL, maybe one day, but that will be a long time from now =) Um and if I didn't hold on to the rails I would probably break something, I stand straight up the whole time though, unlike some people I see leaning over!!

    @Jules, it is hard but an amazing workout, like he said start off slow like 10-15 minutes and go from there :)
  • jamiesgotagun
    jamiesgotagun Posts: 670 Member
    Missed the bike today because of some bad weather. Hit the gym with my fiance instead. Here's my numbers. I went for less time and higher intensity. It was way harder than I expected.

    Floors: 152
    Time: 30 Minutes
    Distance: 3.18 Miles

    Great job, as usual!!! What level do you use??
  • eternlgladiator
    eternlgladiator Posts: 69
    Missed the bike today because of some bad weather. Hit the gym with my fiance instead. Here's my numbers. I went for less time and higher intensity. It was way harder than I expected.

    Floors: 152
    Time: 30 Minutes
    Distance: 3.18 Miles

    Great job, as usual!!! What level do you use??

    Thanks! Our stairmaster goes from level 1-20. Last week when I did an hour it was on level 8. Last night when I did 30 minutes I went up to level 11. It was way way way faster than I expected. I was sweating more on that than I do for an hour trip on level 8.
  • eternlgladiator
    eternlgladiator Posts: 69
    I started off slowly. Just doing about 10-15 minutes, then increased intensity by either speeding it up or carrying a weight. Carrying a weight creates a two fold problem. First, you can't hold the rails, which could be considered unsafe, but it also doesn't allow you to use your hands to take any weight off your legs. The second thing it does is force your body to use more muscles. This will create some core activity as you'll be leaning more in different directions.

    Adding weights, are you crazy!!!! LOL, maybe one day, but that will be a long time from now =) Um and if I didn't hold on to the rails I would probably break something, I stand straight up the whole time though, unlike some people I see leaning over!!

    I added the weights to get the extra core exercise. It was less about cardio and more about body control. It's very difficult with out the rails and takes a lot more focus. It was fun but I haven't done it for quite awhile.
  • jamiesgotagun
    jamiesgotagun Posts: 670 Member
    Missed the bike today because of some bad weather. Hit the gym with my fiance instead. Here's my numbers. I went for less time and higher intensity. It was way harder than I expected.

    Floors: 152
    Time: 30 Minutes
    Distance: 3.18 Miles

    Great job, as usual!!! What level do you use??

    Thanks! Our stairmaster goes from level 1-20. Last week when I did an hour it was on level 8. Last night when I did 30 minutes I went up to level 11. It was way way way faster than I expected. I was sweating more on that than I do for an hour trip on level 8.

    Yeah that is fast!!!!
  • jamiesgotagun
    jamiesgotagun Posts: 670 Member
    Do you wear a HRM?? I use one everyday, on the days I do the elliptical I burn more calories than the days I do the stairmaster. The strange thing is I feel like the stairmaster kicks my butt a lot harder than the elliptical?? Just seems strange?!?! Hope you are having a good week =)
  • eternlgladiator
    eternlgladiator Posts: 69
    Do you wear a HRM?? I use one everyday, on the days I do the elliptical I burn more calories than the days I do the stairmaster. The strange thing is I feel like the stairmaster kicks my butt a lot harder than the elliptical?? Just seems strange?!?! Hope you are having a good week =)

    I don't wear a HRM but I wish I had one. I've been trying to convince myself to spend a few buck on one lately but haven't been able to. I try to take the calorie counters with a grain of salt. I did see much higher numbers on the treadmill at full incline for an hour vs the stairmaster for an hour. However, my drenched shirt and sore muscles tell me the stairmaster was just as good if not better in the big picture.
  • jamiesgotagun
    jamiesgotagun Posts: 670 Member
    However, my drenched shirt and sore muscles tell me the stairmaster was just as good if not better in the big picture.


    My thoughts exactly!!!!
  • shar140
    shar140 Posts: 1,158 Member
    I'll join in after I do the stairs again! I did 45 min on Monday, but I don't recall the # flights. I know it was over 100, though.

    I do wear a HRM, and I definitely burn more on the stairs than elliptical. Treadmill it varies, depending on if I'm walking or running and incline. I haven't tried adding weights, but I usually don't hold on unless I'm getting a drink. I do turn around sometimes just for something different - the machine I use just has pedals, not actual revolving stairs. I'd never even thought to turn around until I saw a guy doing it last year!

    Oh, and I definitely always cover up the display with a towel, no matter what machine I'm on! Makes it go SO much faster for me, as I'm not looking at the display every 20 seconds! lol
  • eternlgladiator
    eternlgladiator Posts: 69
    I'll join in after I do the stairs again! I did 45 min on Monday, but I don't recall the # flights. I know it was over 100, though.

    I do wear a HRM, and I definitely burn more on the stairs than elliptical. Treadmill it varies, depending on if I'm walking or running and incline. I haven't tried adding weights, but I usually don't hold on unless I'm getting a drink. I do turn around sometimes just for something different - the machine I use just has pedals, not actual revolving stairs. I'd never even thought to turn around until I saw a guy doing it last year!

    Oh, and I definitely always cover up the display with a towel, no matter what machine I'm on! Makes it go SO much faster for me, as I'm not looking at the display every 20 seconds! lol

    Welcome to the challenge. Be careful going backwards. I've tried it a few times and while it is impressive and probably changes your muscle groups a little but there is a higher chance of getting hurt by falling backwards onto the machine. Looking forward to your first post.
  • jamiesgotagun
    jamiesgotagun Posts: 670 Member
    I'll join in after I do the stairs again! I did 45 min on Monday, but I don't recall the # flights. I know it was over 100, though.

    I do wear a HRM, and I definitely burn more on the stairs than elliptical. Treadmill it varies, depending on if I'm walking or running and incline. I haven't tried adding weights, but I usually don't hold on unless I'm getting a drink. I do turn around sometimes just for something different - the machine I use just has pedals, not actual revolving stairs. I'd never even thought to turn around until I saw a guy doing it last year!

    Oh, and I definitely always cover up the display with a towel, no matter what machine I'm on! Makes it go SO much faster for me, as I'm not looking at the display every 20 seconds! lol

    Welcome!!!!
  • jamiesgotagun
    jamiesgotagun Posts: 670 Member
    Ok today sucked big time :(

    Floors - 102
    Time - 30 min
    Miles - 2.11
  • eternlgladiator
    eternlgladiator Posts: 69
    Ok today sucked big time :(

    Floors - 102
    Time - 30 min
    Miles - 2.11

    Don't feel bad. If it weren't for bad days we wouldn't have good days. Just use it as motivation to push harder next time. :) You're doing great!
  • MissingMinnesota
    MissingMinnesota Posts: 7,486 Member
    Do you do the stairmaster or a treadclimber? I would like to join as I use the treadclimber at least once a week but I hate the stairmaster. I know crazy.

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