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Stairstepper
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Stair Stepper Benefits:

  • A Warm-up Activity
  • Cardiovascular Training
  • Lower Body Workout

Use of the Stairstepper:

1. Step on both foot plates allowing the entire foot to rest on the plates

2. Hold rails at a comfortable position

3. Stand erect without ever resting on the instrument panel or hand rails in anyway

4. Manual use

  • Press “enter” two times in a row

5. Step naturally as if climbing stairs with body erect and not flexing at the waist

  • Step at a natural height
  • Foot plates should not bang at the top of the stepping rhythm
  • Each step to a foot plate should not sink too low
  • Keep a pace that allows a natural stepping motion without banging and sinking

6. Pace of stepping motion can be set
manually by using the up and down arrow

7. Setting a program from the instrument panel

  • Use the up and down arrow key to select weight, then press “enter”
  • Use the up and down arrow key to select time, then press “enter”
  • Use the up and down arrow key to select program, then press “enter”
    (Examples: random, heart control, peak, interval, etc.)
  • Use the up and down arrow key to select level, then press “enter"