Today i reached my record high so far on the stair machine I almost went 2 hours on the stairs(once it gets past 99 it goes to 0 hence the 14 minutes) and lost 1505 calories! And also 230 on treadmill.

What is the longest you other orgers have gone?

Yikes.

When I belonged to a gym there were 30 minute limits on all the machines and you had to sign up. And there was always someone waiting behind your time.

I ran a 10-mile race in 2009 and my long runs would get awfully long (I'm a slow runner). So about 2 hours sounds right. That's a commitment, I can tell you.

I'm doing the MS 150 w/my bf in June and that is 75 miles a day on a bike over 2 days. I don't ride super fast either and there will probably be lost of coasting but it's still hours and hours on a bike. I begin training for that this week.

I manage about two to three flights of stairs twice daily...

CarrieMpls said:

Yikes.

When I belonged to a gym there were 30 minute limits on all the machines and you had to sign up. And there was always someone waiting behind your time.

I ran a 10-mile race in 2009 and my long runs would get awfully long (I'm a slow runner). So about 2 hours sounds right. That's a commitment, I can tell you.

I'm doing the MS 150 w/my bf in June and that is 75 miles a day on a bike over 2 days. I don't ride super fast either and there will probably be lost of coasting but it's still hours and hours on a bike. I begin training for that this week.

Nice Carrie

I have been working hard at the gym for almost a year now so iu can get to that ''athlete'' point.

I want to run one of those by the summertime or so....

RenHoek said:

I manage about two to three flights of stairs twice daily...

Damn! that reminds me i should have remembered how many flight of stairs it said!

All i know is it was about 8.3 miles

If you do 2 to 3 flights back and fourth for an hour that will burn you out

Mind you i did this EARLY in the morning and went to work right after and i will probably go to the gym again after work

I think i have an addiction...

I don't think that I'd ever last that long with any kind of cardio We don't have stairs at my gym, but I do intervals on the treadmill to keep myself interested enough to be on it for half an hour I'd rather lift

I could NEVER EVER do that much on a stair machine, not even close; even if I liked a stair machine LOL. You couldn't get one hour from me on a treadmill on a GOOD DAY. So KUDOS to YOU!!!

Not to jack the thread -- I recently purchased the Total Gym and I'm SO looking forward to it!! Now that is a machine I can spend some time on!! I was lucky enough to test drive it for a few months at a friends house.

Congrats to you for your two hour personal record on that machine!!! That's hella impressive!!!

I never go to the gym, and I can hardly jog anymore, though I jogged a lot in my 20's

I am sort of in training to climb Mt Whitney, which is a 21 mile round trip, 6000 feet of elevation gain, and begins at about 8000 feet up, so there is no air to breathe. Supposedly that burns about 6000 calories. I have not gotten much exercise in the past 5 years or so, so the past couple months has been a refresher course in sweat.

So far, my longest hike has been about 9 miles, 2000 feet of elevation gain, and 1600 calories burned. It felt great, but I was worn the fuck out afterward.

I don’t go to the gym anymore. The only gym in my area is always packed with people who 1) insist on playing metal music at the loudest possible volume and 2) then scream at each other over top of that pounding metal music. I just found it all too chaotic to be in that environment at the end of a work day.

But back when I did go on the weekends and had the time to put in, I’d usually do about 90 minutes on the elliptical at high resistance. When I went during the week I’d usually do a ½ hr or so. These days I usually briskly walk about 11km four days during the week and about 30km on Saturday & Sunday.

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LionsAndTigers said:

I don't think that I'd ever last that long with any kind of cardio We don't have stairs at my gym, but I do intervals on the treadmill to keep myself interested enough to be on it for half an hour I'd rather lift

Yeah, I could never do a machine in a gym for that long. I can go for long walks and bike rides (and long runs once upon a time) but inside bores me to tears.

I don't take the stairs...there's an ESCALATOR that leads to my gym.

Have no idea what this thread is about.

dJJ said:

Have no idea what this thread is about.

I think it's turning into another exercise thread . Me, I like to run and I run often, hence my username.

bet you ate 1500 worth of calories afterwards

dJJ said:

Have no idea what this thread is about.

its about showing off.

Cuddles said:

bet you ate 1500 worth of calories afterwards

I wish! had to head to work right after and didn;t eat dinner till like 8 hours later

Over a pound lost!

I think there is 1 flight of stairs to ge to the bar.

I don't use that machine, I don't need that shit

I prefer the real/natural thing (there's this HUGE park near my place which is full of stairs here and there)

During training for one of the half marathons, I had to do 13 miles on the treadmill.. IT. SUCKED. ASS.

I am a cold weather pussy so I had to do a long run inside

kewlschool said:

I think there is 1 flight of stairs to ge to the bar.

That'd be dangerous on your way out.

ground-level bars only.

PurpleJedi said:

kewlschool said:

I think there is 1 flight of stairs to ge to the bar.

That'd be dangerous on your way out.

ground-level bars only.

Gunsnhalen said:

PurpleJedi said:

That'd be dangerous on your way out.

ground-level bars only.