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  • VK on the Stairmaster Stepmill

    Tuesday January 17, 2017

    After doing long hill repeat workouts two days in a row, I decided to mix it up with non-running. That pretty much leaves the Stairmaster Stepmill. An hour VK on the stepmill requires that I go at 85 steps per minute for an hour.

    From my calculator HERE

    Time: 60:00
    Steps/Minute: 85
    Vertical Feet: 3400.00
    Miles: 0.72
    Average MPH: 0.724
    Average Pace: 82:49
    Vertical/Hour: 3400.00′
    Vertical/Minute: 56.67′
    VAM: 1036.3

    Anything over 1000 VAM is better than an hour VK (by definition, meaning that 1000 meters is a kilometer, and an hour is 60 minutes – DOH!)

    Oh, don’t forget I was wearing a 12 lb vest too

    Just let me tell you. It’s dang tough. I don’t recommend this to anyone of reasonably normal sanity. That being said, and hour VK is a totally admirable goal. [ Heart rate on STRAVA ]

    Shots of the console readout after the workout

    BTW: I was wearing a 12 lb weighted vest. Just sayin’


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