The Best Exercise Equipment

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The question has plagued man since the beginning the of time. Caveman woke up one morning and found he had been eating a few too many brontosaurus burgers.  He was wondering "Should I lift more rocks, chase pigs or climb trees?"  The question, you know it: What exercise equipment burns the most calories?  Yes, we want to know what can we do the least and get similar results. (Not to be confused with my January post that explored how the burn the most calories focusing on technique not equipment.)

We sent our crack advisory panel to the four corners of the globe.  They asked that question in 137 languages and dialect.  After what seemed like many, many long months they returned to the mother ship and compared notes. 

Much to our astonishment the overwhelming consensus of these global leaders and visionaries converged on a single response: Go to exercise-equipment-review.org and review a study by American Medical Association.  Yep. That's what they all said.  Trust me. 

So we did.

The results of that study conducted several years ago was based on a fairly rigorous level of effort.  The results are as follows:

1.  Treadmill - 700 calories per hour

2.  Stair machine - 625 calories per hour

3.  Rowing - 600 calories per hour

4.  Skiing - 600 calories per hour

5.  Stationary bike - 500 calories per hour

As noted in the article "All pieces of equipment burn zero calories per hour if you don't use them." Darn, there's that fine print again!