StairMaster
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| Industry | fitness equipment |
| Founded 📆 | 1983 |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | , , US |
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Key people | Lanny Potts, Jim Walker, and George Schupp Brent Teal, CTO |
| Owner | Tri-Tech, Inc |
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| 🌐 Website | StairMaster website |
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StairMaster is an American company specializing in the design and production of fitness equipment for commercial, light commercial, and home use[citation needed]. They sell cardiovascular and strength equipment such as stair climbing machines, TreadClimber cardio machines and dumbbell sets. The Stairmaster was so widely used that people referred to nearly all other brands of step climbers as StairMasters.[1]
History
StairMaster was founded by Lanny Potts, Jim Walker, and George Schupp and launched by Tri-Tech, Inc of Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1983 at the National Sporting Goods Association trade show.[citation needed] The first piece of equipment, StairMaster 5000, was a rotating staircase machine. In March 1984 the StairMaster 5000 was replaced with the StairMaster 6000. Mechanically the StairMaster 6000 was virtually identical to its predecessor, but the 6000 displayed workout information on a digital screen.[2]
The Stairmaster was patented in 1987 and soon after other companies offered versions of stair type exercise equipment. In 1991 StairMaster Exercise Systems, sued Temecula, Calif based Tru-Trac Therapy Products Inc. who made the "Aero-Step" alleging that their 1987 patent was infringed upon.[3][4]
A 2016 Wall Street Journal article titled: "A Tougher Workout Than a StairMaster: The Stepmill" stated that many gyms were replacing their Stairmasters with a machine called a "Stepmill". The article went on to state that the Ecofit Company compiled data from 967 fitness centers and determined that Stepmills were being used 18 times as often as Stairmasters. People were seeking a workout that was both shorter and tougher. Stairmaster now manufactures[citation needed] their own stepmill product which they named "The Guuntlet".[1]
Product timeline
StepMill
1983 – StairMaster 5000
1984 – StairMaster 6000
1988 – Gauntlet
1991 – StepMill 7000PT
2008 – StepMill 916 (SM916)
2011 – StepMill 5 (SM5)
2012 – StepMill 3 (SM3)
StairClimber
1986 – StairMaster 4000 PT
1998 – StairMaster 4400 PT & CL
1999 - StairMaster 4600 PT & CL
2008 – StairClimber 916 (SC916)
2011 – StairClimber 5 (SC5)
Gravitron
1989 – Gravitron 8000
1997 – Gravitron 2000 AT
Additional products
2011 – TwistLock Dumbbells
2013 – TreadClimber
Ownership
The company went through a series of ownership changes from 1988 to 2010. The company was finally acquired in December 2010 by Core Health and Fitness. StairMaster's corporate headquarters are in Vancouver, WA.
1983 - Tri Tech
1987 – Randall Sports/Medical Products
1992 – StairMaster Sports/Medical Product
1996 – Garden Way Inc. (Troy Built )
1997 – Rutledge Partners II, LP
2002 – Direct Focus/Nautilus
2010 – Core Health and Fitness
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bachman, Rachel (19 November 2016). "A Tougher Workout Than a StairMaster: The Stepmill". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ↑ Delgado, Michelle (31 January 2018). "The History of the StairMaster". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ↑ Lee, Cristina (26 June 1991). "Maker of Stair Machine Claims It's Been Stepped On". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ↑ Efron, Sonni (8 March 1991). "StairMaster Makers Take Legal Steps Against a Smaller Rival". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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