Stairmaster

intermediatecardio
Stairmaster — Machine Quadriceps exercise demonstration
Stairmaster — Machine Quadriceps exercise demonstration
Body part
Cardio
Target
Quadriceps
Equipment
Machine
Secondary
Calves, Glutes, Hamstrings

Instructions

  1. 1To begin, step onto the stairmaster and select the desired option from the menu. You can choose a manual setting, or you can select a program to run. Typically, you can enter your age and weight to estimate the amount of calories burned during exercise.
  2. 2Pump your legs up and down in an established rhythm, driving the pedals down but not all the way to the floor. It is recommended that you maintain your grip on the handles so that you don't fall. The handles can be used to monitor your heart rate to help you stay at an appropriate intensity.
  3. 3Stairmasters offer convenience, cardiovascular benefits, and usually have less impact than running outside. They are typically much harder than other cardio equipment. A 150 lb person will typically burn over 300 calories in 30 minutes, compared to about 175 calories walking.

Get this via the API

This exercise — and the full catalog of 873 — as structured JSON.

GET /v1/exercises/{slug}
curl -H "X-API-Key: wk_live_…" \
  "https://api.work-out-db.com/v1/exercises/stairmaster"

Customize the request

  • Translate the response
    /v1/exercises/stairmaster?lang=es
    Localized name, description & steps — en · es · pt · fr
  • Every quadriceps exercise
    /v1/exercises?target=quadriceps
    Filter the catalog by the target muscle
  • Narrow by equipment & difficulty
    /v1/exercises?equipment=machine&difficulty=intermediate
    Filters are combinable — stack as many as you need
  • Full-text search
    /v1/exercises/search?q=Stairmaster
    Trigram + full-text ranking, accent-insensitive
  • Sort & paginate
    /v1/exercises?sort=difficulty&order=desc&limit=25
    sort=name|difficulty · order · limit · offset · cursor
All query parameters
bodyPart, target, equipment, muscle
taxonomy slug
category
strength · cardio · mobility · stretching · plyometrics
difficulty
beginner · intermediate · advanced
force
push · pull · static
mechanic
compound · isolation
q
free-text search (accent-insensitive)
sort / order
name | difficulty · asc | desc
limit / offset / cursor
pagination (limit ≤ plan cap)
lang
en · es · pt · fr
Authentication

Send your key as X-API-Key or Authorization: Bearer.

Response

Always { data, meta, requestId }. Rate-limit & quota counts ride in X-RateLimit-* / X-Quota-* headers.

Plans

Free: 5k req/mo · 30/min · 480p. Pro: 100k/mo · 120/min · 720p + commercial use.

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