I started doing the stairmaster on Jay's advice. It has been cutting my belly fat even though supposedly we can't spot reduce. My blood pressure is down about eight points. I raised the intensity two times on it with the same pulse rate. I can see that it is making me more aerobic and at the same time I know it's strengthing my heart. I can do more work with the same pulse rate. Has anybody else gotten the same type of results by using stairmaster? I noticed that Jay still has abs, even though he still eats a lot of food. I know that he usually does at least one maybe two of the StairMaster sessions a day. I only do them three times a week. When I also do my workout at Gold's. I am 72 and I think it's very necessary to keep my strength up and musclature up. I found, though I wasn't getting enough aerobic physical activity. This does it faster and better than anything I have found. I do 5+ mile hikes and it hasn't done the same thing as doing the stairmaster ...Rich.