Bans personal trainer and yoga paddle, before "Just Do It", Bill Staub read a book that changed his life. It was called "aerobic", published in 1968, and stated that a better life based on a better cardiovascular health.
"He said if you can run a mile in eight minutes, you will always be at the highest level of fitness," recalled Mr. Staub his son Thomas.
So Mr. Staub began to run - and soon gave way to the studio in Besco, the producer of his property in Clifton, New Jersey While employees on one side of the building made of engine injectors fuel from the aircraft and the wings of helicopters, was on the other hand, the construction of the first version of a device claimed that the book had the potential for many more Americans engaged and their so that the eight-minute mile.
The device is a treadmill, and the book's author, Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper never supposed to be available for home use.
Mr. Staub proven otherwise. His first models, built to mark PaceMaster, wooden rollers and had a simple on-off switch near the ground. They were more rudimentary than the doctors had started using in 1950, the stress tests, but were much cheaper, up to $ 399 in 1970.
"It was the pioneer for the use of the treadmill at home," said Dr. Staub Mr. Cooper. "He was away a lot of excuses people did not exercise. They do not have time to worry about security, or whatever. I do not know how long she worked for him, but I know he did not die soon . "
Mr. Staub died July 19 at home in Clifton. He was 96 years. His sons say he was walking in one of its mobile platforms not more than two months.
In the 1980 mid-year the company formed to manufacture, aerobics Inc., 2000 sold a treadmill in a nation increasingly willing to work in the recreation room. In the mid 90's, sales have reached 35 thousand a year. Innovation has become essential as more competition.
The new machines can be customized for different speeds, for heating and reuse, and reproduce the conditions mountainous or flat.
At first, the son of Mr. Gerald Staub designed an on-off switch could be mounted on the handlebars. His father was puzzled.
"My father told me: 'Well, why do I love you'," said Thomas Staub. "My brother said:" To make it easier for people. "And my father said: 'But it is an exercise device."
The aerobic brothers bought by his father in late 1990, then sold to a private equity firm, which moved production overseas.
The private equity firm filed for bankruptcy in 2010. With the help of an investor, the brothers tried to restart aerobics, but closed for good last fall.
Dr. Cooper, 81, and was one of the doctors responsible for monitoring the health of President George W. Bush said treadmill, in general, had a promising future.
He referred to a recent study suggests that older people who maintain a faster pace for longer life. "The next step is to use it to increase longevity," said Dr. Cooper treadmill. Cooper Aerobics racing, which has two fitness centers in Texas.
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