Feb 7, 2019
16 min read
From Oil to Oprah: An Oral History of the StairMaster
The untold origin story of an iconic workout machine, told one step at a time
The 1980s were a terrible time to be in the oil business in Oklahoma. After the energy crises of the 1970s, when petroleum was scarce, there was now a surplus, and the price per barrel plummeted. This was very bad news for many Oklahomans…
