Ode to the Nordic Track

I gained a fair amount of weight in college, and grad school helped to add a few more pounds. In 1994, I, like so many other Americans, decided my excess weight would magically melt away if only I had the right piece of unique exercise equipment. After hearing about the multiple benefits of the snow ski movement as a combination low impact and high cardiovascular exercise, I was sold. Once I learned the price of the machine, though, I lost my enthusiasm.

At the time Shannan and I were dating and I learned her father owned a Nordic Track Pro. He was not using the stationary ski machine and sold it to me at a deep discount. Initially, I set the Nordic Track up in the living room. Occasionally, I used it and watched television. I didn’t manage to lose any weight and the Nordic Track picked up a fair amount of dust. Two years later when I really began to take exercise seriously, the dusty old Nordic Track came in handy.

Sixteen years have come and gone and the mighty Nordic Track is as strong as ever. The bad news of this testimonial is that the original Nordic Track company was bought out and the quality of their devices suffered from the change.

Run. Ski. Row. Do something.

Tom