Gerald F Staub

Developer of loved-and-loathed home treadmill dies

• "Dr. Cooper said if you ran a mile in 8 minutes and did it four to five times a week, you would always be in a good fitness category," Gerald Staub said. "He said even I no excuses I can afford 8 minutes. That's what excited him about it."But not at first. Gerald Staub remembers having conversations with his father in which the two hoped to sell 10 or 12 treadmills a day. The machine was a curiosity at trade shows because few had ever seen or heard of a treadmill.Staub was fastidious about his diet and ate the same lunch for years at a time; tomato soup, toast and tea for a while, then a tomato sandwich with a slice of cheese and lettuce, Gerald Staub said. He was a lifelong bowler who once owned a bowling alley and loved to water ski and build model airplan
• Date: Jul 24, 2012
• Category: Health
• Source: Google