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What to Look For in a Treadmill:
1. Safety Handles (first thing!)
Most machines have small handles installed on or in front of the display panel, which are mostly used for catching ones breath. If you feel unsteady on your feet, however, or simply want to take a brisk walk with a little support then you may need safety handles that jut out to the sides of the treadmill. These handles are a little higher than the average walker or cane, but they do provide extra relief to weak knees or leg muscles.
ExpertKipWatcher wrote:
Why don't the people who day this is OK run it past Guinness to see what they say? Maybe they would say they would change their mind about witnesses? ;-)
This is bogus information. Rekord-Klub SAXONIA is not Guinness.
Log books exist wrote:
It is not permitted to lean on the "handle-bar".
In order to be eligible to become a Guiness World Record holder, Staley had to follow a book of rules 45 pages thick.
Consider the source wrote:Log books exist wrote:This is bogus information. Rekord-Klub SAXONIA is not Guinness.
It is not permitted to lean on the "handle-bar".
This is another bogus comparison, because his record was 12 hours. Amy's is 1 week (168 hours). Obviously the rules can differ, due to safety considerations.
Don't touch any buttons wrote:Consider the source wrote:In order to be eligible to become a Guiness World Record holder, Staley had to follow a book of rules 45 pages thick.Log books exist wrote:This is bogus information. Rekord-Klub SAXONIA is not Guinness.
It is not permitted to lean on the "handle-bar".
Among them was one barring him from touching the handles of the treadmill at any point during his run. Another barred him from touching any buttons on the machine.
1. She obviously didn't follow the rules. Independent witnesses? No
i wanted to believe wrote:
she is clearly using the handles to take weight off her legs for long periods.
its not the same as just holding them, whether it be for safety or balance or comfort or whatever other reason you may have.
...although i assume both would disqualify you from any world record attempt.
It doesn't matter how much "damning evidence" (your inverted commas) you find. Guinness has no responsibility to take an affidavit of facts beyond that of the official witnesses. But they ex post facto declared one (1) of them to be invalid. Despite this technicality, it doesn't change the fact that Amy broke all records with her 521-mile run over the 7 day period.
Scam_Watcheroo wrote:
I found two more times in that 12 hour live stream video from September 6, 2016 where Amy Hughes is hanging onto something while "running" and updated the "damning evidence" list at ]
This makes no sense whatsoever. Amy knew that the livestream was running 24/7 with a permanent ineffaceable record of her record, so why would she care if an irrelevant janitor made up some story about what he claimed to have seen?
I smell a Dave & Amy wrote:
Ha! The video is clear. Many times, Amy Hughes' looked around to made sure the janitors were not coming down the hall and then proceeded to cheat!
,lol
Blah blah blah... wrote:
Despite this technicality, it doesn't change the fact that Amy broke all records with her 521-mile run over the 7 day period.
You are making the unspoken assumption that the rules include such a restriction.
Darren Kavinoky wrote:
Did Dave Keighley sign an affidavit confirming that Amy followed all rules, including not resting her weight on the treadmill bars while running?
If so then he has broken the law and should be held accountable in court.
Of course the rules allow that. They also allow you to stand on the side rails for up to five minutes at a time while the treadmill is cranked up to 20 mph. Finally you are allowed to keep the treadmill running during rest breaks so long as you maintain line of sight with the treadmill. I would have thought everybody knew these rules. I wonder if Dave and Amy knew about them?
Darren Kavinoky wrote:
Yes, I am. Or at least it was unspoken until you mentioned it. If the rules permit resting body weight on the bars then it is an even more stupid record than I thought.
I have no problem with some time on the bars while running a treadmill. Especially while eating, drinking, talking, getting your balance, etc.
i wanted to believe wrote:No that great a find wrote:she's using the bar to at least partly suspend her weight allowing her legs to coast along as the treadmill continues.
These so called hanging finds aren't that damning. While true she may be propping herself a bit I didn't see any time (admit I didn't watch every second of video) where she was just hanging there with the treadmill free spinning underneath her. And the whole hanging onto Dave's neck thing is nothing. She was balancing herself while he talked to her for a few seconds.
Keep at it though. These are always interesting threads.
the question is no longer whether she cheated more what extent the cheating went to.
That assumed a belief that someone would watch the video, it wasn't exactly made widely available. Another factor is that even when people know they are being filmed, over time they pay less attention to a camera when there is no person associated with it.
Janitors R us wrote:
This makes no sense whatsoever. Amy knew that the livestream was running 24/7 with a permanent ineffaceable record of her record, so why would she care if an irrelevant janitor made up some story about what he claimed to have seen?