To look at the effects of intense exercise, the subjects ran or pedaled on stationary bikes at a pace that brought them close to their maximum heart rates.
That was the feeling researchers were trying to evoke, recently, when they paid thirteen volunteers at Bangor University, in Wales, to pedal a stationary bike at a predetermined pace for as long as they could.
"The leisurely pace and somewhat stationary acting of the Korean fare apparently contrasts pleasantly with the endless high-octane histrionics of Latin American telenovelas," the website says.
Some of the volunteers warmed up beforehand by pedaling a stationary bicycle at a very gentle pace for 20 minutes.
Afterward, half of the students rode a stationary bicycle, at an increasingly strenuous pace, until they were exhausted.
First, though, he had each volunteer ride a solo stationary bicycle at his or her own pace.
I glanced at the people across from me, their feet in a fast pace as they rode the stationary bike.
In one, the men rode a stationary bicycle for 40 minutes at a moderate pace.
Similarly, the rim of the disc is rising and falling at a quickening pace, but the disc is almost stationary when looked at from above.
Stationary shelving will have a hard time keeping pace with your growing collection of tools and supplies.
