[Pete30370]

Granted the man in question may have been being rude in his conduct, but in all honesty, why couldn’t you have gone to the treadmill, or the elliptical machine, or a recumbent bike, or an exercycle, or any of the other machines exclusive to the able-bodied individuals, that he would not have been able to use? Wheelchair users have a much harder time than upright individuals in getting a thorough cardiovascular workout using only their upper body, and so a 15 minute time-limit would not have been enough for him to achieve a proper level of exertion. And to the person who said that he must abide by the same rules and regs of the gym: do you think it’s fair to be forced to abide by the same time rules when the options available to the wheelchair user in question are a fraction of those available to everyone else? 10 minutes of running or leg-biking is easily equivalent to a half-hour on the arm-bike, in terms of cardio effects gained, and so to force the man off the only means of cardiovascular exercise that he could perform simply because you were impatient seems a little bit rude on your part, don’t you think?

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Name : Pete30370, Disability : Paralyzed, City : Madison, State : WI, Country : United States, 

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