If you are a fan of Lady Gaga or the National Basketball Association, you may have heard about an old piece of exercise equipment that is making a comeback. It is called the VersaClimber. It was invented in 1981. It is a combination of a stepper and climber. It involves moving your arms and legs. It looks like a device you might hang clothes on, but it is really for exercise. It is not very common to see people using a VersaClimber at gyms. It is not as popular as other workout machines. But that may be changing. Lady Gaga talked about using the VersaClimber to get ready for her energetic halftime performance at the Super Bowl earlier this year. LeBron James, who plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team, put up a video of himself using a VersaClimber last summer. He posted the video just three weeks after the Cavaliers won the NBA championship.
Title: Old Exercise Machine Gets Boost From Lady Gaga, LeBron James
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data-end-time='26458'>It was invented in 1981.</span> <span data-start-time='26458' data-end-time='31271'>It is a combination of a stepper and climber.</span> <span data-start-time='31271' data-end-time='36729'>It involves moving your arms and legs.</span> <span data-start-time='36729' data-end-time='44500'>It looks like a device you might hang clothes on, but it is really for exercise.</span> <span data-start-time='44500' data-end-time='51458'>It is not very common to see people using a VersaClimber at gyms.</span> <span data-start-time='51458' data-end-time='56979'>It is not as popular as other workout machines.</span> <span data-start-time='56979' data-end-time='60542'>But that may be changing.</span> <span data-start-time='60542' data-end-time='71833'>Lady Gaga talked about using the VersaClimber to get ready for her energetic halftime performance at the Super Bowl earlier this year.</span> <span data-start-time='71833' data-end-time='83938'>LeBron James, who plays for the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team, put up a video of himself using a VersaClimber last summer.</span> <span data-start-time='83938' data-end-time='91500'>He posted the video just three weeks after the Cavaliers won the NBA championship.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1871/versaclimber.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=8669 data-hint-location='0' 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