• pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online
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    15 days ago

    There’s just something about stairs that gets me. I can run a sub hour 10k, hike 15+ miles a day, and my resting heart rate is in the 50s, but stairs always get me winded.

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      15 days ago

      My french teacher in high school said that everyone gets winded going up stairs, cause people who are fitter walk up the steps faster

      • flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        15 days ago

        This just solved it for me. That is exactly it. I’ve been angry at stairs my whole life and now I realize it’s because I go up them as fast as I walk- which is considerably faster than most people I know.

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      14 days ago

      Stairs are different muscles. I used to work at a dam where I would have to climb 20 flights of stairs/ladders multiple times a day with 80 pounds worth of tools on me. Before then stairs were difficult for me, now I can run up that with that much weight no problem. I haven’t worked there for a year but I also can do sub hour 10k (barely) but those muscles stay with you as long as you stay on your feet regularly during the day.

      If it’s an issue for you I suggest weight training up and down the stairs you have available to you (in your house maybe?) 5 minutes a day with a couple 20 pound weights up and down those bitches and you’ll make walking stairs your bitch for the rest of your life. If you can do a sub 10k you have the willpower to do it if you want to.