my complete workout

[Wahine]

Good job KG!! Wow you gals are great.

[Offthegrid]

I try to take the stairs anytime I'm going to a meeting. That gets quite interesting when it's on the upper floors (I work on the 4th floor of a 23-floor building)! Only problem is sometimes I arrive a tiny bit sweaty. Oh, well.

[mimitabby]

OTG,
as more of us start making exercise a part of our lives, people are going to get used to us being sweaty. My lead swims every morning, and when he gets here, his hair is wet.

We even have people who run at lunch.. their hair is wet too, and their cheeks are rosy.

KG, I am really impressed with what you are doing, you' re not just getting yourself fit, you're helping an entire school!!!

[RoadRaven]

So I have to ask... do you gals run DOWN? Or just up the stairs.

Even walking down, my knees can ache sometimes. And I have heard or read somewhere that going up the stairs is great, but avoid going down because it is bad for your knees.

However, I am thinking I ned to rise to the challenge of this thread...

I work on the second floor of a three story building and always use the stairs unless I have a trolley load of stuff for class.

But I think in my breaks when I go for walk around campus I might start "doing stairs" instead - espesh with winter immminent. If I start on the bottom, set the elevator to go to the third floor and then run up, I can get the elevator back down again and repeat and when I have had enough, I'll just stop my run up on the second floor...

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I don't run at all on the stairs. I walk up and down while kind of working/emphasizing my muscles in different ways. Running down the stairs is way too easy for me and doesn't seem to use my muscles as much.

[mimitabby]

I don't run either. I go up to a fast walk. If i run, i get sweaty... I'm at work. and i go up and down and up and down. Remember the down is good for building bone density.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Remember the down is good for building bone density.

Can you elaborate on that concept, Mimi? I don't do weight training, so anything that helps bone density would be great! Tell me more! Why would going down stairs be better for bone density than going up stairs??

[Zen]

Weightlifting is so exhausting

[caribou]

Weightlifting is so exhausting

Aw . . . How many reps did the puppy-kins do???

[Zen]

Ahh, good old Ranger. He's in doggie heaven now. Not due to weightlifting though.