Stairs

[missjean]

I try to take the stairs when ever I can.
At my last job I had to carry sample books to the clients. Talk about a good work out - lugging heavy sample books up & down the stairs! I did get some funny looks sometimes.

My daughters & I went into Boston one day and one of the subway stops in Boston has an *enormously* long set of stairs. They took the escalator, but I was going to show them I could get up to the top as fast as them. I did not take into account I did one of the longest rides I have ever done the day before.
Up I go and do quite well for the first half, then my legs say to me - excuse us, but you should have consulted with us legs before you decided to show off! My poor leg muscles were quivering by the time I got to the top.

[Melalvai]

My daughters & I went into Boston one day and one of the subway stops in Boston has an *enormously* long set of stairs. They took the escalator, but I was going to show them I could get up to the top as fast as them. I did not take into account I did one of the longest rides I have ever done the day before.
Up I go and do quite well for the first half, then my legs say to me - excuse us, but you should have consulted with us legs before you decided to show off! My poor leg muscles were quivering by the time I got to the top.

But did you win?

[Melalvai]

I don't have a phobia about elevators but I do feel satisfaction knowing that I'm not risking getting stuck in an elevator. I've never heard of anyone getting stuck in a stairwell! I've gone up a few flights of stairs and had to go back down because the doors were locked on the level I needed off, but I thought it was a building code that there had to be an exit somewhere.

The elevator to the animal facility is so slow that, not even counting the time spent waiting for the elevator, if someone gets on the elevator the same time as I do, and I don't take too long of a break at 4 1/2, I still get to the 7th floor before the elevator arrives. And I'm not exactly running or even breaking a sweat. I was really shocked the first time that happened. I hadn't thought an elevator could be that slow.

[missjean]

But did you win?

No, they did , but, not by very much! & only because of the previous day's ride

[PamNY]

I use the stairs in my building for exercise, especially in winter. With music or satellite radio, it's not too boring. Plus I get to see the garbage rooms on every floor; fascinating to see what people throw away.

[Owlie]

The stairs are the least busy part of the mall.

[jyyanks]

Do you believe we don't have stairs in our building! We do but we can only use them if there is a fire alarm, otherwise they are locked and if you attempt to open the stairwell, the fire alarm will go off (common in NYC office buildings).

It feels so silly when I'm on the 19th floor and want to go down to 18, and have to get on a crowded elevator to go down one floor. Everyone who works in the building knows but every now and then we get an occasional guest who looks at me funny when I go down 1 floor but it's not my fault!

[five one]

I've been doing intervals on the Communications Hill stairs in San Jose after work for a few weeks. (I have no idea who the guys in the video are. Google found them.)

I'm up to four intervals - trotting down from the top and walking up. It creates a very different feeling fatigue than cycling hill repeats. My quads are definitely feeling it, as are my lungs.

[tzvia]

The stairs are actually broken in our building at work. It's only a two story building, but you would be surprised at how many people huff and puff... I'll be bounding up the stairs while talking to someone, and realize that they can't walk up a flight and talk at the same time, and I have to slow down to stay with them. Otis is putting in a new elevator, what a waste for a two story building. No wonder the U.S. is obese. I go up and down the stairs several times during lunch and whenever I am near them even if I don't need to go downstairs.

Not enough stairs. So I bought a Nordic Track elliptical two weeks ago and it was delivered and setup last Friday in my new 'exercise room' (really an enclosed deck). Also room for my bike on the trainer, my Wii, and I hooked up a DVD player for exercise videos. I thought I was in half-way good shape, but that Nordic Track is kicking my butt.