Running down stairs

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 10:56:54 -0800, "Selene" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

You know that new gov't recommendation to get 90 minutes of exercise a day?
Well, one of the ways they suggest totalling that much is to take the stairs
whenever possible.

Handily, I work on the 15th floor. Unhandily, it is accessible only by
elevator (we don't even have an internal stairway to the other floors of my
company). Oh, we have a stairwell, but once you're in it, you can exit only
on the ground floor. And you can't get IN to it from the ground floor.

So I thought, well, I could take the stairs when I leave for lunch or the
gym or the day. But is there any advantage to that? Does going down stairs
really count for exercise? Or am I more likely to trip, fall, break my
neck, and deprive you all of my glittering presence? :-)

Seriously (because you're not getting rid of me that easily) is there any
point to taking the stairs down, but not up?

Selene

Yes, you work muscles to decelerate each "fall". But it's a lot less
work.

And why not take the stairs to the 14th floor, then hop on the
elevator for the last floor?

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Proton Soup

"Thanks for noticing that I didn't actually say anything." - Mike Lane

Selene said:

You know that new gov't recommendation to get 90 minutes of exercise

a day?

Quoted message said:

Well, one of the ways they suggest totalling that much is to take the

stairs

Quoted message said:

whenever possible.

Quoted message said:

Handily, I work on the 15th floor. Unhandily, it is accessible only

by

Quoted message said:

elevator (we don't even have an internal stairway to the other floors

of my

Quoted message said:

company). Oh, we have a stairwell, but once you're in it, you can

exit only

Quoted message said:

on the ground floor. And you can't get IN to it from the ground

floor.

Quoted message said:

So I thought, well, I could take the stairs when I leave for lunch or

the

Quoted message said:

gym or the day. But is there any advantage to that? Does going down

stairs

Quoted message said:

really count for exercise? Or am I more likely to trip, fall, break

my

Quoted message said:

neck, and deprive you all of my glittering presence? :-)

Use the railing to avoid falls.

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Seriously (because you're not getting rid of me that easily) is there

any

Quoted message said:

point to taking the stairs down, but not up?

You do get some impact which is good for strengthening your bones.

You also have the option of going up the stairs after you have gone
down the stairs.

--
Ron

"Selene" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

You know that new gov't recommendation to get 90 minutes of exercise a

day?

Quoted message said:

Well, one of the ways they suggest totalling that much is to take the

stairs

Quoted message said:

whenever possible.

Handily, I work on the 15th floor. Unhandily, it is accessible only by
elevator (we don't even have an internal stairway to the other floors of

my

Quoted message said:

company). Oh, we have a stairwell, but once you're in it, you can exit

only

Quoted message said:

on the ground floor. And you can't get IN to it from the ground floor.

So I thought, well, I could take the stairs when I leave for lunch or the
gym or the day. But is there any advantage to that? Does going down

stairs

Quoted message said:

really count for exercise? Or am I more likely to trip, fall, break my
neck, and deprive you all of my glittering presence? :-)

Seriously (because you're not getting rid of me that easily) is there any
point to taking the stairs down, but not up?

Selene

Once in the stairwell, is there anything which prevents you from walking
down, then up, then down and out?

--
Dr. Dickie
Skepticult member in good standing #394-00596-438
Poking kooks with a pointy stick
Proud member of the, "Vast right-wing conspiracy."

"Selene" <[email hidden]> wrote in
news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

You know that new gov't recommendation to get 90 minutes of exercise a
day? Well, one of the ways they suggest totalling that much is to take
the stairs whenever possible.

Handily, I work on the 15th floor. Unhandily, it is accessible only
by elevator (we don't even have an internal stairway to the other
floors of my company). Oh, we have a stairwell, but once you're in
it, you can exit only on the ground floor. And you can't get IN to it
from the ground floor.

So I thought, well, I could take the stairs when I leave for lunch or
the gym or the day. But is there any advantage to that? Does going
down stairs really count for exercise? Or am I more likely to trip,
fall, break my neck, and deprive you all of my glittering presence?
:-)

Seriously (because you're not getting rid of me that easily) is there
any point to taking the stairs down, but not up?

Selene

--

Don't top post in this NG - it's a tough crowd and you don't want to
annoy them. --Tim Williams

Should be better than not doing anything at all, i.e., taking the elevator
down.

Proton Soup said:

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 10:56:54 -0800, "Selene" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

You know that new gov't recommendation to get 90 minutes of exercise a day?
Well, one of the ways they suggest totalling that much is to take the stairs
whenever possible.

Handily, I work on the 15th floor. Unhandily, it is accessible only by
elevator (we don't even have an internal stairway to the other floors of my
company). Oh, we have a stairwell, but once you're in it, you can exit only
on the ground floor. And you can't get IN to it from the ground floor.

So I thought, well, I could take the stairs when I leave for lunch or the
gym or the day. But is there any advantage to that? Does going down stairs
really count for exercise? Or am I more likely to trip, fall, break my
neck, and deprive you all of my glittering presence? :-)

Seriously (because you're not getting rid of me that easily) is there any
point to taking the stairs down, but not up?

Selene

Yes, you work muscles to decelerate each "fall". But it's a lot less
work.

And why not take the stairs to the 14th floor, then hop on the
elevator for the last floor?

-----------
Proton Soup

"Thanks for noticing that I didn't actually say anything." - Mike Lane

You mean take the lift to the first floor, get into the stairs, and take
them the rest of the way up, right?

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On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 04:50:26 +0800, spodosaurus

spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com said:

Proton Soup said:

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 10:56:54 -0800, "Selene" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

You know that new gov't recommendation to get 90 minutes of exercise a day?
Well, one of the ways they suggest totalling that much is to take the stairs
whenever possible.

Handily, I work on the 15th floor. Unhandily, it is accessible only by
elevator (we don't even have an internal stairway to the other floors of my
company). Oh, we have a stairwell, but once you're in it, you can exit only
on the ground floor. And you can't get IN to it from the ground floor.

So I thought, well, I could take the stairs when I leave for lunch or the
gym or the day. But is there any advantage to that? Does going down stairs
really count for exercise? Or am I more likely to trip, fall, break my
neck, and deprive you all of my glittering presence? :-)

Seriously (because you're not getting rid of me that easily) is there any
point to taking the stairs down, but not up?

Selene

Yes, you work muscles to decelerate each "fall". But it's a lot less
work.

And why not take the stairs to the 14th floor, then hop on the
elevator for the last floor?

-----------
Proton Soup

"Thanks for noticing that I didn't actually say anything." - Mike Lane

You mean take the lift to the first floor, get into the stairs, and take
them the rest of the way up, right?

Damn, I wasn't paying attention. Exit only. Can always walk up, then
walk back down and get in the elevator, I suppose.

-----------
Proton Soup

"Thanks for noticing that I didn't actually say anything." - Mike Lane

Proton Soup said:

On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 10:56:54 -0800, "Selene" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

You know that new gov't recommendation to get 90 minutes of exercise a day?
Well, one of the ways they suggest totalling that much is to take the stairs
whenever possible.

Handily, I work on the 15th floor. Unhandily, it is accessible only by
elevator (we don't even have an internal stairway to the other floors of my
company). Oh, we have a stairwell, but once you're in it, you can exit only
on the ground floor. And you can't get IN to it from the ground floor.

So I thought, well, I could take the stairs when I leave for lunch or the
gym or the day. But is there any advantage to that? Does going down stairs
really count for exercise? Or am I more likely to trip, fall, break my
neck, and deprive you all of my glittering presence? :-)

Seriously (because you're not getting rid of me that easily) is there any
point to taking the stairs down, but not up?

Selene

Yes, you work muscles to decelerate each "fall". But it's a lot less
work.

But if you have DOMS a day or so after a heavy leg workout, you can
definitely feel those eccentric contractions.

(ouch-ouch-ouch-ouch-ouch-ouch-ouch!)
--

JMW
http://www.rustyiron.net

Any walking counts.
Running down the stairs is dangerous. Stairs are a leading
cause of inury and death. Run in safer places.

"rick++" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Any walking counts.

Some walking counts more.

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Running down the stairs is dangerous.

Going to a rap concert wearing a KKK hood is dangerous.

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Stairs are a leading
cause of inury and death.

I did not know that! Las Vegas must have unusually safe stairs.

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Run in safer places.

My treadmill. Canine early warning system and numerous firearms.

David

David Cohen said:

"rick++" <[email hidden]> wrote

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Run in safer places.

My treadmill. Canine early warning system and numerous
firearms.

You've got a pintle mount on your treadmill?