Prepping for stair climbing

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  • rileyes
    rileyes Posts: 1,406 Member
    lorrpb wrote: »
    Alidecker wrote: »
    lorrpb wrote: »
    Yes, I regularly walk hills of 10-20 stories in our neighborhood or hood. I'd have to do some looking to find bigger ones.

    I think your legs are going to fine. The ones I did is 900+ steps and I didn't do any special training, but I do some HIIT regularly. Just keep hill walking and get your lung capacity up. After the event, you hear a lot of people coughing. The only other workout I can compare the feeling in my lungs to was when I did 7 straight minutes of burpees (71 burpees).

    Surely the cardio can't be worse than a 5k?

    Imagine if that 5k were at a constant incline. It's different.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,462 Member
    rileyes wrote: »
    lorrpb wrote: »
    Alidecker wrote: »
    lorrpb wrote: »
    Yes, I regularly walk hills of 10-20 stories in our neighborhood or hood. I'd have to do some looking to find bigger ones.

    I think your legs are going to fine. The ones I did is 900+ steps and I didn't do any special training, but I do some HIIT regularly. Just keep hill walking and get your lung capacity up. After the event, you hear a lot of people coughing. The only other workout I can compare the feeling in my lungs to was when I did 7 straight minutes of burpees (71 burpees).

    Surely the cardio can't be worse than a 5k?

    Imagine if that 5k were at a constant incline. It's different.

    Right, but it's not a 5K incline, it's 832 steps, so I thought the cardio might be comparable.
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