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gigiangelique
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Why do I get winded going up stairs yet I could hop on the Elliptical for an hour or jog for ten min straight? WHY??
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Why do I get winded going up stairs yet I could hop on the Elliptical for an hour or jog for ten min straight? WHY??
LMAO...I've often noticed this...not always but at times0 -
Yeah, I am the same way. I think there is something about the spacing of stairs that use different muscles maybe?? Or maybe when you go up the stairs, you take them at a greater pace. I know I tend to try to go faster up my work stairs because I know that I do the elliptical and can jog ten minutes straight. Then people see me and say, "Don't you workout? Are you okay?"0
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It's a different workout. I had the same issue, so I started taking the stairs at work instead of the elevator. Minimum twice a day climbing up and down three flights and the issue went away.
Now we're in a new building, no stairs, so I'm sure my stamina is gone. :-(0 -
Maybe it's the higher altitude at the top of the stairs. Less air! :laugh:0
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Seems to me the elliptical doesn't really do a whole lot other than work the lungs and heart. Using stairs requires muscle, and exerting muscles takes oxygen. If the muscles are not used to that type of movement chances are you will huff and puff trying to deliver oxygen to those muscles.0
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Seems to me the elliptical doesn't really do a whole lot other than work the lungs and heart. Using stairs requires muscle, and exerting muscles takes oxygen. If the muscles are not used to that type of movement chances are you will huff and puff trying to deliver oxygen to those muscles.
ya...elliptical is ok but its easy...thats why so many people do it0 -
Same here. I can run for miles and yet two flights of stairs and I am out of breath.0
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Seems to me the elliptical doesn't really do a whole lot other than work the lungs and heart. Using stairs requires muscle, and exerting muscles takes oxygen. If the muscles are not used to that type of movement chances are you will huff and puff trying to deliver oxygen to those muscles.
ya...elliptical is ok but its easy...thats why so many people do it
I have really bad knees thats why I do it for my cardio. I also do around 30 min of weights after.0 -
Try removing grains from your diet for a few weeks and see how your knees feel. I have a good friend that had debilitating knee issues, cut grains and within about 2 months his knees got a lot better.0
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Try removing grains from your diet for a few weeks and see how your knees feel. I have a good friend that had debilitating knee issues, cut grains and within about 2 months his knees got a lot better.
I was a ballet dancer and I have NO cartledge left in my kness. I wish it was that simple0 -
Why do I get winded going up stairs yet I could hop on the Elliptical for an hour or jog for ten min straight? WHY??
OMG yes! I can run, do a HIIT spin class and be fine, but that one flight of stairs! So glad to know it's not just me.0 -
Maybe it's the higher altitude at the top of the stairs. Less air! :laugh:
^^ Sounds like fact to me!! Makes perfect sense :bigsmile:0 -
Seems to me the elliptical doesn't really do a whole lot other than work the lungs and heart. Using stairs requires muscle, and exerting muscles takes oxygen. If the muscles are not used to that type of movement chances are you will huff and puff trying to deliver oxygen to those muscles.
ya...elliptical is ok but its easy...thats why so many people do it0 -
Seems to me the elliptical doesn't really do a whole lot other than work the lungs and heart. Using stairs requires muscle, and exerting muscles takes oxygen. If the muscles are not used to that type of movement chances are you will huff and puff trying to deliver oxygen to those muscles.
ya...elliptical is ok but its easy...thats why so many people do it0 -
gravity sucks!!0
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gravity sucks!!
That's your answer. You simply require more energy consumption to climb stairs - it's a higher workload than an elliptical. That's the beauty of doing stair work over elliptical - you can't cheat it like an elliptical (i.e. slowing, less resistance, etc).0 -
gravity sucks!!
Exactly. It's gravity. With every step you are lifting your body weight against the resistance of gravity. Add that to a quick pace and there you go. That workout gets the heart pumping and so you start breathing heavier.0 -
I was in training for a MARATHON and still got winded doing a single flight of stairs!!!!0
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ha ha ha THE SAME thing happens to me and then I speed walk to my cube and flop in my chair0
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Lmao, I love this question. I'm the same way, I hate stairs. In one of the buildings on my college campus the stairs are just torture! I don't know what it is about them but going all the way up to the 4th floor is just impossible. There's even a facebook group about how much the Plumb Hall stairs are hated! So funny.0
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