why so hard?. . .

lynseya83
lynseya83 Posts: 84 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
So, I'm doing millions of exercise just now ( every day really) - Cardio, strength, plyo.. . And yet when I run up a flight of stairs Im still out of breath when I get to the top! As in a normal house flight! It's not normal!

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  • skullshank
    skullshank Posts: 4,323 Member
    what's your cardio like? slower and more sustained? or hiit?
    i would equate bangin out a set of stairs as hiit. lol

    running on flat and running on an incline like that are 2 totally different beasts.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    Just keep working at it. It gets easier unless there are other issues as to why it does not.
  • _Waffle_
    _Waffle_ Posts: 13,049 Member
    You might want to check the iron level in your blood. That's what carries oxygen to the rest of your body. Take a physical with some blood work and you'll know if there are any medical reasons. If not then just keep working at it.
  • Cranquistador
    Cranquistador Posts: 39,744 Member
    It won't be hard forever.
  • kelseyhere
    kelseyhere Posts: 1,123 Member
    do hill work. if you do cardio on the treadmill do it at an incline but be careful of your knees. try the stair stepper machine if they have one. boxing is another great form of cardio!
  • SonicDeathMonkey80
    SonicDeathMonkey80 Posts: 4,489 Member
    Still happens to me, and I run 50 miles per week!
  • BombshellPhoenix
    BombshellPhoenix Posts: 1,693 Member
    It won't be hard forever.

    Thank goodness for the golden years....wait...what?
  • brandiuntz
    brandiuntz Posts: 2,717 Member
    Just keep working at it. It gets easier unless there are other issues as to why it does not.

    ^^This. It takes a while for cardio endurance to build. Give it time and you will feel the difference.
  • lynseya83
    lynseya83 Posts: 84 Member
    I was just hoping I wasn't the only one!

    Ive exercised regularly for years! squash once a week, insanity once a week and body pump weekly ( and I proper hammer that!) swimming on an occasion too ( 2lengths breast stroke at a steady speed then 2lengths fast crawl) . Recently started doing doing p90x a few weeks ago too! But stairs just get me . . .
  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
    YES. No so much the stairs in my house, but there's a long flight of stairs at work (25+ stairs, I should really count it...) and I'm always out of breath after going up them! I can run 12+ miles no problem, and I do hill workouts on a weekly basis, but those stairs slay me. No idea why.
  • sjaplo
    sjaplo Posts: 974 Member
    Yup - I hate stairs - always take them two at a time for that very reason. I've been a runner for twenty years and I still find stairs exhausting. Did the Wreck Beach stairs a couple of months ago - 473 steps - had to stop twice to recover. :grumble:
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  • ShibaEars
    ShibaEars Posts: 3,928 Member
    I was told (not by a professional, mind you) that everyone gets a little (or a lot) out of breath going up stairs. What's more important is how fast you recover from them. Stairs are tough, especially if you're running them!
  • TheMetalMan0
    TheMetalMan0 Posts: 64 Member
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  • 53welshlady
    53welshlady Posts: 67 Member
    Exercise fitness is very specific to the exercise you do, although obviously you become generally fitter. But if you want to be able to run upstairs or walk upstairs easily you have to "train" yourself to run upstairs - lots of times!!
  • splashtree2
    splashtree2 Posts: 277
    So, I'm doing millions of exercise just now ( every day really) - Cardio, strength, plyo.. . And yet when I run up a flight of stairs Im still out of breath when I get to the top! As in a normal house flight! It's not normal!

    No it is....it takes quite a while , if you didn't do it for all your lifetime you can't pretend a fit heart based on the amount of training but for example to run easily 5 km took me 6 months and plus shredding the weight i didn't need. You have to be patience now i realised that even if i stop for several months it doesn't take me much to have back the stones i did conquest.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Still happens to me, and I run 50 miles per week!

    me to. 3 flights- every day. Still winded at the top- and I run- skip rope- dance, hell I spent an hour on the stairmaster last friday- I'm pretty busy- work stairs still kick my *kitten*.

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