FRIDAY MINI CHALLENGE = STAIRS!

HartJames
HartJames Posts: 789 Member
edited September 28 in Fitness and Exercise
TGIF!

400 stairs sounds like a lot but they go faster tha you think! How many double stairs can you do while you're at it?
Run them or walk, all at once or spread out- get them done by midnight and report back :)

Who's up for it?
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  • isislc
    isislc Posts: 140 Member
    I'm in, I need to get my walk on for tomorrow anyways!
  • AlexzKT
    AlexzKT Posts: 131 Member
    I'm in. Just gotta find some stairs to climb now...
  • fosterks
    fosterks Posts: 93 Member
    I'm on it!

    Our building has eight floors, so that should be ok!!!
  • aabyrer
    aabyrer Posts: 57
    I'm In!! Sounds like a lot of fun. LOVE mini challenges :-)
  • flausa
    flausa Posts: 534 Member
    This is one of my favourite afternoon exercises when my littlest one is napping, so I'm in!
  • Claire739
    Claire739 Posts: 114
    i'll give it a go!
  • Claire739
    Claire739 Posts: 114
    100 done 300 to go

    can i ask how everyone is logging these?
  • fosterks
    fosterks Posts: 93 Member
    328 done... The building has 164 steps so I'll do it another once and just have 492 as my total.

    First 164 - 1:31 (I got stuck behind a slow coach!)
    Second 164 - 1:21

    I'm going to log them when I've done them all as 'jogging up stairs'
  • bubblesburst80
    bubblesburst80 Posts: 1,130 Member
    i'm in, 14 stairs in our house so i'll keep track of how many time i go up
  • getsveltEagain
    getsveltEagain Posts: 1,063 Member
    Today is perfect for this challenge!! I am volunteering at a place this evening that has a flight of stairs that I go up and down countless times as I run food & drink or usher people.

    My question is do you count going DOWN the stairs or just up?
  • sh3lby03
    sh3lby03 Posts: 193 Member
    I know what I am doing on my 15 min breaks at work today:) Other people smoke, I walk/run stairs lol
  • PattyCake123
    PattyCake123 Posts: 156 Member
    Im in! It's raining here and I don't think I'm going to get my walk/run in today
  • Monica_in_MO
    Monica_in_MO Posts: 162 Member
    Great idea! I'm on it!! Going to head to the high school football field and run the bleachers.
  • kamk16
    kamk16 Posts: 205
    I will try this challenge stairs are a good thing for me and it maybe the only workout I really get in today.
  • wannabehotmomma
    wannabehotmomma Posts: 190 Member
    I'm in!!! Did I mention that I run 1200 steps while I am at work! It is a great workout! I do 400 at morning break 400 at lunch and 400 at afternoon break!! My legs and and butt our really shaping up! It is great cardio plus it builds muscle!! If you are short on time this workout is a 400 burn on my HRM!! YAY!
  • Claire739
    Claire739 Posts: 114
    420 all done!
  • fosterks
    fosterks Posts: 93 Member
    328 done... The building has 164 steps so I'll do it another once and just have 492 as my total.

    First 164 - 1:31 (I got stuck behind a slow coach!)
    Second 164 - 1:21

    I'm going to log them when I've done them all as 'jogging up stairs'

    I'm done!!!
  • fosterks
    fosterks Posts: 93 Member
    328 done... The building has 164 steps so I'll do it another once and just have 492 as my total.

    First 164 - 1:31 (I got stuck behind a slow coach!)
    Second 164 - 1:21

    I'm going to log them when I've done them all as 'jogging up stairs'

    I'm done!!!
  • ♥Amy♥
    ♥Amy♥ Posts: 714 Member
    We don't have any stairs at my house, but I do have the Wii Fit Plus balance board (like a little aerobic step), so I'll do the Free Step game on that. I did it yesterday and did over 1000 steps, so that will be my mini challenge for today.

    I'll report back later with my total.
  • DarkDiva2005
    DarkDiva2005 Posts: 140
    Im in but do i count UP and DOwn or just UP?
  • mazziemom
    mazziemom Posts: 21
    444 done. That was fun!:smile:
  • inshapeCK
    inshapeCK Posts: 3,950 Member
    I walked up and down the main stairs in my house and put 1 foot on each step and counted each step I took up the stairs and down the stairs. Wasn't sure if the down steps counted.

    Anyway, I did a total of 454 up and down steps in 5 minutes and 6 seconds so I am impressed with that as I didn't think I would be able to do it at all, especially after doing no exercise for 4 days.

    Should I have only counted the up steps or does going down the stairs count as steps too?

    I used a stop watch when I did mine so I logged mine under cardiovascular exercise under "Stair-treadmill ergometer, general".

    Think I will go do more stairs incase the down steps didn't count.
  • ♥Amy♥
    ♥Amy♥ Posts: 714 Member
    We don't have any stairs at my house, but I do have the Wii Fit Plus balance board (like a little aerobic step), so I'll do the Free Step game on that. I did it yesterday and did over 1000 steps, so that will be my mini challenge for today.

    I'll report back later with my total.

    Just finished my 10 minutes of Free Step on the Wii Fit Plus. I did 1146 steps.
  • inshapeCK
    inshapeCK Posts: 3,950 Member
    I am off to do 400 more steps in case the down steps didn't count. My legs are shaky when standing up so we'll see how I do.
  • inshapeCK
    inshapeCK Posts: 3,950 Member
    I just did 484 or 474 more in 5 minutes and 3 seconds. Legs have had enough and so have I! Great accomplisment and burn for me though.

    Summary: Did 928 or 938 up and down steps on my stairs in 10 minutes and 9 seconds.

    I liked this challenge even though my legs did not but they will like it when they look slim and toned down the road!
  • flausa
    flausa Posts: 534 Member
    We have a flight of 13 stairs (mentally I rounded it down to ten), and I did those up and down 15 times. Then I did 250 step up and downs on my stepstool. Now all I have to be able to do is get back up the stairs again for bed tonight! :huh:
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    I'll try....but i'm in.
  • getsveltEagain
    getsveltEagain Posts: 1,063 Member
    I did 4 sets of 8 flights (2 for each floor and there were 4 floors) that is 73 steps equaling 292 so far for the day :wink:

    I am walking then and it takes me a full minute to go up the 73. So I am logging it with Stair-treadmill ergometer, general.
  • djthom
    djthom Posts: 651 Member
    Managed to get in 325 steps. Wish I had seen this challange earlier in the day. I didn't think you were doing them any more. I'll have to start looking for your challenges in the mornings again.
  • healthyjen342
    healthyjen342 Posts: 1,435 Member
    If there's 400 stairs in 35 flights of stairs, then I TOTALLY DID THIS TODAY! I was on the stairmaster and all I could think about was this Mini-Challenge!!!!
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