Originally Posted by
Machka
No real stair options anywhere?
Not in the airport?
Not in a shopping centre?
Not bleachers in a sports ground?
Not in any buildings in town?
No stairs up to your front door?
Not out in one of the Saguaro Parks?
It's not the UP that will get you ... it's the DOWN.
Can you somehow turn around and go down on the gym stair machine?
Calf raises?
Walking barefoot on a sandy beach for 5 or 6 km a couple times a week? (I suppose not in your area, and you probably wouldn't want to go barefoot with the possibility of scorpions around!)
Ever been to Tucson ? Lots of mtns like Tumamoc Hill to hike up. Not a lot of stair options for a working person that squeezes gym time in after work.
I'll be fine. I don't seem to have problems going down my own stairs, or 1 1/2 miles down Tumamoc hill.
As far as going back down the stair machine......I have a hard enough time using it correctly without falling off.