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I Like To Ride
Here is my personal prescription for strength, cardio, mobility, speed, power and endurance. I've been doing this for 10 years now and it works very well for me. I am also a big fan of stair walking. I like to use real stairs for walking not at the gym.
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So you use ‘real’ stairs? Not the fake ones at the gym that go up at a some fast speeds that are similar to ‘running steps’ at a stadium? If you can run your steps for 10-15 minutes, hats off to you but I will stick with the stair climbers where I can adjust the speed and get an excellent cardio and physical workout.
I call those things "the stairway to hell." I use them as prep for skiing and hiking every winter. I don't care to do stairs outside at 35° and raining. Besides the closest good stairs are 30 miles away. I don't run them, just do an hour or so Z2 or 30'-45' in Z3. I don't run on them nor do I see anyone running on them at the gym. I like that one doesn't have to try to maintain a particular rate of climb. The machine takes care of that, which creates the challenge. It will walk your legs off.