Originally Posted by
noglider
Very good question. I use my toes (and really the balls), as I know it adds work to the motion. Unless I'm feeling unsteady. And that leads to another important thing: balance. I tie my shoes by standing on one foot and holding my other foot up to my hands. It's good practice.
Originally Posted by
rsbob
That is an excellent thing to do. A few years ago I rented ski equipment at a resort, and upon returning the boots was balancing on one leg tying my shoe when a woman commented something to the effect that, Wow you have excellent balance.
I envy you guys. Fine balance is something I lost with my head injury. Never came fully back. Doing that exercise would have improved it; but at the cost of falls. My life quality decision - skip that and reserve falls for the bike.
And to the topic - using elevators. I hope to high heaven that next time I fly, the if the pilot chooses to bypass the elevators, he uses the rudder and ailerons, not the stairs!