take the stairs

I’ve mostly forgotten about this goal (already, I know) but I was thinking about it today as I was getting out of the metro, I said to myself: “Okay self, take the first set of stairs. Go. No I don’t feel like it.” Then I get to the escalator and it’s broken. Score one for the Universe right there :P

i gave up the elevator for lent! it is hard work climbing to 9th floor about 6 times a day!

... so that I can start improving my stamina.

In taking the stairs at Bonventure the other day, I realized how out of shape I was in not being able to get up the flight. It was divided into three sections and I had to stop after each section. That makes me feel embarassed but I know I’m not the only one whose having trouble with it.

So I’m not going to climb each and every set of stairs that I come upon, but I’m slowly going to focus on most of them. There are 5 sets on the way to work… So let’s see if we can start with the big one, and build up to the others. And there are also 5 flights in the actual office, when I’m feeling brave, I think I’ll tackle those as well.

im not going to go crazy running up and down the stairs like laasst time.
so iv decided i climb up and down the stairs atleast twice a day.
andd am going to ignore the elevator completely. then slowly my stamina grows and i ont run out of breath after a few floors im going to increasse the no.
here goes nothing.

At work, at home, anywhere, anytime! Climbing the stairs is great exercise. Somedays I take the work stairs 14 times. At home, I’m up to 56 trips on my basement stairs. It seems to be low impact for my heels. I hope that is true.

When I was working on the 5th floor, I’d walk up at least once a day, and down as well. Faster than taking the elevator, and gets your legs and heart going.

Unless I’m with the little lady.

We don’t have access to the stair case in our new building, they are apparrently applying for access but it might be a wait….. I have being doing so well with this one

There are exactly 100 stairs from the ground floor to my office, I took them today. We are moving to a new building in a week, I here taking the stairs might be a problem in the new building, you need special access to the stair case they say, but I’ll check it out when I get there. I took the stairs in the shopping centre this week end too.

I started and stopped this in the past and I have decided that I need to change my frame of mind and do this again. I need to focus on better body health taking the stairs is part of that.