Comments on: Weekend Quote: It’s All About the Stairs

By: roni

roni — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:55:15 +0000

Erika – I do the same thing! Hubby always takes the escalator and I race him on the stairs. lol

By: roni

roni — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:54:37 +0000

irina – I totally agree. I do the same thing for my son. We walk, take the stairs and sometimes even race “daddy,” the “lazy one” lol

By: Erika

Erika — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:59:04 +0000

I’m a stair taker so much that it usually annoys the people I’m with. I think it’s funny when I will walk up the stairs right next to my husband as he rides the escalotor at the mall.

By: irina

irina — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:15:45 +0000

If by myself or with my older kid only, I take the stairs. With two kids, if I carry nothing but the carseat, I still walk one flight of stairs. But when I have more to carry (carseat, my bag, diaper bag) I use the stroller for “storage” and and we take the elevator “for the stroller”.

Roni, you brought up an interesting point. I never thought much about this habit – but I think it would be nice if I keep “modeling” it for my daughter, she may end up finding stairs “the natural approach” :). Or maybe not, but it is worth a try :).

By: Sandy

Sandy — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:24:49 +0000

I often take the stairs because I am just generally impatient and don’t want to wait for the elevator. I am going to start applying your rule and always look first for the stairs.

By: Hilary

Hilary — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 23:16:49 +0000

I’ve actually started applying your exact rule – the 5 stair rule – simply because of that post you mentioned! Thanks again for the idea and inspiration Roni!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:11:27 +0000

Yes, I am. I started doing stairs whenever possible quite a few years ago. Sometimes I have the stroller so the stairs aren’t an option. That’s the one thing I miss about working in the office (I work at home full time) is all the exercise I got at work with the stairs. :)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 15:09:34 +0000

I usually take the stairs. I work in a hospital that has 17 floors… so when I have meetings on the 17th floor I show up sweaty and out of breath it’s not the best impression, but I usually do it anyway. It’s a good way for me to get my heartrate up in the middle of the day :)

By: Nia

Nia — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:55:47 +0000

I’m a stair taker! I think it’s because I only recently got a car… before that, I took public transportation everywhere… and hated being stuck in line on escalators, etc… so I would take the stairs because I was impatient! Maybe that’s why i walk faster than most of my friends LOL. Even now, at work, I get around our buildings by taking the stairs instead of the short-cut elevator routes!

By: J Renee

J Renee — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:15:17 +0000

We went on a week long cruise and I insisted that we take the stairs everywhere we went. By the end of that week my legs were very toned and strong. It was the healthiest cruise I ever took! I even ate well.