• frickineh@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    I was about to be offended and then I remembered how I got out of breath walking up the stairs this morning. (To be fair, I’m anemic af and almost certainly have a touch of long covid, but still.)

    • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online
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      13 hours ago

      There’s just something about stairs that gets me. I can run a sub hour 10k, hike 15+ miles a day, and my resting heart rate is in the 50s, but stairs always get me winded.

      • Klaymore@sh.itjust.works
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        13 hours ago

        My french teacher in high school said that everyone gets winded going up stairs, cause people who are fitter walk up the steps faster

        • flicker@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          10 hours ago

          This just solved it for me. That is exactly it. I’ve been angry at stairs my whole life and now I realize it’s because I go up them as fast as I walk- which is considerably faster than most people I know.