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Exercise
What a Difference a Step Makes
Though I really don’t understand why
When I go out for a walk, I usually include this set of stairs for a little extra push. I might only go up once, or I might go up and down several times.
Yesterday I went up and down repeatedly for fifteen minutes.
I’ve done that before, but yesterday I noticed something strange. You may see that there is a landing partway up. If I take the stairs two at a time, that landing can interrupt my two-step rhythm, depending upon how I start at the bottom.
I’ve marked the photo up to show what I mean. If I start at the ground, I can’t take two steps when I reach the landing. That’s shown by the steps I marked in blue here. Starting one step up (as shown by the red marking) lets me maintain two steps at a time until I arrive at the landing.
Once at the landing, whether I can arrive at the very top with two steps at a time depends on how I proceed. The red path will let me do two steps at the top, while the blue does not.
It doesn’t seem that there would be much difference either way. However, I found that…
