Taking time to get used to a long commute, I have had time to ponder a few things. The obvious first thought is which route is the easiest to do, which is the most comfortable, and which is the quickest? There three are not always the same when you have the option of a walk and a bus, a walk, a metro and a bus, or a walk, two metros and a bus. The bus line is also not the same if you get off at different metro stops, or you wait for the express bus which may or may not overtake the stopping everywhere bus.
Anyway the point of today's post is: Do you expend more energy going up stairs two at a time or one at a time? Or alternatively does the energy expended depend on the height gain and therefore (when walking, rather than running) the expenditure would be the same however many stairs you could comfortably walk up in one go?
Any thoughts? I have approximately 250 stairs each way per day plus horizontal walking!
Anyway the point of today's post is: Do you expend more energy going up stairs two at a time or one at a time? Or alternatively does the energy expended depend on the height gain and therefore (when walking, rather than running) the expenditure would be the same however many stairs you could comfortably walk up in one go?
Any thoughts? I have approximately 250 stairs each way per day plus horizontal walking!
Does the altitude change even out over the route? Or is one way more downhill? If so, a zipwire in one direction is the only way to travel!
ReplyDeleteI would compare going up steps 2 at a time to a bike going uphill in a higher gear. You will go faster than the lower gear guy[unless you pedal slower], but you will have used more energy and be more tired so I feel in the long run the lower gear biker will go farther. Unless your idea is to expend more energy by going 2 steps at a time for more calorie burning then 2 steps is probably better.
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