On Nov 17, 3:57 pm, Karen Officer <kquilts
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> Chris
> You must have good balance. I would probably fall down the stairs
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Well, there are railings if needed :-). But seriously, I don't think
becoming fatigued is too likely to affect balance. If it did make one
more likely to fall, it would probably be due to muscle failure. I
found going down the steps a little more challenging in that regard
than going up, but no real problem. (But I am relatively fit and do a
lot of climbing; 50 times up and down stairs might be a bit hard on a
beginning exerciser. It might be good to start with fewer times.)
Chris
Karen Officer - 18 Nov 2007 21:29 GMT
>Well, there are railings if needed :-). But seriously, I don't think
>becoming fatigued is too likely to affect balance. If it did make one
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Chris
I wasn't thinking about becoming fatigued. I have a tendency to
stumble, and trip occasionally. I think it's due to scoliosis and
legs just slightly different lengths. I do use stairs, just am
extremely careful. I don't think for me it would be wise to climb
them 50 times unless I did it at a slow pace. Last week I was doing
a walk video that had a couple of dance type steps in it and I'm not
sure where I went wrong, but I ended up in the floor on my backside.
I didn't get hurt, just very surprised. :-)
Seriously, I do have to be careful, because even though I'm only 50 I
do have beginning stage of osteoporosis.
Karen O
Chris - 18 Nov 2007 22:14 GMT
On Nov 18, 4:29 pm, Karen Officer <kquilts
+noviruswan...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:57:50 -0800 (PST), in alt.support.diet, Chris
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> do have beginning stage of osteoporosis.
> Karen O
Then indeed you do need to be careful. I certainly wouldn't encourage
anyone to try any sort of exercise that makes them feel at risk of
injury. There are always plenty of other options.
Chris